Alex Lawther
Acting · Directing
Born May 4, 1995, Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
Alexander Jonathan Lawther (born May 4, 1995) is an English actor. He began acting in theatre at 16, when he played the lead role in David Hare’s South Downs at the Minerva Theatre in Chichester. He is best known for portraying the young Alan Turing in the film "The Imitation Game"(2014), which won him the London Film Critics' Circle Award for 'Young British Performer of the Year'. This was followed with a starring role in 2015 film "Departure", opposite Juliet Stevenson. He also played the lead role of James in the Channel 4 series The End of the F***ing World (2017–2019).
Filmography
- 2026A Second Life — Elijah
- 2026National Theatre at Home: Summerfolk — Vlass Mikhailich
- The Altruists — Sam Trabucco
- Alien: Earth — Joe DiMaggio Hermit
- Leonard and Hungry Paul — Leonard
- 2024Rhoda — Director, Writer
- 2023For People in Trouble — Director, Writer
- 2023The Velveteen Rabbit — Velveteen Rabbit (voice)
- Andor — Karis Nemik (voice)
- 2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look — Karis Nemik (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022Earwig — Laurence
- Lloyd of the Flies — Abacus Woodlouse (voice)
- 2022The Lost Patient — Bastien
- 2021Miss Fortunate — Jack
- The Cleaner — Shaman
- 2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun — Morisot
- 2021The Last Duel — King Charles VI
- 2020Grand amour
- 2020Spark — Theo
- The Owl House — Philip Wittebane (voice)
- 2019The Translators — Alex Goodman
- 2018Alex's Dream — Alex Morin
- 2018Freak Show — Billy Bloom
- 2018Ghost Stories — Simon Rifkind
- 2018Old Boys — Amberson
- Summer Camp Island — Mildred's Friend / Additional Voices (voice), Mildred's Friend (voice)
- 2017Carnage: Swallowing the Past — Volunteer: Joey
- 2017Goodbye Christopher Robin — Christopher Robin Milne (Teen)
- Howards End — Tibby Schlegel
- The End of the F***ing World — James
- 2016Departure — Elliot
- 2016Narrated By — Sam Sipowitz
- 2015X+Y — Isaac Cooper
- 2015Yussef Is Complicated — Rory
- 2014The Imitation Game — Young Alan Turing
- 2013Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict — Benjamin Britten
- Black Mirror — Kenny
- 2010The Fear — The Boy
- Holby City — Fred Bamber