Alex Lawther
Alexander Jonathan Lawthe (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).
36 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 36
Black Mirror
2011
Holby City
1999
Andor
2022
Summer Camp Island
2018
The Owl House
2020
Alien: Earth
2025
The Imitation Game
2014
The End of the F***ing World
2017
The Cleaner
2021
The Last Duel
2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
Howards End
2017
X+Y
2014
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
Leonard and Hungry Paul
2025
Ghost Stories
2018
Goodbye Christopher Robin
2017
Lloyd of the Flies
2022
The Translators
2019
Freak Show
2018
A Second Life
2026
The Velveteen Rabbit
2023
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
Departure
2016
Old Boys
2018
Earwig
2022
The Lost Patient
2022
The Altruists
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Grand amour
2020
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
2013
Alex's Dream
2018
Miss Fortunate
2021
Spark
2020
Yussef is Complicated
2015
Narrated By
2016
The Fear
2010
