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'''Jack Andrew Lowden''' (born 2 June 1990) is a Scottish actor. Following a four-year stage career, his first major international onscreen success was in the 2016 BBC miniseries '']'', which led to starring roles in feature films.


Lowden starred as ] in the 2012 play '']'' in London. In 2014, he won an ] and the ] for his role as Oswald in ]'s 2013 adaptation of Ibsen's '']''. In 2013, he began to have substantial roles in British television series and feature films, including '']'' (2013) and '']'' (2014), and had leading roles in the BBC miniseries '']'' (2014) and '']'' (2016).
'''Jack Lowden''' (born 2 June 1990) is a Scottish stage, television, and film actor. Following a highly successful and award-winning four-year stage career, his first major international onscreen success was in the 2016 miniseries '']'', which led to starring roles in feature films.


His screen projects since ''War & Peace'' have included the title role as golfing legend ] in '']'' (2016), the starring role of ] in the biopic '']'' (2017), a main-cast role as an ] fighter-pilot in ]'s '']'' (2017), a starring role in the ] thriller '']'' (2018, for which he won the ] for Best Film Actor), ] in '']'' (2018), a starring role as a plantation owner in 19th-century Jamaica in the 2018 BBC miniseries '']'', as ] in the 2019 comedy-drama ] film '']'', and the 2022 Apple TV series '']'', for which he received nominations for a ] and a ].
Lowden starred as ] in the 2012 play '']'' in London. In 2014 he won an ] and the ] for his role as Oswald in ]'s 2013 adaptation of Ibsen's '']''. In 2014 '']'' named him one of the UK Stars of Tomorrow.


==Early life==
Since 2013 he has been in British television series and feature films, including substantial roles in '']'' (2013) and '']'' (2014), and leading roles in the BBC miniseries '']'' (2014) and '']'' (2016).
Lowden was born on 2 June 1990 in ],<ref name=birthdate>. on Facebook. Retrieved 2 June 2014.</ref> the son of Gordon and Jacquie Lowden.<ref name=birth></ref><ref name=hallmarks/> He grew up in the Scottish village of ].<ref name=hallmarks/><ref name=nyt/> In a 2019 interview, he explained: "I'm an ] baby. And so is my brother. Down there was one of the few places that was doing it."<ref name=hallmarks/> His younger brother, Calum, became a ballet dancer from a very early age at the Manor School of Ballet in ],<ref name=likely>Wilson, Benji. . '']''. 2 November 2014.</ref><ref name=BWW-Measure>Kelly, Rona. . ''Broadway World''. 15 November 2018.</ref> and later trained at the ] and the ] in London; as of 2016, he is a first soloist at the ].<ref name=inspirations>Swerling, Gabriella. . '']''. 22 January 2016.</ref><ref name=fraternal>Miller, Phil. . '']''. 20 January 2016.</ref> As a child, Lowden attended the dance classes at Manor School of Ballet as well, but found he was better at, and more suited to, acting.<ref name=likely/><ref name=BWW-Measure/><ref>. ''NewsDog''. 28 April 2017.</ref><ref name=riverdance>Jamieson, Teddy. . '']''. 24 June 2018.</ref> He has stated that his personal ambition since childhood was to be a footballer.<ref name=hallmarks>Hayes, Martha. . '']''. 20 February 2019.</ref>


When he was 10 Lowden's parents enrolled him in the ] in Edinburgh.<ref name=southern/> At age 12 he played John in a '']'' pantomime at the ].<ref name=southern> ''The Southern Reporter''. 5 May 2009.</ref> He attended ], where he starred as ] in '']'' and performed in various concerts.<ref>Brown, Alexa. . ''Border Telegraph''. 6 May 2009.</ref><ref name="earlston bio" /><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117191652/http://www.earlstonhigh.scotborders.sch.uk/news/newsarchive%202006-7.htm#26oct |date=17 November 2016 }}. ''Earlston High School News Archive 2006/07.''</ref> His determination to become a professional actor came from seeing the play '']'' on its first run in 2007.<ref name=scotsman>. '']''. 15 September 2010.</ref><ref>English, Paul.
His current projects include roles as golfing legend ] in '']'', ] in the historical film '']'', a main-cast role in the Holocaust legal-drama film '']'', one of the leads in ]'s '']'', the starring role of ] in the biopic ''England Is Mine'', one of the two leads in the thriller ''Calibre'', and ] in '']''.
. '']''. 16 September 2010.</ref> While in high school, he studied during summer school at the ] in London.<ref name="earlston bio"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914203649/http://www.earlstonhigh.scotborders.sch.uk/news/newsarchive%202008.htm#7mar |date=14 September 2016 }}. ''Earlston High School News Archive 2008''.</ref> He also performed regularly at the ] Amateur Operatic Society, where he played the lead in a 2008 production of '']''.<ref>Frater, Jill. . ''Border Telegraph''. 5 Mar 2008.</ref><ref name="earlston bio"/> Lowden received a ] in acting from the ] in Glasgow in 2011.<ref name="earlston bio"/><ref>. ]. Retrieved 9 September 2017.</ref><ref name=bbc>. '']''. 6 May 2009.</ref>

In late 2016 the UK arts and entertainment magazine '']'' chose Lowden as one of The Hot 100 2016.<ref name=thelist/>

==Early life and education==
Lowden was born in 1990 in ], ], England,<ref name=birth/> and grew up in ] in the ] in ].<ref name=nyt/> His younger brother Calum became a ballet dancer from a very early age, and later trained at the ] and the ] in London; as of 2016 he is a first soloist at the ].<ref name=inspirations>Swerling, Gabriella. . '']''. 22 January 2016.</ref><ref>Miller, Phil. . '']''. 20 January 2016.</ref> As a child Jack attended dance classes as well, but found he was better at, and more suited to, acting.<ref></nowiki>"]. ''NewsDog''. 28 April 2017.</ref>

When he was 10, Lowden's parents enrolled him in the ] in ].<ref name=southern/> At age 12, he played John in a '']'' ] at the ].<ref name=southern> ''The Southern Reporter''. 5 May 2009.</ref>

He attended ], where he performed in the school's annual productions, including as ] in '']'', and he performed in various concerts as well.<ref>Brown, Alexa. . ''Border Telegraph''. 6 May 2009.</ref><ref name="earlston bio" /><ref>. ''Earlston High School News Archive 2006/07.''</ref> His conviction to become a professional actor came from seeing the play '']'' on its first run in 2007.<ref name=scotsman>. '']''. 15 September 2010.</ref><ref>English, Paul.
. '']''. 16 September 2010.</ref> While in high school, he studied during summer school at the ] in London.<ref name="earlston bio">. ''Earlston High School News Archive 2008''.</ref> He also performed regularly at the ] Amateur Operatic Society, where in 2008 he played the lead in '']''.<ref>Frater, Jill. . ''Border Telegraph''. 5 Mar 2008.</ref><ref name="earlston bio"/>

Lowden received a BA in Acting from the prestigious ] in Glasgow in 2011.<ref name="earlston bio"/><ref>. ]. Retrieved 21 February 2016.</ref><ref name=bbc>. '']''. 6 May 2009.</ref>


==Career== ==Career==


===2009–2011=== ===2009–2011===
In 2009, at the age of 18, Lowden starred in a popular national television advertisement for ], sending up '']''.<ref></ref><ref>Donohue, Graeme. . '']''. 30 April 2009.</ref> In 2010 he had a small part as the character Nick Fairclough on an episode of the Glasgow-set television series '']''.<ref>''Being Victor'' – Season 1: Episode 3 of 6 (aired 19 October 2010). ''TVpixie.com''. 21 October 2010.</ref><ref>. ''True Tube''. 2010.</ref> In 2009, at the age of 18, Lowden starred in a television advertisement for ], sending up '']''.<ref></ref> In 2010 he had a small part as the character Nick Fairclough on an episode of the Glasgow-set television series '']''.<ref>''Being Victor'' – Season 1: Episode 3 of 6 (aired 19 October 2010). ''TVpixie.com''. 21 October 2010.</ref><ref>. ''True Tube''. 2010.</ref>


In 2010–11 Lowden was the lead character, Cammy, in the ]'s revival production of the ]-winning play '']''. The play is an incisive and topical look at the harsh reality of war, and depicts soldiers of the legendary historic Scottish ] regiment serving in ].<ref name=nyt /> Lowden and the rest of the cast underwent grueling physical training during the rehearsals period to get into military shape.<ref name=scotsman /> In 2010–11 Lowden was the lead character, Cammy, in the ]'s revival production of the ]-winning play '']''. The play is an incisive and topical look at the harsh reality of war, and depicts soldiers of the legendary historic Scottish ] regiment serving in ].<ref name=nyt /> He and the rest of the cast underwent gruelling physical training during the rehearsals period to get into military shape.<ref name=scotsman />


The ''Black Watch'' production toured to ] (]), ], ], and ], and in the U.S. to ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name=nyt>Piepenburg, Erik. (video). '']''. 21 April 2011.</ref><ref>. ]. 7 September 2010.</ref> UK reviewers deemed Lowden "a clearly hugely promising young actor"<ref>Scott, Robert Dawson. . ]. 20 September 2010.</ref> "who carries off this amazing start to his career with assurance and maturity".<ref>Anderson, Alison. . '']''. 24 September 2010.</ref> In the U.S., the '']'' described him as "quietly charismatic" and a "stand-out";<ref>Marks, Peter. . '']''. 30 January 2011.</ref> this was echoed by the '']'', which called him "easily charismatic";<ref>Weiss, Heidi. . '']''. 31 March 2011.</ref> and the '']'' noted his "rich and finely detailed work".<ref>Jones, Chris. . '']''. 31 March 2011.</ref> The ''Black Watch'' production toured to London (]), ], Aberdeen, and ], and in the U.S. to New York City, ], Chicago, ], and ].<ref name=nyt>Piepenburg, Erik. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627190217/http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/04/21/theater/100000000785714/a-closer-look-at-black-watch.html |date=27 June 2012 }} (video). '']''. 21 April 2011.</ref><ref>. ]. 7 September 2010.</ref> UK reviewers deemed Lowden "a clearly hugely promising young actor"<ref>Scott, Robert Dawson. . ]. 20 September 2010.</ref> "who carries off this amazing start to his career with assurance and maturity".<ref>Anderson, Alison. . '']''. 24 September 2010.</ref> In the U.S., '']'' described him as "quietly charismatic" and a "stand-out";<ref>Marks, Peter. . '']''. 30 January 2011.</ref> this was echoed by the '']'', which called him "easily charismatic";<ref>Weiss, Heidi. . '']''. 31 March 2011.</ref> and the '']'' noted his "rich and finely detailed work".<ref>Jones, Chris. . '']''. 31 March 2011.</ref>


===2012–2015=== ===2012–2015===
], and co-star ] (r) at the ] for the stage adaptation of '']'' (2012)]] ], and co-star ] (r) at the ] for the stage adaptation of '']'' (2012)]]
From 9 May 2012 to 5 January 2013, Lowden starred as Scottish runner and missionary ] in '']'', the stage adaptation of ].<ref>. ''The Southern Reporter''. 21 May 2012.</ref> The Olympic-themed play, created and produced specifically in honour of the ], opened at London's ] and transferred to the ] in the ] in June 2012.<ref>Girvan, Andrew. . ''What's On Stage''. 9 March 2012.</ref><ref>. ''BroadwayWorld.com''. 18 April 2012.</ref> Lowden's performance was widely praised, including by ] in '']'',<ref>]. . '']''. 24 May 2012.</ref><ref>. HampsteadTheatre.com. 24 May 2012. (Excerpt of ''The Times'' review by Libby Purves, 24 May 2012)</ref> and by ] in the '']''.<ref>]. . '']''. 22 May 2012.</ref> From 9 May 2012 to 5 January 2013 Lowden starred as Scottish runner and missionary ] in '']'', the stage adaptation of ].<ref>. ''The Southern Reporter''. 21 May 2012.</ref> The Olympic-themed play, created and produced specifically in honour of the ], opened at London's ] and transferred to the ] in the ] in June 2012.<ref>Girvan, Andrew. . ''What's On Stage''. 9 March 2012.</ref><ref>. ''BroadwayWorld.com''. 18 April 2012.</ref> Lowden's performance was widely praised, including by ] in '']''.<ref>]. . '']''. 24 May 2012.</ref><ref>. HampsteadTheatre.com. 24 May 2012. (Excerpt of ''The Times'' review by Libby Purves, 24 May 2012)</ref>


Onscreen, in 2012 he appeared in the ] drama '']'' as Alan Wright, who has an affair with Charmian Biggs and gets her pregnant. In 2013, he played the pivotal role of the lead character's son, Adam, in the television series '']''.<ref name=tomorrow/> The series is a British/French crime-drama co-production, and aired in the UK and in France. He also had a sizable role as a young British soldier in the award-winning 2014 film '']'', which takes place in ] in 1971 during the ].<ref>. ]. Retrieved 29 February 2016.</ref> Onscreen, in 2012 he appeared in the ] drama '']'' as Alan Wright, who has an affair with Charmian Biggs and gets her pregnant. In 2013, he played the pivotal role of the lead character's son, Adam, in the television series '']''.<ref name=tomorrow/> The series is a British/French crime-drama co-production, and aired in the UK and in France; in the summer of 2016 it aired on ] in the U.S. He also had a sizable role as a young British soldier in the 2014 film '']'', which takes place in ] in 1971 during the ].<ref>. ]. Retrieved 29 February 2016.</ref>


In 2014, Lowden received both the ] for ], and also the ], for his role as Oswald in ]'s adaptation of Ibsen's '']''.<ref>. ''The Southern Reporter''. 17 April 2014.</ref><ref name=wise>Wise, Louis. . '']''. 4 May 2014.</ref><ref>. ''WestEndTheatre.com''. 27 April 2014.</ref> The production ran from September 2013 to March 2014, opening at the ] and then transferring in December to the ] at ]. A filmed February 2014 performance of the production screened in more than 275 UK and Irish cinemas on 26 June 2014.<ref>. ''CinemaLive.com''. Retrieved 18 May 2016.</ref><ref>]. . '']''. 18 June 2014.</ref><ref name=online /> The entire filmed performance is viewable online.<ref name=online>. ''Broadway World''. 19 August 2014.</ref><ref>. ''DigitalTheatre.com''. Retrieved 21 February 2016.</ref> In 2014, Lowden received both the ] for ], and also the ], for his role as Oswald in ]'s adaptation of Ibsen's '']''.<ref>. ''The Southern Reporter''. 17 April 2014.</ref><ref name=wise>Wise, Louis. . '']''. 4 May 2014.</ref><ref>. ''WestEndTheatre.com''. 27 April 2014.</ref> The production ran from September 2013 to March 2014, opening at the ] and then transferring in December to the ] at ]. A filmed February 2014 performance of the production screened in more than 275 UK and Irish cinemas on 26 June 2014.<ref>. ''CinemaLive.com''. Retrieved 18 May 2016.</ref><ref>]. . '']''. 18 June 2014.</ref><ref name=online /> The entire filmed performance is viewable online.<ref name=online>. ''Broadway World''. 19 August 2014.</ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916010307/http://www.digitaltheatre.com/production/details/henrik-ibsen-ghosts |date=16 September 2014 }}. ''DigitalTheatre.com''. Retrieved 21 February 2016.</ref>


In June 2014 '']'' named Lowden one of the UK Stars of Tomorrow.<ref name=tomorrow>Halligan, Fionnuala. . '']''. 5 June 2014.</ref><ref name=unveils>. '']''. 5 June 2014.</ref> In June 2014 '']'' named Lowden one of the UK Stars of Tomorrow.<ref name=tomorrow>Halligan, Fionnuala. . '']''. 5 June 2014.</ref><ref name=unveils>. '']''. 5 June 2014.</ref>


He performed ] in '']'' at the ] in the autumn of 2014. The production starred ] as his sister Electra, and ] played their mother Clytemnestra. Previews began 22 September, the official opening was 1 October, and the run continued in a limited engagement through to 20 December 2014.<ref>Millward, Tom. . ''London Theatre Guide''. 24 June 2014.</ref><ref>Stanbury, Kate. . ''Official London Theatre''. 24 June 2014.</ref> He performed ] in '']'' at the ] in the autumn of 2014. The production starred ] as his sister Electra, and ] played their mother Clytemnestra. Previews began 22 September, the official opening was 1 October, and the run continued in a limited engagement through to 20 December 2014.<ref>Millward, Tom. . ''London Theatre Guide''. 24 June 2014.</ref><ref>Stanbury, Kate. . ''Official London Theatre''. 24 June 2014.</ref>


On television, he starred as one of the two leads in the 2014 ] series '']''. It is the story of two youths, one from Germany and one from the UK, who enlist as soldiers at the beginning of the war.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/passing-bells-casting | title=Rising talent to lead BBC One’s First World War drama Passing Bells | work=] | date=8 May 2014}}</ref><ref>Crisp, Lyndall. . '']''. 30 May 30, 2015.</ref> On television he starred as one of the two leads in the 2014 ] series '']''. It is the story of two youths, one from Germany and one from the UK, who enlist as soldiers at the beginning of the war.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/passing-bells-casting | title=Rising talent to lead BBC One's First World War drama Passing Bells | work=] | date=8 May 2014}}</ref><ref>Crisp, Lyndall. . '']''. 30 May 2015.</ref>


===2016–present=== ===2016–present===
Lowden portrayed ], one of the main characters, in the 2016 BBC miniseries '']''.<ref name=inspirations/><ref>. ''5050 London''. 3 January 2016.</ref><ref>Lockyer, Daphne. . '']''. 26 December 2015.</ref> The 6-part miniseries, which was broadcast around the world and positively reviewed,<ref>Middleton, Richard. . ''C21 Media''. 8 February 2016.</ref><ref> on ]. Retrieved 21 February 2016.</ref> garnered Lowden the most exposure he had had thus far in his career.<ref name=inspirations/><ref> Lowden portrayed ], one of the main characters, in the 2016 BBC miniseries '']''.<ref name=inspirations/><ref>. ''5050 London''. 3 January 2016.</ref> The 6-part miniseries, which was broadcast around the world and positively reviewed,<ref>Middleton, Richard. . ''C21 Media''. 8 February 2016.</ref><ref> on ]. Retrieved 21 February 2016.</ref> garnered Lowden the most exposure he had had thus far in his career.<ref name=inspirations/><ref>* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508200454/http://www.instyle.co.uk/celebrity/meet-the-rising-stars-of-instyles-2016-bafta-portfolio-instylebafta |date=8 May 2018 }}. '']''. 7 March 2016.
*. '']''. 7 March, 2016.
*. ''The Southern Reporter''. 11 February 2016. *. ''The Southern Reporter''. 11 February 2016.
*Sewards, Lisa. . '']''. 7 January 2016.
*. '']''. 12 January 2016. *. '']''. 12 January 2016.
* ''Hollywood Spy''. 14 February 2016. * ''Hollywood Spy''. 14 February 2016.
*Radish, Christina. . '']''. January 18, 2016. *Radish, Christina. . '']''. 18 January 2016.
*Wood, Gareth. ''REVIEW: War and Peace'': 12 January 2016. . 19 January 2016. ''The Metropolist''. Retrieved 21 February 2016. *Wood, Gareth. ''Review: War and Peace'': 12 January 2016. . 19 January 2016. ''The Metropolist''. Retrieved 21 February 2016.</ref>
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In film, he played the title role in '']'' (2016), about legendary Scottish golfing champion ], played by ], and his complex and bittersweet relationship with his son ]; Lowden was nominated for Best Film Actor at the 2016 ] Awards for his performance.<ref name=BAFTAScotlandNominations>. 2016 ]. Retrieved 10 October 2016.</ref><ref> at the ]. Retrieved 21 February 2016.</ref><ref>Wiseman, Andreas. . '']''. 17 July 2015.</ref> And he portrays British politician ] in '']'', a 2016 film about ] and ]. As star ]'s attorney, he is in the main cast of '']'' (2016), a Holocaust legal-drama film which also stars ].<ref>Rosser, Michael. . '']''. 9 December 2015.</ref> In film he played the title role in '']'' (2016), about legendary Scottish golfing champion ], played by ], and his complex and bittersweet relationship with his son ]; Lowden was nominated for Best Film Actor at the ] Awards for his performance.<ref name=BAFTAScotlandNominations>. 2016 ]. Retrieved 10 October 2016.</ref><ref> at the ]. Retrieved 21 February 2016.</ref><ref>Wiseman, Andreas. . '']''. 17 July 2015.</ref> He also portrayed British politician ] in a supporting role in '']'', a 2016 film about ] and ]. In another supporting role, he was one of star ]'s character's attorneys in '']'' (2016), a fact-based legal-drama film about ] which also starred ].<ref>Rosser, Michael. . '']''. 9 December 2015.</ref>


In April 2016 he was a finalist in the entertainment category at the 11th ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/young-scot-awards-2016-schoolgirl-7867195 |work=Daily Record |title=Young Scot Awards 2016: Schoolgirl hailed for refusing to let illness stop her helping others |date=May 2016 |access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref> In November 2016, the UK arts and entertainment magazine '']'' featured Lowden as one of The Hot 100 2016.<ref name=thelist>. '']''. 2 November 2016.</ref>
In March 2016 Lowden was cast as one of the leading roles of the ] World War II film '']'', due to be released in July 2017.<ref>Jaafar, Ali. . '']''. 11 March 2016.</ref><ref>Kroll, Justin. . '']''. 28 December 2015.</ref> And he portrays ] in a biopic of the singer titled ''England Is Mine'', written and directed by ].<ref>http://www.vulture.com/2017/03/unauthorized-morrissey-biopic-now-titled-england-is-mine.html</ref><ref>Bamigboye, Baz. . '']''. 17 March 2016.</ref><ref>Ojomu, Nola. . '']''. 8 May 2016.</ref><!--He will also co-star with ] in the Glasgow-set romantic drama film, ''Cross My Mind''.<ref>Wiseman, Andreas. . '']''. 27 April 2016.</ref><ref> at the ].</ref>--> He co-stars with ] in a new thriller, ''Calibre'', which began filming in November 2016.<ref>Grater, Tom. . '']''. 11 February 2016.</ref><ref>Miller, Phil. . '']''. 11 November 2016.</ref>


He played a ] ], one of the leading roles, in ]'s World{{nbsp}}War{{nbsp}}II film '']'', released in July 2017.<ref>Jaafar, Ali. . '']''. 11 March 2016.</ref><ref>Kroll, Justin. . '']''. 28 December 2015.</ref><ref name="Maytum">{{cite magazine|title=''Dunkirk''|first1=Matt|last1=Maytum|first2=Jane|last2=Crowther|magazine=]|date=Summer 2017|issue=260|pages=56–65}}</ref> And he portrayed ] in a biopic of the singer titled '']'', written and directed by ];<ref>Wright, Tolly. . '']''. 4 March 2017.</ref> the film, which co-stars ], premiered at the closing gala of the ] on 2 July 2017 and went into wide release in August 2017.<ref>. '']''. 15 June 2017.</ref>
In late 2016 the UK arts and entertainment magazine '']'' featured Lowden as one of The Hot 100 2016.<ref name=thelist>. '']''. 2 November 2016.</ref>


He co-starred with ] in a Scottish thriller, '']'' (2018), which began filming in November 2016, debuted at the 2018 Edinburgh International Film Festival, and was released globally on ] on 29 June 2018.<ref>Dalton, Ben. . '']''. 14 May 2018.</ref><ref>Grater, Tom. . '']''. 11 February 2016.</ref><ref>Miller, Phil. . '']''. 11 November 2016.</ref> Guy Lodge in '']'' wrote of his performance, " lead performance of through-the-wringer commitment by rising Scots star Jack Lowden. ... An Olivier Award-winning stage actor now settling into a quietly potent, empathetic screen presence, Lowden impressively holds it together through all these key changes, even when his character emphatically does not."<ref>Lodge, Guy. . '']''. 23 June 2018.</ref> Lowden won the ] ] for Best Film Actor for the performance.<ref>. 2018 ]. Retrieved 2 June 2019.</ref>
Lowden will play ] the 2018 comedy-drama ] film '']''.
On stage, from 28 September to 24 November 2018 Lowden starred opposite ] in Shakespeare's '']'', at the ] in London, directed by ]. It was a unique gender-reversal production of the work, and he and Atwell alternated the roles of Angelo and Isabella during the play.<ref>Brown, Mark. . '']''. 24 April 2018.</ref><ref>Snow, Georgia. . '']''. 24 April 2018.</ref><ref>Paskett, Zoe. . '']''. 24 September 2018.</ref> On television, in December 2018 he co-starred with ] and ], in ] of ]'s novel '']'', about a slave on a sugar plantation in 19th-century Jamaica; the piece was filmed on location in the Dominican Republic.<ref name=riverdance/><ref>. '']''. 13 July 2018.</ref>

He portrayed ] in '']'' (2018), opposite ] and directed by theatre director ],<ref>Tartaglione, Nancy. . '']''. 13 June 2017.</ref> and ] in the 2019 comedy-drama ] film '']'', opposite ] and directed by ]. He appeared as FBI agent Crawford in the ] biopic '']'' (2020), starring his ''Dunkirk'' co-star ].<ref>Tartaglione, Nancy. . '']''. 22 March 2018.</ref>

In February 2019 Lowden teamed up with Beta Cinema to form his own production company, Reiver Pictures, based in Edinburgh.<ref name="Beta Cinema teams">Macnab, Geoffrey. . '']''. 7 February 2019.</ref> This led to the production of a psychological thriller, '']'', in which Lowden also starred alongside ] and ].<ref name="Beta Cinema teams"/> He portrayed ] in the 2022 biopic '']''.

Lowden was announced to star in the Apple TV series '']'' in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thorne |first=Will |date=2020-12-14 |title=Kristin Scott Thomas and Jonathan Pryce Join Gary Oldman in Apple's 'Slow Horses' |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/kristin-scott-thomas-jonathan-pryce-join-gary-oldman-apple-spy-series-slow-horses-1234852989/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> He reprised his role for seasons two, three and four and is set to appear in season five.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2023-04-11 |title='Slow Horses' Season 4: Hugo Weaving, Joanna Scanlan & Ruth Bradley Among Cast To Join Gary Oldman In Apple Spy Series; Filming Underway |url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/slow-horses-season-four-hugo-weaving-gary-oldman-apple-how-watch-1235321717/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bamigboye |first=Baz |date=2024-07-18 |title=Breaking Baz: Gary Oldman On How 'Slow Horses' Picked Up Speed To Score Its Emmy Nominations |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/gary-oldman-slow-horses-emmy-nominations-new-seasons-1236013865/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> He is nominated at the ] as ].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Hilary |last2=Nordyke |first2=Kimberly |date=2024-07-17 |title=Emmys 2024: List of Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/emmys-nominations-2024-nominees-list-1235950616/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

He joined Duncan Jones' upcoming film ''Rogue Trooper''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/aneurin-barnard-hayley-atwell-jack-lowden-duncan-jones-rogue-trooper-1235889907/|title=Aneurin Barnard, Hayley Atwell, Jack Lowden Join Duncan Jones' Science Fiction Movie 'Rogue Trooper' (EXCLUSIVE)|date=29 January 2024 |publisher=Variety}}</ref>

==Personal life==
From 2019 to 2021 Lowden resided in ], Edinburgh, before moving back to the ] in May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19389513.jack-lowden-kindred-slow-horses-al-pacino/|title=Jack Lowden on imposter syndrome, his new film Kindred and, umm, car insurance|date=26 June 2021 }}</ref><ref name=hallmarks/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/dunkirk-star-jack-lowden-says-lack-major-scottish-film-studio-beyond-embarrassing-545134|title = Dunkirk star Jack Lowden says lack of major Scottish film studio is 'beyond embarrassing'| date=23 June 2019 }}</ref> He supports ].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thejackalmagazine.com/jack-lowden |title=Jack Lowden isn't settling for second best &#124; the Jackal |access-date=16 December 2019 |archive-date=16 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216071621/https://www.thejackalmagazine.com/jack-lowden |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scots-star-jack-lowden-wants-to-be-free-of-his-essex-roots-fpb7q8jb7|title = Scots star Jack Lowden wants to be free of his Essex roots|last1 = MacDonald|first1 = Stuart}}</ref>

Since 2018 he has been in a relationship with Irish actress ], his co-star in ''Mary Queen of Scots''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maitland |first1=Hayley |title=Saoirse Ronan and James McArdle Are Bringing an 'Apocalyptic' Take on Macbeth to the London Stage |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/saoirse-ronan-james-mcardle-the-tragedy-of-macbeth-london |access-date=11 October 2021 |work=] |date=21 September 2021 |quote=Having now achieved the level of fame where public transport is a no-go, she opts to live as quietly as possible between Dublin, London, and the north of England, with her long-term boyfriend Jack Lowden, another Scottish actor. |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014114932/https://www.vogue.com/article/saoirse-ronan-james-mcardle-the-tragedy-of-macbeth-london |url-status=live }}</ref> An ] post in July 2023 sparked speculation that they are engaged.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23680352.saoirse-ronan-jack-lowden-spark-engagement-rumours/|title=Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden spark engagement rumours|work=The National|first=Laura|last=Pollock|date=26 July 2023 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> The '']'' reported in July 2024 that they married in ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/saoirse-ronan-marries-actor-jack-lowden-in-secret-ceremony-in-edinburgh/a1049658056.html|title=Saoirse Ronan marries actor Jack Lowden in secret ceremony in Edinburgh|work=The Irish Independent|first=Niamh|last=Horan|date=28 July 2024 |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>

==Filmography==
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| rowspan="2"| 2014
| '']''
| Thompson
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| '']''
| Oswald
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| rowspan="3"| 2016
| '']''
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| '']''
| ]
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| '']''
| James Libson
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| rowspan="2"| 2017
| '']''
| Collins
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| rowspan="2"| 2018
| '']''
| Vaughn
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| '']''
| ]
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| 2019
| '']''
| ]
|
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| rowspan="2"| 2020
| '']''
| Crawford
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| '']''
| Thomas
| Also co-producer
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| 2021
| '']''
| ]
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|-
| rowspan="2"| 2025
| {{Pending film|]}}
| Gunner
| Post-production
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| {{Pending film|]}}
| {{TableTBA}}
| Post-production
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| {{TableTBA}}
| {{Pending film|]}}
| Little Sugar
| Post-production
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===Television===
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! Year
! Title
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! Notes
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| 2010
| '']''
| Nick Fairclough
| Episode: #1.3
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| 2012
| '']''
| Alan Wright
| 2 episodes
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| 2013
| '']''
| Adam Roebuck
|Recurring (10 episodes)
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| 2014
| '']''
| Michael
| Miniseries
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| 2015
| '']''
| Thomas Wyatt
| Miniseries
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| 2016
| '']''
| ]
| Miniseries
|-
| 2018
| '']''
| Robert Goodwin
| 3-part TV film
|-
| 2020
| '']''
| ]
| Mini-series; episode: ]
|-
| 2022–present
| '']''
| River Cartwright
| TV series
|-
| 2023
| '']''
| ]
| Drama about the £26&nbsp;million gold bullion ]
|-
| 2024
| '']''
| Forodwaith ]
| Episode: "]"
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==Awards and nominations==
==Selected filmography==
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| '']''
| Oswald
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| '']''
| Michael
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| Entertainment
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| ]
| rowspan="2"| ]
| Feature film, title role
| '']''
| {{nom}}
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| ]
| '']''
| ] | '']''
| {{won}}
| Feature film, main cast
|- |-
| ]
| '']''
| ]
| James Libson
| ]
| Feature film, main cast
| '']''
| {{nom}}
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| ]
|rowspan="3"| 2017
| '']'' | ]
| ]
|
| ''Himself''
| Feature film, main cast
| {{nom}}
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| ]
|''England Is Mine''
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| ]
| Feature film (post-production), star
| '']''
| {{nom}}
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| ''Calibre''
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| Vaughn
| ]
| Feature film (post-production), leading role
| '']''
| {{won}}
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| ]
| 2018
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| '']''
| rowspan="2" | ]
| ]
| rowspan="4" | '']''
| Feature film (post-production), leading role
| {{nom}}
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| ]
|}
| {{nom}}

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Scottish actor (born 1990)

Jack Lowden
Lowden in 2017
BornJack Andrew Lowden
(1990-06-02) 2 June 1990 (age 34)
Chelmsford, Essex, England
EducationRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present
Spouse Saoirse Ronan ​(m. 2024)​

Jack Andrew Lowden (born 2 June 1990) is a Scottish actor. Following a four-year stage career, his first major international onscreen success was in the 2016 BBC miniseries War & Peace, which led to starring roles in feature films.

Lowden starred as Eric Liddell in the 2012 play Chariots of Fire in London. In 2014, he won an Olivier Award and the Ian Charleson Award for his role as Oswald in Richard Eyre's 2013 adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts. In 2013, he began to have substantial roles in British television series and feature films, including The Tunnel (2013) and '71 (2014), and had leading roles in the BBC miniseries The Passing Bells (2014) and War & Peace (2016).

His screen projects since War & Peace have included the title role as golfing legend Tommy Morris in Tommy's Honour (2016), the starring role of Morrissey in the biopic England Is Mine (2017), a main-cast role as an RAF fighter-pilot in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017), a starring role in the Scottish Highlands thriller Calibre (2018, for which he won the British Academy Scotland Award for Best Film Actor), Lord Darnley in Mary Queen of Scots (2018), a starring role as a plantation owner in 19th-century Jamaica in the 2018 BBC miniseries The Long Song, as Zak "Zodiac" Bevis in the 2019 comedy-drama WWE film Fighting with My Family, and the 2022 Apple TV series Slow Horses, for which he received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

Early life

Lowden was born on 2 June 1990 in Chelmsford, Essex, the son of Gordon and Jacquie Lowden. He grew up in the Scottish village of Oxton. In a 2019 interview, he explained: "I'm an IVF baby. And so is my brother. Down there was one of the few places that was doing it." His younger brother, Calum, became a ballet dancer from a very early age at the Manor School of Ballet in Edinburgh, and later trained at the English National Ballet School and the Royal Ballet School in London; as of 2016, he is a first soloist at the Royal Swedish Ballet. As a child, Lowden attended the dance classes at Manor School of Ballet as well, but found he was better at, and more suited to, acting. He has stated that his personal ambition since childhood was to be a footballer.

When he was 10 Lowden's parents enrolled him in the Scottish Youth Theatre in Edinburgh. At age 12 he played John in a Peter Pan pantomime at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh. He attended Earlston High School, where he starred as Buddy Holly in Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story and performed in various concerts. His determination to become a professional actor came from seeing the play Black Watch on its first run in 2007. While in high school, he studied during summer school at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He also performed regularly at the Galashiels Amateur Operatic Society, where he played the lead in a 2008 production of The Boy Friend. Lowden received a BA in acting from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow in 2011.

Career

2009–2011

In 2009, at the age of 18, Lowden starred in a television advertisement for Irn-Bru, sending up High School Musical. In 2010 he had a small part as the character Nick Fairclough on an episode of the Glasgow-set television series Being Victor.

In 2010–11 Lowden was the lead character, Cammy, in the National Theatre of Scotland's revival production of the Olivier Award-winning play Black Watch. The play is an incisive and topical look at the harsh reality of war, and depicts soldiers of the legendary historic Scottish Black Watch regiment serving in Iraq. He and the rest of the cast underwent gruelling physical training during the rehearsals period to get into military shape.

The Black Watch production toured to London (Barbican), Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Belfast, and in the U.S. to New York City, Washington, Chicago, Austin, and Chapel Hill. UK reviewers deemed Lowden "a clearly hugely promising young actor" "who carries off this amazing start to his career with assurance and maturity". In the U.S., The Washington Post described him as "quietly charismatic" and a "stand-out"; this was echoed by the Chicago Sun-Times, which called him "easily charismatic"; and the Chicago Tribune noted his "rich and finely detailed work".

2012–2015

Lowden, Vangelis, and co-star James McArdle (r) at the Gielgud Theatre for the stage adaptation of Chariots of Fire (2012)

From 9 May 2012 to 5 January 2013 Lowden starred as Scottish runner and missionary Eric Liddell in Chariots of Fire, the stage adaptation of the film of the same name. The Olympic-themed play, created and produced specifically in honour of the 2012 London Summer Olympics, opened at London's Hampstead Theatre and transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End in June 2012. Lowden's performance was widely praised, including by Libby Purves in The Times.

Onscreen, in 2012 he appeared in the ITV drama Mrs Biggs as Alan Wright, who has an affair with Charmian Biggs and gets her pregnant. In 2013, he played the pivotal role of the lead character's son, Adam, in the television series The Tunnel. The series is a British/French crime-drama co-production, and aired in the UK and in France; in the summer of 2016 it aired on PBS in the U.S. He also had a sizable role as a young British soldier in the 2014 film '71, which takes place in Belfast in 1971 during the Northern Ireland conflict.

In 2014, Lowden received both the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and also the Ian Charleson Award, for his role as Oswald in Richard Eyre's adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts. The production ran from September 2013 to March 2014, opening at the Almeida Theatre and then transferring in December to the West End at Trafalgar Studios. A filmed February 2014 performance of the production screened in more than 275 UK and Irish cinemas on 26 June 2014. The entire filmed performance is viewable online.

In June 2014 Screen Daily named Lowden one of the UK Stars of Tomorrow.

He performed Orestes in Electra at the Old Vic in the autumn of 2014. The production starred Kristin Scott Thomas as his sister Electra, and Diana Quick played their mother Clytemnestra. Previews began 22 September, the official opening was 1 October, and the run continued in a limited engagement through to 20 December 2014.

On television he starred as one of the two leads in the 2014 World War I BBC drama series The Passing Bells. It is the story of two youths, one from Germany and one from the UK, who enlist as soldiers at the beginning of the war.

2016–present

Lowden portrayed Nikolai Rostov, one of the main characters, in the 2016 BBC miniseries War & Peace. The 6-part miniseries, which was broadcast around the world and positively reviewed, garnered Lowden the most exposure he had had thus far in his career.

In film he played the title role in Tommy's Honour (2016), about legendary Scottish golfing champion Old Tom Morris, played by Peter Mullan, and his complex and bittersweet relationship with his son Tom "Tommy" Morris, Jr.; Lowden was nominated for Best Film Actor at the 2016 BAFTA Scotland Awards for his performance. He also portrayed British politician Tony Benn in a supporting role in A United Kingdom, a 2016 film about Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams Khama. In another supporting role, he was one of star Rachel Weisz's character's attorneys in Denial (2016), a fact-based legal-drama film about Holocaust denial which also starred Andrew Scott.

In April 2016 he was a finalist in the entertainment category at the 11th Young Scot Awards. In November 2016, the UK arts and entertainment magazine The List featured Lowden as one of The Hot 100 2016.

He played a Royal Air Force fighter pilot, one of the leading roles, in Christopher Nolan's World War II film Dunkirk, released in July 2017. And he portrayed Morrissey in a biopic of the singer titled England Is Mine, written and directed by Mark Gill; the film, which co-stars Jessica Brown Findlay, premiered at the closing gala of the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 2 July 2017 and went into wide release in August 2017.

He co-starred with Martin McCann in a Scottish thriller, Calibre (2018), which began filming in November 2016, debuted at the 2018 Edinburgh International Film Festival, and was released globally on Netflix on 29 June 2018. Guy Lodge in Variety wrote of his performance, " lead performance of through-the-wringer commitment by rising Scots star Jack Lowden. ... An Olivier Award-winning stage actor now settling into a quietly potent, empathetic screen presence, Lowden impressively holds it together through all these key changes, even when his character emphatically does not." Lowden won the 2018 British Academy Scotland Award for Best Film Actor for the performance.

On stage, from 28 September to 24 November 2018 Lowden starred opposite Hayley Atwell in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, at the Donmar Warehouse in London, directed by Josie Rourke. It was a unique gender-reversal production of the work, and he and Atwell alternated the roles of Angelo and Isabella during the play. On television, in December 2018 he co-starred with Tamara Lawrance and Hayley Atwell, in a three-part BBC adaptation of Andrea Levy's novel The Long Song, about a slave on a sugar plantation in 19th-century Jamaica; the piece was filmed on location in the Dominican Republic.

He portrayed Lord Darnley in Mary Queen of Scots (2018), opposite Saoirse Ronan and directed by theatre director Josie Rourke, and Zak "Zodiac" Bevis in the 2019 comedy-drama WWE film Fighting with My Family, opposite Florence Pugh and directed by Steve Merchant. He appeared as FBI agent Crawford in the Al Capone biopic Capone (2020), starring his Dunkirk co-star Tom Hardy.

In February 2019 Lowden teamed up with Beta Cinema to form his own production company, Reiver Pictures, based in Edinburgh. This led to the production of a psychological thriller, Kindred, in which Lowden also starred alongside Tamara Lawrance and Fiona Shaw. He portrayed Siegfried Sassoon in the 2022 biopic Benediction.

Lowden was announced to star in the Apple TV series Slow Horses in December 2020. He reprised his role for seasons two, three and four and is set to appear in season five. He is nominated at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards as Outstanding Supporting Actor in A Drama Series.

He joined Duncan Jones' upcoming film Rogue Trooper.

Personal life

From 2019 to 2021 Lowden resided in Leith, Edinburgh, before moving back to the Scottish Borders in May 2021. He supports Scottish independence.

Since 2018 he has been in a relationship with Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, his co-star in Mary Queen of Scots. An Instagram post in July 2023 sparked speculation that they are engaged. The Irish Independent reported in July 2024 that they married in Edinburgh.

Filmography

Key
† Denotes projects that have not yet been released

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 '71 Thompson
Ghosts Oswald Filmed performance of West End play
2016 Tommy's Honour Tom Morris, Jr.
A United Kingdom Tony Benn
Denial James Libson
2017 Dunkirk Collins
England Is Mine Morrissey
2018 Calibre Vaughn
Mary Queen of Scots Lord Darnley
2019 Fighting with My Family Zak Bevis
2020 Capone Crawford
Kindred Thomas Also co-producer
2021 Benediction Siegfried Sassoon
2025 Rogue Trooper † Gunner Post-production
Ella McCay † TBA Post-production
TBA Tornado † Little Sugar Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Being Victor Nick Fairclough Episode: #1.3
2012 Mrs Biggs Alan Wright 2 episodes
2013 The Tunnel Adam Roebuck Recurring (10 episodes)
2014 The Passing Bells Michael Miniseries
2015 Wolf Hall Thomas Wyatt Miniseries
2016 War & Peace Nikolai Rostov Miniseries
2018 The Long Song Robert Goodwin 3-part TV film
2020 Small Axe Ian Macdonald Mini-series; episode: Mangrove
2022–present Slow Horses River Cartwright TV series
2023 The Gold Kenneth Noye Drama about the £26 million gold bullion Brink's-Mat robbery
2024 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Forodwaith Sauron Episode: "Elven Kings Under the Sky"

Theatre credits

Year Title Role Director Playwright Theatre
2010–11 Black Watch Cammy John Tiffany Gregory Burke National Theatre of Scotland
touring UK/U.S.
2012 Chariots of Fire Eric Liddell Edward Hall Mike Bartlett
Colin Welland 		Hampstead Theatre
Gielgud Theatre
2013–14 Ghosts Oswald Richard Eyre Henrik Ibsen Almeida Theatre
Trafalgar Studios
2014 Electra Orestes Ian Rickson Sophocles Old Vic
2018 Measure for Measure Angelo
Isabella 		Josie Rourke Shakespeare Donmar Warehouse
2024 The Fifth Step Luka Finn Den Hertog David Ireland National Theatre of Scotland

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2014 Ian Charleson Awards Ghosts Won
2014 Laurence Olivier Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role Won
2016 Young Scot Awards Entertainment War & Peace Nominated
2016 British Academy Scotland Awards Best Actor in Film Tommy's Honour Nominated
2018 Calibre Won
2019 British Academy Scotland Awards Best Actor in Film Mary Queen of Scots Nominated
2020 British Academy Film Awards Rising Star Award Himself Nominated
2021 British Academy Scotland Awards Best Actor in Television Small Axe: Mangrove Nominated
2022 British Academy Scotland Awards Best Actor in Film Benediction Won
2023 British Academy Television Awards Best Supporting Actor Slow Horses Nominated
2024 Nominated
2024 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
2025 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor – Television Nominated

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