Alex Lawther

Biography

Alex 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.

Known For

The Imitation Game

as Young Alan Turing

Black Mirror

as Kenny

The Last Duel

as King Charles VI

The End of the F***ing World

as James

The French Dispatch

as Morisot

Star Wars: Andor

as Karis Nemik

Ghost Stories

as Simon Rifkind

Goodbye Christopher Robin

as Older Christopher Robin Milne

X+Y

as Isaac Cooper

The Translators

as Alex Goodman