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Joe Alwyn
London, England, UK
Joseph Matthew Alwyn (born February 21, 1991) is an English actor. Alwyn made his feature film debut as the titular character in Ang Lee's 2016 war drama Billy Lynn's Long Halfti…
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Joseph Matthew Alwyn (born February 21, 1991) is an English actor. Alwyn made his feature film debut as the titular character in Ang Lee's 2016 war drama Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and has since played roles in films such as The Favourite (2018), Boy Erased (2018), Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Harriet (2019), Catherine Called Birdy (2022), and The Brutalist (2024), as well as the BBC and Hulu drama series Conversations with Friends (2022). Born in Kent and raised in North London, Alwyn developed an interest in acting during his teenage years. He acted in student productions at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and obtained BA degrees in English literature and drama, and acting, from the University of Bristol (2012), and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2015), respectively. He is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter and has won the Trophée Chopard at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and appeared on the 2022 Time 100 Next list of rising stars.
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2027
Panic Carefully
Movie
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2026
Hamlet
Movie Laertes
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2025
Inside Look: Hamnet
Movie Self
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2025
Hamnet
Movie Bartholomew
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2024
The Brutalist
Movie Harry Lee
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2024
Kinds of Kindness
Movie Collectibles Appraiser / Passenger / Joseph
- 2023
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2022
Stars at Noon
Movie Daniel
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2022
Catherine Called Birdy
Movie Uncle George
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2022
Conversations with Friends
TV show Nick Conway
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2021
The Souvenir: Part II
Movie Max
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2021
The Last Letter from Your Lover
Movie Lawrence Stirling
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2020
Miss Americana
Movie Self
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2019
A Christmas Carol
TV show Bob Cratchit
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2019
FX's A Christmas Carol
Movie Bob Cratchit
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2019
Harriet
Movie Gideon Brodess
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2018
Mary Queen of Scots
Movie Robert Dudley
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2018
The Favourite
Movie Masham
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2018
Boy Erased
Movie Henry Wallace
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2018
Operation Finale
Movie Klaus Eichmann
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2017
The Sense of an Ending
Movie Adrian Finn Sr.
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2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Movie Billy Lynn
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2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self - Guest
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self - Presenter
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The Origin of the World
Movie
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Legacy of Spies
TV show Jim Prideaux
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The Husbands
TV show Michael
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Cavendish
Movie Barlow
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Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Movie Charles Clayton
