Alex Lawther
Acting • Born 1995-05-04
Biography
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).
Filmography
38 credits
Miss Fortunate
Movie • 2021
Jack
The Velveteen Rabbit
Movie • 2023
Velveteen Rabbit (voice)
The Lost Patient
Movie • 2022
Bastien
The Imitation Game
Movie • 2014
Young Alan Turing
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Movie • 2022
Karis Nemik (archive footage) (uncredited)
X+Y
Movie • 2014
Isaac Cooper
Departure
Movie • 2016
Elliot
Grand amour
Movie • 2020
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Movie • 2017
Christopher Robin Milne (Teen)
Narrated By
Movie • 2016
Sam Sipowitz
Ghost Stories
Movie • 2018
Simon Rifkind
Freak Show
Movie • 2018
Billy Bloom
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Movie • 2017
Volunteer: Joey
The Translators
Movie • 2019
Alex Goodman
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
Movie • 2013
Benjamin Britten
Old Boys
Movie • 2018
Amberson
Yussef is Complicated
Movie • 2015
Rory
The Fear
Movie • 2010
The Boy
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie • 2021
Morisot
Earwig
Movie • 2022
Laurence
The Last Duel
Movie • 2021
King Charles VI
Alex's Dream
Movie • 2018
Alex Morin
Spark
Movie • 2020
Theo
A Second Life
Movie • 2026
Elijah
Alien: Earth - On Set Dispatches
Movie • 2025
Self
The Cleaner
TV • 2021
Shaman
Alien: Earth
TV • 2025
Joe DiMaggio Hermit
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Mildred's Friend / Additional Voices (voice)
Holby City
TV • 1999
Fred Bamber
Black Mirror
TV • 2011
Kenny
The End of the F***ing World
TV • 2017
James
Howards End
TV • 2017
Tibby Schlegel
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Mildred's Friend (voice)
Lloyd of the Flies
TV • 2022
Abacus Woodlouse (voice)
Andor
TV • 2022
Karis Nemik (voice)
Leonard and Hungry Paul
TV • 2025
Leonard
The Owl House
TV • 2020
Philip Wittebane (voice)
The Altruists
TV
Sam Trabucco