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








