Alex Lawther was named Young British Performer of the Year at the London Film Critics’ Circle Awards for playing young Alan Turing in the Academy Award-winning The Imitation Game, and Best Actor at the Dublin International Film Festival for Departure. He is also one of BAFTA’s Breakthrough Brits.
On stage, he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the WhatsOnStage Awards for his West End debut in South Downs, and received a special citation at the Obie Awards for The Jungle at St. Ann’s Warehouse, New York.
On screen, he led both series of the BAFTA- and Peabody-winning Channel 4/Netflix series The End of the F***ing World, and was named Best Actor at the Italian Global Series Festival for Leonard and Hungry Paul.
As a writer-director, his debut short For People in Trouble premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2023 and was nominated for a London Film Critics’ Circle Award.
| Title | Role | Production | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| A SECOND LIFE | Elijah | Juin21 | Laurent Slama |
| LE PATIENT | Bastien | Arte | Christophe Charrier |
| EARWIG | Laurence | RookFilm | Lucile Hadzihalilovic |
| THE LAST DUEL | King Charles VI | Scott Free Productions | Ridley Scott |
| THE FRENCH DISPATCH | Morisot | Fox Searchlight | Wes Anderson |
| LES TRADUCTEURS | Alex Goodman | Tresor Films | Régis Roinsard |
| GHOST STORIES | Simon Rifkind | Warp Films | Jeremy Dyson/Andy Nyman |
| GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN | Older Christopher Robin | Fox Searchlight | Simon Curtis |
| OLD BOYS | Amberson (Lead) | Film 4 | Toby MacDonald |
| FREAK SHOW | Billy Bloom (Lead) | Maven Pictures and Flower Films | Trudie Styler |
| DEPARTURE | Elliot (Lead) | Motion Group Pictures | Andrew Steggall |
| THE IMITATION GAME | Young Alan Turing | Black Bear Pictures | Morten Tyldum |
| X PLUS Y | Isaac Cooper | Origin Pictures | Morgan Matthews |
| Title | Role | Production | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIEN: EARTH 2 | Hermit | FX/Disney+ | Noah Hawley |
| THE ALTRUISTS | Trabucco | Netflix | Graham Moore |
| LEONARD & HUNGRY PAUL | Leonard (Lead) | BBC/RTE | Andrew Chaplin |
| ALIEN: EARTH | Hermit | FX/Disney+ | Noah Hawley |
| THE CLEANER: THE SHAMAN | The Shaman | BBC/Studio Hamburg | Tom Marshall |
| STAR WARS: ANDOR | Karis Nemik | Disney+ | Susanna White |
| THE END OF THE FUCKING WORLD 2 | James (Lead) | Channel 4/Netflix | Lucy Forbes/Destiny Ekaragha |
| THE END OF THE FUCKING WORLD | James (Lead) | Channel 4/Netflix | Jonathan Entwistle/Lucy Tcherniak |
| HOWARDS END | Tibby | BBC | Hettie Macdonald |
| BLACK MIRROR | Kenny (Lead) | Netflix | James Watkins |
| CARNAGE | Joey | BBC | Simon Amstell |
| Title | Role | Production | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUMMERFOLK | Vlass | National Theatre | Rob Hastie |
| THE WINTER'S TALE/LE CONTE D'HIVER | Leontes | Les Choses Ont Leurs Secrets | Sylvain Levitte |
| HAMLET | Hamlet | Park Avenue Armoury, NYC | Robert Icke |
| THE TEMPEST | Ariel | Les Bouffes du Nord, Paris | Peter Brook & Marie-Hélène Estienne |
| THE TEMPEST | Caliban/Ferdinand | Les Bouffes du Nord, Paris | Peter Brook & Marie-Hélène Estienne |
| THE JUNGLE | Sam | St Ann's Warehouse, New York | Stephen Daldry |
| THE JUNGLE | Sam | Playhouse Theatre, West End | Stephen Daldry |
| THE JUNGLE | Sam | Young Vic | Stephen Daldry |
| CRUSHED SHELLS AND MUD | Derek (Lead) | Southwark Playhouse | Russell Bolam |
| THE GLASS SUPPER | Jamie (Lead) | Hampstead Theatre | Abbey Wright |
| FAULT LINES | Ryan Gibson (Lead) | Hampstead Theatre | Lisa Spirling |
| SOUTH DOWNS | John Blakemore (Lead) | Harold Pinter Theatre, West End | Jeremy Herrin |
| SOUTH DOWNS | John Blakemore (Lead) | Chichester Festival Theatre | Jeremy Herrin |
