Joe Alwyn
Actor
- Born
- February 21, 1991 (age 35) · 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 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.
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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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Known for
Acting24
- 2027Panic Carefully
- 2026Hamlet as Laertes
- 2025Inside Look: Hamnet as Self
- 2025Hamnet as Bartholomew
- 2024The Brutalist as Harry Lee
- 2024Kinds of Kindness as Collectibles Appraiser / Passenger / Joseph
- 2023A Very Short Film About Longing
- 2022Stars at Noon as Daniel
- 2022Catherine Called Birdy as Uncle George
- 2021The Souvenir: Part II as Max
