Joe Alwyn
- Acting
- February 21, 1991 · London, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Panic Carefully
- Hamlet · Laertes
- Inside Look: Hamnet · Self
- Hamnet · Bartholomew
- The Brutalist · Harry Lee
- Kinds of Kindness · Collectibles Appraiser / Passenger / Joseph
- A Very Short Film About Longing
- Stars at Noon · Daniel
- Catherine Called Birdy · Uncle George
- Conversations with Friends · Nick Conway
- The Souvenir: Part II · Max
- The Last Letter from Your Lover · Lawrence Stirling
- Miss Americana · Self
- A Christmas Carol · Bob Cratchit
- FX's A Christmas Carol · Bob Cratchit
- Harriet · Gideon Brodess
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Mary Queen of Scots · Robert Dudley
- The Favourite · Masham
- Boy Erased · Henry Wallace
- Operation Finale · Klaus Eichmann
- The Sense of an Ending · Adrian Finn Sr.
- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk · Billy Lynn
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Oscars · Self
- Séance on a Wet Afternoon · Charles Clayton
- Cavendish · Barlow
- The Origin of the World
- Still We Met · Isaac
- The Husbands · Michael
- Legacy of Spies · Jim Prideaux