Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 21, 1991
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Credits
31 titles
Joe Alwyn
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 - Guest
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
Legacy of Spies
Jim Prideaux
The Origin of the World
The Husbands
Michael
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Charles Clayton
Cavendish
Barlow