
Alex Lawther
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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).
Known for
Credits

The Imitation Game (2014)
as Young Alan Turing

The Last Duel (2021)
as King Charles VI

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
as Morisot

The Translators (2019)
as Alex Goodman

National Theatre at Home: Summerfolk (2026)
as Vlass Mikhailich

The Velveteen Rabbit (2023)
as Velveteen Rabbit (voice)

Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
as Christopher Robin Milne (Teen)

A Second Life (2026)
as Elijah

Departure (2016)
as Elliot

X+Y (2014)
as Isaac Cooper

Ghost Stories (2018)
as Simon Rifkind

Old Boys (2018)
as Amberson

Freak Show (2018)
as Billy Bloom

Miss Fortunate (2021)
as Jack

The End of the F World (2017)
as self

The Fear (2010)
as The Boy

The Lost Patient (2022)
as Bastien

Carnage: Swallowing the Past (2017)
as Volunteer: Joey

Grand amour (2020)
Actor

Earwig (2022)
as Laurence

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look (2022)
as Karis Nemik (archive footage) (uncredited)

Yussef is Complicated (2015)
as Rory

Alex's Dream (2018)
as Alex Morin

Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict (2013)
as Benjamin Britten

Narrated By (2016)
as Sam Sipowitz

Spark (2020)
as Theo





