Joe Alwyn

Known for ActingBorn 1991-02-21 (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. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Miss Americana

Hamnet

The Favourite

The Last Letter from Your Lover

Harriet

FX's A Christmas Carol

The Brutalist

Boy Erased

Conversations with Friends

A Christmas Carol

Operation Finale

Mary Queen of Scots

Kinds of Kindness

The Souvenir: Part II

The Oscars

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Sense of an Ending

Catherine Called Birdy

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Stars at Noon

Hamlet

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Panic Carefully

Inside Look: Hamnet

A Very Short Film About Longing

Séance on a Wet Afternoon

Cavendish

The Origin of the World

The Husbands

Legacy of Spies