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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

Black Mirror
2011

Andor
2022

Alien: Earth
2025

The Owl House
2020

The End of the F***ing World
2017

The Imitation Game
2014

The Cleaner
2021

The Last Duel
2021

Howards End
2017

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021

The Translators
2019

The Velveteen Rabbit
2023

Old Boys
2018

Goodbye Christopher Robin
2017

Departure
2016

Ghost Stories
2018

X+Y
2014

Freak Show
2018

The Lost Patient
2022

Earwig
2022
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