
Alex Lawther
Acting
Born 1995-05-04 · Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
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).
Filmography

A Second Life
Apr 15, 2026

Alien: Earth - On Set Dispatches
Jul 23, 2025

The Velveteen Rabbit
Nov 21, 2023

The Lost Patient
Nov 25, 2022

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Sep 8, 2022

Earwig
Jun 15, 2022

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Oct 21, 2021

The Last Duel
Oct 13, 2021

Miss Fortunate
Mar 27, 2021

Grand amour
Jul 4, 2020

Spark
Apr 2, 2020

The Translators
Dec 20, 2019

Alex's Dream
Dec 13, 2018

Old Boys
Jun 22, 2018

Ghost Stories
Jan 20, 2018

Freak Show
Jan 12, 2018

Goodbye Christopher Robin
Sep 29, 2017

Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Mar 19, 2017

Narrated By
Aug 15, 2016

Departure
May 20, 2016

Yussef is Complicated
Apr 9, 2015

The Imitation Game
Nov 14, 2014

X+Y
Mar 13, 2014

Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
May 24, 2013

The Fear
Sep 24, 2010