Joe Alwyn
Joseph Matthew Alwyn (born 21 February 1991) is an English actor. He 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 supporting roles in films such as The Favourite (2018), Boy Erased (2018), Mary Queen of Scots (2018), and Harriet (2019). His accolades include a Trophée Chopard, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Satellite Award, and a Grammy Award.
Born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, and raised in North London, Alwyn developed an interest in acting during his teenage years and joined the National Youth Theatre in 2009. He acted in two student productions at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and graduated with a BA degree in English literature and drama from the University of Bristol (2012). He received another BA in acting from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2015). He won the Trophée Chopard at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, following his appearance in various critically acclaimed films.
Alwyn has also worked with American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift on ten of her songs; he co-wrote tracks such as "Exile", "Betty", "Champagne Problems" and "Coney Island" from Swift's 2020 albums, Folklore and Evermore. "Exile" charted inside the top 10 in eight countries. For his contributions to Folklore, Alwyn won the Album of the Year at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. In 2022, he appeared in a lead role of Hulu series Conversations with Friends, starred in the romantic thriller film Stars at Noon, which won the Grand Prix at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, and featured on the Time 100 Next list.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 18.813 |
Birthday | 1991-02-21 |
Place of Birth | London, England, UK |
Also Known As | William Bowery, Τζον Όλγουϊν, גו אלווין, |
2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
6/547
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his...
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2017
The Sense of an Ending
6.4/196
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.
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The Sense of an Ending
2018
The Favourite
7.518/5375
England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hil...
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The Favourite
2018
Mary Queen of Scots
6.567/1742
In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ru...
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Mary Queen of Scots
2018
Boy Erased
7/1356
Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay convers...
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Boy Erased
2018
Operation Finale
6.71/960
In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argent...
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Operation Finale
2019
Harriet
7.339/756
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and te...
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Harriet
2021
The Souvenir: Part II
6.39/73
In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in ma...
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The Souvenir: Part II
2021
The Last Letter from Your Lover
7.4/589
A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.
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The Last Letter from Your Lover
2019
FX's A Christmas Carol
7.079/164
London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts...
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FX's A Christmas Carol
2020
Miss Americana
7.9/576
A raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transformational period in her life as she learns to embra...
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Miss Americana
2022
Catherine Called Birdy
6.107/122
A teenage girl in Medieval England navigates life and tries to avoid the arranged marriages her father maps out for her.
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Catherine Called Birdy
2022
Stars at Noon
5.857/91
In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a dang...
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Stars at Noon
Hamlet
0/0
Set in a modern-day London of economic and political uncertainty, the story follows the intersecting themes of familial honor, moral duty and dynastic...
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Hamlet
2024
Kinds of Kindness
6.846/345
A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at...
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Kinds of Kindness
A Very Short Film About Longing
0/0
A story of a love triangle between individuals who can never be together but want for love nonetheless.
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A Very Short Film About Longing
2024
The Brutalist
0/0
When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee Europe to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives ar...
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