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.
19 movies · 6 shows
Hamlet
2026·5.7
Inside Look: Hamnet
2025·0.0
Hamnet
2025·7.7
The Brutalist
2024·7.0
Kinds of Kindness
2024·6.5
A Very Short Film About Longing
2023·0.0
Stars at Noon
2022·5.8
Catherine Called Birdy
2022·6.1
The Souvenir: Part II
2021·6.4
The Last Letter from Your Lover
2021·7.3
Miss Americana
2020·7.8
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019·7.2
Harriet
2019·7.3
Mary Queen of Scots
2018·6.6
The Favourite
2018·7.5
Boy Erased
2018·7.0
Operation Finale
2018·6.7
The Sense of an Ending
2017·6.4
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016·6.0