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).
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RevenueActing
Primarily2025 Alien: Earth as Joe DiMaggio Hermit
2025 A Second Life as Elijah
2024 Rhoda Director, Writer
2023 The Velveteen Rabbit as Velveteen Rabbit (voice)
2023 For People in Trouble Director, Writer
2022 The Lost Patient as Bastien
2022 Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Karis Nemik (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022 Earwig as Laurence
2021 The French Dispatch as Morisot
2021 The Last Duel as King Charles VI
2021 Miss Fortunate as Jack
2020 Grand amour
2020 Spark as Theo
2019 The Translators as Alex Goodman
2018 Alex's Dream as Alex Morin
2018 Old Boys as Amberson
2018 Ghost Stories as Simon Rifkind
2018 Freak Show as Billy Bloom
2017 Goodbye Christopher Robin as Christopher Robin Milne (Teen)
2017 Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Volunteer: Joey
2016 Narrated By as Sam Sipowitz
2016 Departure as Elliot
2015 Yussef is Complicated as Rory
2014 The Imitation Game as Young Alan Turing
2014 X+Y as Isaac Cooper
2013 Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict as Benjamin Britten
2010 The Fear as The Boy