Biography
Joseph Matthew Alwyn (born 21 February 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 Hulu drama series Conversations with Friends (2022). Born in Kent and raised in North London, Alwyn developed an ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Hamnet
2025
as Bartholomew
Agnes Shakespeare – the wife of the world's most famous writer – struggles to come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet.
The Brutalist
2024
as Harry Lee
When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their live...
Kinds of Kindness
2024
as Collectibles Appraiser / Passenger / Joseph
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...
A Very Short Film About Longing
2023
A story of a love triangle between individuals who can never be together but want for love nonetheless.
Stars at Noon
2022
as Daniel
In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a dang...
Catherine Called Birdy
2022
as Uncle George
A teenage girl in Medieval England navigates life and tries to avoid the arranged marriages her father maps out for her.
The Souvenir: Part II
2021
as Max
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...
The Last Letter from Your Lover
2021
as Lawrence Stirling
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.
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
2020
Songs
An intimate concert film, in which Taylor Swift performs each song from her album 'folklore' in order, as she reveals the meaning and the stories behi...
Miss Americana
2020
as Self
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...
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019
as Bob Cratchit
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...
Harriet
2019
as Gideon Brodess
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and te...
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
as Robert Dudley
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...
The Favourite
2018
as Masham
England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hil...
Boy Erased
2018
as Henry Wallace
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...
Operation Finale
2018
as Klaus Eichmann
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...
The Sense of an Ending
2017
as Adrian Finn Sr.
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.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016
as Billy Lynn
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...
Hamlet
N/A
as Laertes
Set in a modern-day London of economic and political uncertainty, the story follows the intersecting themes of familial honor, moral duty and dynastic...
Panic Carefully
N/A
Described as a paranoid thriller about a hunt for a cyber-terrorist in the vein of Mr. Robot and The Silence of the Lambs.