Jack Lowden

Jack Lowden (2012)

Jack Lowden (born June 2, 1990 in Chelmsford , Essex ) is a British actor.

Life

Lowden studied acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama , where he graduated with a master's degree in 2011. At the age of 12 he made his first appearance on stage as John in a Peter Pan production at the King's Theater in Edinburgh. 2014 he played alongside Kristin Scott Thomas at Old Vic Theater , the role of Orestes in Elektra by Sophocles , directed by Ian Rickson . In 2012 he appeared in the stage adaptation of Chariots of Fire in the role of Eric Liddell .

From 2010 he also took on smaller roles in television and film productions. He played the lead role of Steven Patrick Morrissey in the biopic England Is Mine , which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017 and was released in theaters on August 4, 2017 . In Christopher Nolan's war film Dunkirk from the same year Lowden can also be seen in a lead role.

Prizes and awards

In 2014 he won the Laurence Olivier Award and the Ian Charleson Award for Best Supporting Actor in the Almeida Theater production of Ibsen's drama Ghosts .

Filmography (selection)

• 2010: Being Victor (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2012: Mrs Biggs (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2013: uwantme2killhim?
• 2013: The Tunnel - Murder Knows No Boundaries ( The Tunnel , TV series, 10 episodes)
• 2014: '71
• 2014: Ghosts (live recording from the Almeida Theater )
• 2014: The Passing Bells (miniseries, 5 episodes)
• 2015: Wolves ( Wolf Hall , miniseries, 1 episode)
• 2015: Pan
• 2016: War and Peace ( War & Peace , Miniseries, 6 episodes)
• 2016: Tommy's Honor
• 2016: A United Kingdom
• 2016: denial (Denial)
• 2017: England Is Mine
• 2017: Dunkirk
• 2018: Caliber - Weidmannsunheil (Caliber)
• 2018: Maria Stuart, Queen of Scotland (Mary Queen of Scots)
• 2019: Fighting with My Family
• 2020: Capone

theatre

• 2010–2011: Black Watch (National Theater of Scotland)
• 2012: Chariots of Fire (Hampstead Theater; Gielgud Theater ) (Role: Eric Liddell)
• 2013–2014: Ghosts ( Almeida Theater ; Trafalgar Studios ) (role: Osvald)
• 2014: Electra ( Old Vic Theater ) (Role: Orest)

Awards (selection)

British Academy Film Award

• 2020 : Nomination for Best Young Actor for the EE Rising Star Award

Web links

Commons : Jack Lowden  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jack Lowden in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama - Acting Showcase: Class of 2011 . Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, accessed September 9, 2017
2. ↑ "It's Fizzy, It's Ginger, It's a Phenomenal Show". The Southern Reporter . May 5, 2009.
3. ↑ Sophocles' Electra BBC radio, April 16, 2017, accessed June 18, 2018
4. ↑ Jack fired up as he follows in flying footsteps of Olympics legend Liddell . In: The Southern Reporter, May 21, 2012
5. ↑ Jack Lowden in the Internet Movie Database (English)