Johnny Flynn

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Johnny Flynn (2014)
Johnny Flynn (2014)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
A larum
  UK 98 06/07/2008 (1 week)
Country Mile
  UK 58 10/12/2013 (1 week)
Sillion
  UK 96 04/06/2017 (1 week)

Johnny Flynn (born March 14, 1983 in Johannesburg ) is a British singer and actor. He names William Shakespeare and WBYeats as influences . He is a member of the 'Propeller' theater group.

music

He released three albums with his band Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit . The debut album A Larum was released in summer 2008 and was recommended by music critic David Fricke in the music magazine Rolling Stone . After the EP Sweet William was released in winter 2009 , the second album Been Listening was released on the Transgressive Records label in summer 2010 . The single Kentucky Pill was mentioned by the British Zane Lowe's Radio 1 Show in March as "Hottest Record in the World". The third album Country Mile was released in 2013. On March 24, 2017 his fourth album Sillion was released .

Flynn wrote the series subject for the BBC British sitcom Detectorists .

Acting activity

Johnny Flynn has worked as an actor in several stage productions, including at the Globe Theater and the Royal Court . For his role in the play Jerusalem he was nominated for an Olivier Award in the category "Best Supporting Actor".

Flynn has become known to a wider audience as the lead actor in the series Lovesick , produced by Netflix and Channel 4 . He also played in the comedy series Brotherhood and in films such as The Clouds of Sils Maria . In Song One by Kate Barker-Froyland , he can be seen in the male lead alongside Anne Hathaway . In the TV series Genius (2017) he embodies Albert Einstein as a young man. In 2017 he also starred in the film Beast . In 2018, the British television series Vanity Fair, based on the novel of the same name by William Makepeace Thackeray, celebrated its premiere, with Flynn playing William Dobbin. 2020 is in the novel adaptation Flynn Emma by Jane Austen seen as George Knightley. Flynn wrote the song "Queen Bee", which plays during the credits . That same year, the David Bowie biography Stardust , in which he played the lead role as David Bowie, is slated to hit theaters.

Albums

  • A Larum (2008)
  • Been Listening (2010)
  • A Bag of Hammers (Film Score) (2012)
  • Country Mile (2013)
  • Sillion (2017)
  • Live at the Roundhouse (2018)

Singles and EPs

  • Ode to a Mare Trod Ditch (2007)
  • The Box (2007)
  • The Epic Tale of Tom and Sue (2007)
  • Hong Kong Cemetery EP (2008)
  • Napster Session [Digital-only Release] (2008)
  • Brown Trout Blues (2008)
  • Leftovers (2008)
  • Tickle Me Pink (2008)
  • Fee Fie Foe Fum [Split 7 "with Laura Marling] (2008)
  • [Untitled 10 "Vinyl] (2008)
  • Sweet William ep (2009)
  • Kentucky Pill (2010)
  • Barnacled Warship (2010)
  • The Water (2010)
  • Queen Bee (2020)

Filmography

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johnny Flynn in the UK charts
  2. ↑ Johnny Flynn on imdb.com
  3. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rp435#segments
  4. ^ Royal Court nominated for three Olivier Awards at The Royal Court Theater. In: www.royalcourttheatre.com. Retrieved October 4, 2016 .
  5. ^ Transgressive Records: Queen Bee - new music by Johnny Flynn from the feature film Emma. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
  6. ↑ The first photos from the David Bowie film. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Flynn, Johnny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesburg , South Africa