Joe Alwyn
Also Known As: William Bowery, Τζον Όλγουϊν, גו אלווין, جو آلوین
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 interest in acting during his teenage years. He acted in student productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He 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. Alwyn worked with American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift on ten of her songs released from 2020 to 2022, including "Exile" and "Betty" from Swift's eighth studio album, Folklore, which won the Album of the Year at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. He won a Trophée Chopard at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and appeared on the 2022 Time 100 Next list of rising stars. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Alwyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Birthday: February 21, 1991
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Gender: Male
TMDb-Id: 1496392
IMDb-Id: nm7153679
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Stars at Noon
Overview: In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-10-14
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A Very Short Film About Longing
Overview: A story of a love triangle between individuals who can never be together but want for love nonetheless.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-04
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The Brutalist
Overview: Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-20
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Hamlet
Overview: Set in a modern-day London of economic and political uncertainty, the story follows the intersecting themes of familial honor, moral duty and dynastic corruption.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
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Kinds of Kindness
Overview: 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-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-30
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The Sense of an Ending
Overview: 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.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-10
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Overview: 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 squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-10
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Hamnet
Overview: Agnes Shakespeare – the wife of the world's most famous writer – struggles to come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
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The Favourite
Overview: England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.
Genres: Drama Comedy Thriller History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-23
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Mary Queen of Scots
Overview: 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 ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-07
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Boy Erased
Overview: 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 conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-24
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Operation Finale
Overview: In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-29
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Harriet
Overview: The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-01
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The Souvenir: Part II
Overview: In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-11
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The Last Letter from Your Lover
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-23
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FX's A Christmas Carol
Overview: 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 to show him his past, present and future.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-19
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Miss Americana
Overview: 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 embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer, but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-31
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Catherine Called Birdy
Overview: A teenage girl in Medieval England navigates life and tries to avoid the arranged marriages her father maps out for her.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-23
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Panic Carefully
Overview: Described as a paranoid thriller about a hunt for a cyber-terrorist in the vein of Mr. Robot and The Silence of the Lambs.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
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