Biography
Jack Andrew Lowden is a Scottish actor and producer. Born on 2 June 1990 in Chelmsford, Essex, to Scottish parents, he grew up in the Scottish Borders and graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2011.
He began his career on stage, winning the Laurence Olivier Award and Ian Charleson Award for his role in Ghosts (2014). His screen work includes '71 (2014), War & Peace (2016), Dunkirk (2017), Calibre (2018, for which he won a BAFTA Scotland Award), Mary Queen of Scots (2018) and Fighting with My Family (2019). Since 2020 he has starred as River Cartwright in the series Slow Horses, earning Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
Lowden co-produced The Outrun (2024) and formed the production company Sad Dog with his wife, actress Saoirse Ronan, whom he married in 2024.
