Biography
Joe Alwyn is an English actor. He made his feature film debut in the title role of Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016). Subsequent credits include The Favourite (2018), Boy Erased (2018), Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Harriet (2019), The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021), Catherine Called Birdy (2022), Kinds of Kindness (2024), The Brutalist (2024) and Hamnet (2025).
Alwyn was born on 21 February 1991 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and raised in North London. He studied English literature and drama at the University of Bristol, graduating in 2012, and acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 2015. He has also written songs under the name William Bowery.
