---
name: "Joe Alwyn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-alwyn"
fi1m_id: "joe-alwyn"
imdb_id: "nm7153679"
tmdb_id: 1496392
wikidata_id: "Q27440303"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 February 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-03T00:25:35.885077+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joe Alwyn

## Identity

Joe Alwyn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-alwyn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-alwyn
- **IMDb ID:** nm7153679
- **TMDB ID:** 1496392
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27440303
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Alwyn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27440303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7153679/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1496392

Actor. Born 21 February 1991 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 February 1991, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** William Bowery, Joseph Alwyn, Joseph Matthew Alwyn 
- **Frequently works with:** [Ed Guiney](https://film.one/person/ed-guiney.md), [Emma Stone](https://film.one/person/emma-stone.md), [Guy Pearce](https://film.one/person/guy-pearce.md), [Yorgos Lanthimos](https://film.one/person/yorgos-lanthimos.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 72 (2), 2020s 68 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 2, History 2, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $317m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Alwyn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27440303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7153679/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1496392

## Coming up

- *Panic Carefully* (2027-02-25)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Hamnet*](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md) (76)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Brutalist*](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Joe Alwyn

> Joe Alwyn's comic timing is his clearest asset, alongside a quiet vulnerability that suits ensemble work. We rate him as a supporting actor, though his choice of demanding directors sometimes gives us more to discuss than the performance.

Watch Joe Alwyn's Masham in *The Favourite* (2018): his physical comedy earns him a place in an ensemble dominated by three central performances. Yorgos Lanthimos gives him a useful setting for that precision, with court rivalry played for laughs without softening its cruelty. We laughed and then felt uncomfortable, because Olivia Colman made the consequences of that cruelty hurt. Alwyn belongs in that company, even if the film gives its greatest opportunities to others.

He began as a leading actor, playing Billy Lynn for Ang Lee in *Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk* (2016). The move into period-film supporting parts was already apparent in 2018, followed by television work in *Conversations with Friends* (2022). We would not treat smaller roles as evidence of retreat. His naturalism and slight vulnerability suit an actor who has to establish himself without taking over a film. The question is whether each part gives those qualities enough to do.

Brady Corbet gives him a more abrasive task in *The Brutalist* (2024), casting him as the entitled Harry Lee. That is a useful test of an actor whose quieter work can otherwise seem merely agreeable. Adrien Brody carries the film, and its second half wanders, but Alwyn's part offers a clear reason to watch him within it. Chloé Zhao's *Hamnet* (2025) uses him more modestly as Agnes's brother Bartholomew, a solid supporting performance in a film carried by Jessie Buckley. We respect that steadiness without finding it, on its own, a reason to choose the film.

Lanthimos's *Kinds of Kindness* (2024) gives us more reason for caution, with Alwyn appearing in its overlong third story. The film has already made its point about obedience twice, and his presence cannot make a third telling more rewarding. We would not blame him for the repetition. We would like more opportunities for the comic timing, and fewer parts that leave us discussing the director instead. For the clearest introduction to what he can add to an ensemble, start with *The Favourite*.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Hamnet* (2025), Fi1m 76, as Bartholomew — [page](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md)
- *Kinds of Kindness* (2024), Fi1m 63, as Collectibles Appraiser / Passenger / Joseph — [page](https://film.one/film/kinds-of-kindness.md)
- *The Brutalist* (2024), Fi1m 76, as Harry Lee — [page](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md)
- *Conversations with Friends* (2022), Fi1m 55, as Nick Conway — [page](https://film.one/tv/conversations-with-friends.md)
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), Fi1m 56, as Robert Dudley — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *The Favourite* (2018), Fi1m 87, as Masham — [page](https://film.one/film/the-favourite.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Panic Carefully* (2027), Actor
- *Hamlet* (2026), as Laertes
- *Hamnet* (2025), as Bartholomew — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md)
- *The Brutalist* (2024), as Harry Lee — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md)
- *Kinds of Kindness* (2024), as Collectibles Appraiser / Passenger / Joseph — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/kinds-of-kindness.md)
- *A Very Short Film About Longing* (2023), Actor
- *Stars at Noon* (2022), as Daniel
- *Catherine Called Birdy* (2022), as Uncle George
- *Conversations with Friends* (2022), series, as Nick Conway — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/conversations-with-friends.md)
- *The Souvenir: Part II* (2021), as Max
- *The Last Letter from Your Lover* (2021), as Lawrence Stirling
- *A Christmas Carol* (2019), series, as Bob Cratchit
- *FX's A Christmas Carol* (2019), as Bob Cratchit
- *Harriet* (2019), as Gideon Brodess
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), as Robert Dudley — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *The Favourite* (2018), as Masham — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-favourite.md)
- *Boy Erased* (2018), as Henry Wallace
- *Operation Finale* (2018), as Klaus Eichmann
- *The Sense of an Ending* (2017), as Adrian Finn Sr.
- *Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk* (2016), as Billy Lynn
- *Séance on a Wet Afternoon*, as Charles Clayton
- *Cavendish*, as Barlow
- *Legacy of Spies*, series, as Jim Prideaux
- *The Husbands*, series, as Michael
- *The Origin of the World*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Joe Alwyn](https://film.one/media/person/7409/gallery-08d55714daef.jpg) Joe Alwyn — H7ndrx, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Joseph_Alwyn.jpg/1280px-Joseph_Alwyn.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Alwyn and Audrey Nuna at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art"](https://film.one/media/person/7409/gallery-f473212f53e8.jpg) Joe Alwyn and Audrey Nuna at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art" — SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_188.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Joe Alwyn, Audrey Nuna, and Sombr at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art"](https://film.one/media/person/7409/gallery-2772f2ca318d.jpg) Joe Alwyn, Audrey Nuna, and Sombr at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art" — SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_189.jpg/1280px-Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_189.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Alwyn and Sombr at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art"](https://film.one/media/person/7409/gallery-61270e650919.jpg) Joe Alwyn and Sombr at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art" — SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_190.jpg/1280px-Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_190.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Alwyn](https://film.one/media/person/7409/gallery-3f8168cb567c.jpg) Joe Alwyn — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Alwyn](https://film.one/media/person/7409/gallery-dfc059b61f74.jpg) Joe Alwyn — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Alwyn](https://film.one/media/person/7409/gallery-e82f655e3564.jpg) Joe Alwyn — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Alwyn and Sombr at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art"](https://film.one/media/person/7409/gallery-728309fa2f77.jpg) Joe Alwyn and Sombr at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art" — SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_191.jpg/1280px-Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_191.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Alwyn at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art"](https://film.one/media/person/7409/gallery-b6df187c6fd5.jpg) Joe Alwyn at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in theme of "Costume Art" — SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_192.jpg/1280px-Guests_at_the_2026_Met_Gala_192.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Alwyn](https://film.one/media/person/7409/gallery-220d0da7b90f.jpg) Joe Alwyn — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Alwyn](https://film.one/media/person/7409/gallery-0e56a6d1ec24.jpg) Joe Alwyn — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Alwyn](https://film.one/media/person/7409/gallery-04b4b7202b50.jpg) Joe Alwyn — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Favourite*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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