Joe Alwyn

Joseph Matthew Alwyn (born February 21, 1991) is a British actor, known for playing the titular role in the war film Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. 2Early life Alwyn was born to a psychotherapist mother and a documentary filmmaker father. Raised in the Crouch End/Tufnell Park area of London, he was educated at the City of London School. Although an "introverted" child, he secretly wanted to be actor. He became a member of the National Youth Theatre in his late teens. While studying English literature and drama at the University of Bristol, he acted in two student productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. After graduating in 2012, he completed a BA in acting at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. 2Career Within two weeks of his graduate showcase, in early 2015, Alwyn was cast in the lead role of Ang Lee's 2016 war drama, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, based on Ben Fountain's novel. In 2017, he had a supporting role in the British drama film The Sense of an Ending. In 2018, he will appear in the period film The Favourite as well as in Mary Queen of Scot