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Jack Lowden

Biography

Jack Lowden is a Scottish actor who built a stage career before breaking through internationally in the BBC miniseries War & Peace, where he played Nikolai Rostov. Born in Essex, he grew up in Oxton and trained in Glasgow. He won an Olivier Award and the Ian Charleson Award for Oswald in Richard Eyre's Ghosts, and appeared in The Tunnel and '71 (2014). In film he went on to play an RAF pilot in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017) and Morrissey in England Is Mine (2017). He portrayed Lord Darnley in Mary Queen of Scots (2018) and took the lead in the Scottish thriller Calibre (2018), which brought him a British Academy Scotland Award. He also starred in Fighting with My Family (2019) and won a second BAFTA Scotland Award for playing Siegfried Sassoon in Benediction (2021). He has played River Cartwright in Slow Horses since 2020, receiving Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.

36years old

Turns 37 on June 2in 232 days

  • Born Chelmsford
  • Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
  • Also credited as Jack Andrew Lowden

Movie Career

Films
14
Career span
12 years2013 to 2025

Genres

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  1. Behind the award

    Jack Lowden won both an Olivier Award and the Ian Charleson Award in 2014 for playing Oswald in Richard Eyre's adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts.

  2. First role

    Lowden was 18 in 2009 when he took a part in an Irn-Bru television advertisement. The ad sent up High School Musical.

  3. Early training

    Lowden trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, earning a BA in acting in 2011.

  4. Behind the camera

    Lowden founded his own Edinburgh-based production company, Reiver Pictures, with Beta Cinema in February 2019, which produced the thriller Kindred that he also starred in.

  5. Getting ready for a role

    Lowden's lead role as Cammy in the National Theatre of Scotland's Black Watch revival required gruelling physical training to get the cast into military shape.

Jack Lowden movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Calibre2018 Drama, Thrilleras Vaughn

    IMDb rating 6.840K votes

  2. Mary Queen of Scots2018 Drama, Historyas Lord Darnley

    IMDb rating 6.361K votes

  3. Fighting With My Family2019as Zak Knight

    IMDb rating 7.094K votes

  4. Dunkirk2017as Collins

    IMDb rating 7.8827K votes

  5. Denial2016as James Libson

    IMDb rating 6.826K votes

  6. '712014as Thommo

    IMDb rating 7.265K votes

  7. Capone2020as Crawford

    IMDb rating 4.726K votes

  8. Benediction2021as Young Siegfried Sassoon

    IMDb rating 6.64.6K votes

Most often with

Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

  • Tom Hardy2 films together, 2017 to 2020
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    • Capone2020IMDb rating 4.7Lowden as CrawfordHardy as Al Capone
    • Dunkirk2017IMDb rating 7.8Lowden as CollinsHardy as Farrier
  • Barry Keoghan2 films together, 2014 to 2017
    Barry Keoghan's page
    • Dunkirk2017IMDb rating 7.8Lowden as CollinsKeoghan as George
    • '712014IMDb rating 7.2Lowden as ThommoKeoghan as Sean Bannon
  • Anton Lesser2 films together, 2020 to 2021
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    • Benediction2021IMDb rating 6.6Lowden as Young Siegfried SassoonLesser as Stephen Tennant
    • Kindred2020IMDb rating 5.0Lowden as ThomasLesser as Dr. Richards
  • James McArdle2 films together, 2014 to 2018
    James McArdle's page
    • Mary Queen of Scots2018IMDb rating 6.3Lowden as Lord DarnleyMcArdle as James, Earl of Moray
    • '712014IMDb rating 7.2Lowden as ThommoMcArdle as Sergeant

Box office

What Jack Lowden's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$666 million

11 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 14 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 11Worldwide figure
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Dunkirk2017as Collins
    $549M82.4% of the total
  2. 2
    Mary Queen of Scots2018as Lord Darnley
    $47M7.0% of the total
  3. 3
    Fighting With My Family2019as Zak Knight
    $39M5.9% of the total
  4. 4
    A United Kingdom2016as Tony Benn
    $14M2.1% of the total
  5. 5
    Denial2016as James Libson
    $8.0M1.2% of the total
  6. 6
    Ella McCay2025as Ryan Newell
    $4.5M0.7% of the total
  7. 7
    '712014as Thommo
    $3.2M0.5% of the total
  8. 8
    Capone2020as Crawford
    $858K0.1% of the total
Benediction (2021), $847,418Tornado (2025), $213,499Kindred (2020), $8,921

$1.1 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total

Awards

Three awards and honors.

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Jack Lowden's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
2014Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleWon
Ian Charleson AwardsWon
Trophée ChopardWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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