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
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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.
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.
Early training
Lowden trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, earning a BA in acting in 2011.
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.
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
Ella McCayas Ryan Newell
Tornadoas Little Sugar
Benedictionas Young Siegfried Sassoon
Caponeas Crawford
Kindredas Thomas
Fighting With My Familyas Zak Knight
Calibreas Vaughn
Mary Queen of Scotsas Lord Darnley
Dunkirkas Collins
England Is Mineas Steven Patrick Morrissey
A United Kingdomas Tony Benn
Denialas James Libson
'71as Thommo
uwantme2killhim?as Henry
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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.
Films together
Tom Hardy2 films together, 2017 to 2020
Barry Keoghan2 films together, 2014 to 2017
Anton Lesser2 films together, 2020 to 2021
Anton Lesser's page 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.
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
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$549M82.4% of the total
- 2$47M7.0% of the total
- 3$39M5.9% of the total
- 4$14M2.1% of the total
- 5$8.0M1.2% of the total
- 6$4.5M0.7% of the total
- 7$3.2M0.5% of the total
- 8$858K0.1% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2014 | Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won | |
| Ian Charleson Awards | Won | ||
| Trophée Chopard | Won | ||
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