Angus Imrie

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| caption = Imrie in 2014

| birth_name = Angus William Jake Imrie

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1994|08|02}}

| birth_place = Isle of Wight, England

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1999–present

| children = 1

| mother = Celia Imrie

| father = Benjamin Whitrow

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Angus William Jake Imrie (born 2 August 1994) is a British actor. He is known for playing the character Josh Archer in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama serial The Archers.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4zfcPbrvbQyrh7PjtKqhBTK/josh-archer|title=The Archers – Josh Archer|work=BBC Radio 4|access-date=15 February 2017}} In 2014, he won the casting agency Spotlight's Most Promising Actor Award at The Sunday Times{{-'}}s National Student Drama Festival.{{cite web|url=https://nsdf.org.uk/the-festival/awards/awards-2014|title=The Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival – Spotlight Most Promising Actor Award|work=The Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival|year=2014|access-date=19 February 2017}} The son of the actors Celia Imrie and Benjamin Whitrow, he made his screen debut in the BBC film drama Station Jim, at the age of five.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

Early life and education

Imrie was born on 2 August 1994 on the Isle of Wight, the son of actors Celia Imrie and Benjamin Whitrow.{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/celebrity/interview-actress-celia-imrie-on-her-40-years-on-showbusiness-1-4044556|title=Interview: Actress Celia Imrie on her 40 years in showbusiness|work=The Scotsman newspaper|date=5 March 2016|access-date=15 February 2017}}

From 2001 to 2012,{{cite web|url=http://www.dulwich.org.uk/old-alleynians/news/2014/11/12/angus-imrie-joins-the-archers|title=Dulwich College – Old Alleynians – Angus Imrie Joins The Archers|work=Dulwich College, London|date=12 November 2014|access-date=15 February 2017|url-status = bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215203629/http://www.dulwich.org.uk/old-alleynians/news/2014/11/12/angus-imrie-joins-the-archers|archive-date=15 February 2017}} Imrie was educated at Dulwich College, a boarding and day independent school for boys in the south London suburb of Dulwich, followed by the University of Warwick, where he studied English Literature and Theatre Studies.{{cite web|url=https://www.lamda.org.uk/ian-davies-foundation-degree-professional-acting-first-year-student|title=LAMDA – Angus Imrie|work=London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art|access-date=15 February 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025658/https://www.lamda.org.uk/ian-davies-foundation-degree-professional-acting-first-year-student|url-status=dead}} From 2015 to 2017, he studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London.

Career

Imrie has appeared in a range of stage, television and radio productions since he was a child. After his screen debut in the BBC One film drama Station Jim at the age of five, he appeared in the ITV drama series Kingdom in 2007, and the BBC One mini-series Restless in 2012. In the same year, he appeared in the BBC Two drama series The Hollow Crown, whilst in the following year, he appeared in the BBC One series Father Brown. Prior to attending LAMDA (2015–2017), he appeared at Shakespeare's Globe in London, playing Bagot in William Shakespeare's play Richard II (1595) and Ned Spiggett in Jessica Swale's play Nell Gwynn (2015). He has also appeared in a range of radio productions, including The Treasure Seekers, Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and John Mortimer's A Voyage Round My Father.{{cite web|url=http://www.cdalondon.com/os/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/angusimrie.pdf|title=CDA Angus Imrie|work=CDA Theatrical Agency|access-date=15 February 2017}}

In 2014, Imrie joined the cast of the long-running BBC Radio 4 series The Archers, based on a rural farming community in the fictional village of Ambridge, to take the role of Josh Archer previously played by child actor Cian Cheesbrough,{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4zfcPbrvbQyrh7PjtKqhBTK/josh-archer |title=The Archers – Josh Archer |work=BBC Radio 4 |date=27 June 2014 |access-date=16 February 2017 |url-status = bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627030007/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4zfcPbrvbQyrh7PjtKqhBTK/josh-archer |archive-date=27 June 2014 }} the teenage son of David and Ruth and one of the main members of the Archer family. In the same year, he played the part of cabin boy Pip in The White Whale at Leeds Dock, in which he sang Amazing Grace from the top of the set after having fallen into the water.{{cite web|url=http://www.wow247.co.uk/2014/09/05/the-white-whale-theatre-review-87547|title=The White Whale at Leeds Dock – Theatre Review|work=Wow247|author=Pippa Day|date=5 September 2014|access-date=17 February 2017}}

In 2019, Imrie co-starred in the Joe Cornish–directed The Kid Who Would Be King as the young Merlin, with Patrick Stewart portraying Merlin's older self.{{cite web|url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/celebs-tv/patrick-stewart-cast-filming-cornwall-642618|title=Cast of major movie starring Sir Patrick Stewart pictured filming|first=Shannon|last=Hards|date=17 October 2017|website=Cornwall Live}} He also starred in the independent feature Pond Life alongside Esmé Creed-Miles; the film was produced by Dominic Dromgoole, who is the former artistic director of the Globe.{{cite web |title=Pond Life |url=https://www.filmoria.co.uk/pond-life-starring-esme-creed-miles-to-be-released-in-uk-cinemas-on-26-april-2019/ |website=www.filmoria.co.uk |access-date=16 April 2019}} Between 2021 and 2024, Imrie voiced Zero, a main character on the Paramount+/Nickelodeon animated series Star Trek: Prodigy.

Personal life

Imrie resides in Oxford. His first child was born in 2018.{{Cite web|title=The Crown{{'}}s Angus Imrie wants children to explore and create this summer|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19506251.crowns-angus-imrie-wants-children-explore-summer/|access-date=17 September 2021|website=Oxford Mail|date=11 August 2021 |language=en}}

Filmography

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

2007

| Kingdom

| Scott Millington

| Episode 3

2012

| Restless

| Student

| Miniseries

2012

| data-sort-value="Hollow Crown, The" | The Hollow Crown

| Edmund Plantagenet

| Episode: "The Wars of the Roses – Henry VI Part II"

2013

| Father Brown

| Jago Pryde

| Episode: "Pride of the Prydes"

2015

| Station Jim

| Schoolboy

2019

| data-sort-value="Spanish Princess, The" | The Spanish Princess

| Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/the-spanish-princess-charlotte-hope-star-the-white-princess-follow-up-on-starz-1202393222/|title=The Spanish Princess: Charlotte Hope To Star In The White Princess Follow-Up On Starz|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=17 May 2018|website=Deadline Hollywood}}

|Miniseries

2019

| Fleabag

| Jake

| 2 episodes

2020

| data-sort-value="Crown, The" | The Crown

| Prince Edward

|Season 4

2020

| Industry

| Digdog

| 1 episode

2021

| War of the Worlds

|Dylan

|Season 2, episode 6

2021–2024

|Star Trek: Prodigy

|Zero (voice)

|Main role

2022

|We Hunt Together

|Henry

|Season 2, 6 episodes

2022

|Doc Martin

|Max Foreman

|Series 10; Episode 2

2024

| data-sort-value="Serpent Queen, The" | The Serpent Queen

|Henry IV

|Season 2

2024

| data-sort-value="Road Trip, The" | The Road Trip

| Rodney

| Main role{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a45969991/the-witcher-emma-appleton-road-trip/|website=Digital Spy|access-date=30 November 2023|title= The Witcher star lands next lead TV role|first=Sam|last=Warner|date=28 November 2023}}

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"\| Notes
2018 \| Pond Life \| Malcolm \|
2019 \| data-sort-value="Kid Who Would Be King, The" \| The Kid Who Would Be King \| Young Merlin \|
2020 \| Emma \| Bartholomew \|
2021 \| Back to the Outback \| Nigel (voice) \|
2025 \| Mickey 17 \| Shrimp Eyes \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

2018

| Pond Life

| Malcolm

2019

| data-sort-value="Kid Who Would Be King, The" | The Kid Who Would Be King

| Young Merlin

2020

| Emma

| Bartholomew

2021

| Back to the Outback

| Nigel (voice)

2025

| Mickey 17

| Shrimp Eyes

= Video games =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"\| Notes
2022 \| Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova \| Zero (voice) \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

2022

| Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova

| Zero (voice)

= Web series =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"\| Notes
2023 \| Star Trek: Very Short Treks \| Zero (voice) \| Episode: "Holograms All the Way Down"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

2023

| Star Trek: Very Short Treks

| Zero (voice)

| Episode: "Holograms All the Way Down"

Theatre

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! style="width: 15%;" | Title

! Role

! Theatre

! class="unsortable"| Notes

data-sort-value="White Whale, The" | The White Whale

| Pip

| Leeds Dock

| Open-air staging of an adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, written by the award-winning playwright James Phillips

Road

| Brink/Skin-Lad, Blowpipe, Soldier, Father's voice, and Barry

| Warwick Arts Centre at the University of Warwick

| A Warwick University Drama Society production,{{cite web|url=https://nsdf.org.uk/the-festival/productions/road|title=The Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival – Road|work=The Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival|access-date=19 February 2017}} staged in 2014, of Jim Cartwright's multiple award-winning play,{{cite web|url=http://literature.britishcouncil.org/jim-cartwright |title=Literature – Writers – Jim Cartwright |work=British Council |access-date=19 February 2017 |url-status = bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609113454/http://literature.britishcouncil.org/jim-cartwright |archive-date=9 June 2012 }} first staged in 1986 at the Royal Court Theatre in London. It is set in an anonymous road in a deprived, working class area of Lancashire during the Thatcher era, at a time of high unemployment in Northern England.{{cite web|url=https://history.newtheatre.org.uk/years/14_15/road/|title=The Nottingham New Theatre History Project – Road|work=Nottingham New Theatre|year=2015|access-date=19 February 2017}} Imrie won the casting agency Spotlight's Most Promising Actor Award for his roles in the play at The Sunday Times' National Student Drama Festival in 2014.