Edward Rowe (actor)
Early life
Rowe is from Roche in Cornwall{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/edward-rowe |title=Edward Rowe |website=The Guardian |language=en |access-date=2020-02-27}} where he started his standup routine and YouTube video series.{{cite web|first1=Lee|last1=Trewhela|accessdate=2020-02-22|title=A Cornish film could turn Kernow King into an international star|url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/whats-on/film/bait-means-kernow-king-now-3172121|date=4 August 2019|website=cornwalllive}} He attended Poltair School from the age of 11 to 16.
Career
=Early career and Kernow King=
His Kernow King character features a strong Cornish identity and speaks in a strong Cornish accent. In mid 2010 he produced a series of short comedy videos on Cornish themes, often in the spoof documentary format. Examples include the Camborne Maid's song remake of musician Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl".{{cite web|first1=Katri|last1=Iivonen-Gray|accessdate=2020-02-22|title='Camborne Maids' is Kernow King's latest internet hit with 40k views|url=http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/camborne-maids-kernow-kings-latest-334715|date=8 July 2013|website=cornwalllive}} This led to a 2014 standup tour, Splann!.{{cite web|accessdate=2020-02-22|title=Kernow King - Lane Theatre|url=https://www.newquay.co.uk/event/kernow-king-lane-theatre/|website=Newquay}}
Rowe wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian in 2012 criticising the proposed pasty tax.{{cite web |author1=Edward Rowe |title=The message from Cornwall: hands off our pasties |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/apr/30/cornwall-hands-off-our-pasties |website=The Guardian |access-date=7 April 2024 |date=30 April 2012}} In 2015, he starred in Kernow King's sex tape, an educational film produced by Cornwall Council's Health Promotion Service. This was nominated for the UK Sexual Health Awards.{{cite web|first1=Andrew|last1=Wallis|accessdate=2020-02-22|title=Kernow King's Sex Tape a finalist in the UK Sexual Health Awards|url=http://www.cllrandrewwallis.co.uk/kernow-kings-sex-tape-a-finalist-in-the-uk-sexual-health-awards/|date=23 February 2015}} Rowe was made a bard of Gorsedh Kernow in 2015 "for his work as an ambassador for the Cornish identity".{{cite web |title=Press Release – Gorsedh Kernow names 20 new Bards |url=https://gorsedhkernow.org.uk/press-release-gorsedh-kernow-names-20-new-bards/ |website=Gorsedh Kernow |access-date=15 January 2023}}
In 2017, he starred in the Hall for Cornwall's Christmas show, Sleeping Beauty.{{cite web|first1=Lee|last1=Trewhela|accessdate=2020-02-22|title=Kernow King triumphs in filthy yet family-friendly Hall For Cornwall panto|url=http://www.cornwalllive.com/whats-on/family-kids/kernow-king-triumph-funny-filthy-883936|date=6 December 2017|website=cornwalllive}}
In 2018, he wrote and starred in the play Hireth, about a Cornish miner,{{cite web|first1=Lee|last1=Trewhela|accessdate=2020-02-22|title=This is why comedian Kernow King is getting serious|url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/acclaimed-cornish-comedian-kernow-king-2061265|date=1 October 2018|website=cornwalllive}} and starred in Trevithick!, a biographical comedy about Richard Trevithick directed by Kneehigh Theatre's Simon Harvey.
=''Bait''=
Rowe found breakthrough success for his lead role in Bait, a film by Mark Jenkin.{{cite web |author1=Paul Armstrong |title=Falmouth Cringe comedy fest, Kernow King Ed Rowe to headline |url=https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/20238463.falmouth-cringe-comedy-fest-kernow-king-ed-rowe-headline/ |website=The Falmouth Packet |access-date=7 April 2024 |date=27 June 2022}} He was longlisted for Best Actor and Most Promising Newcomer at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards.{{cite web |author1=Alex Ritman |title=British Independent Film Awards 2019 Breakthrough Longlists Unveiled (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/british-independent-film-awards-2019-breakthrough-longlists-unveiled-1248112/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=7 April 2024 |date=16 October 2019}}
=Post-''Bait'' career=
He has appeared in a number of television shows which include The Witcher as King Henselt of Kaedwen,{{cite web |author1=Charlotte Becquart |title=Edward Rowe aka Kernow King is in Netflix hit The Witcher season 2 starring Henry Cavill |url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/edward-rowe-aka-kernow-king-6382205 |website=Cornwall Live |access-date=7 April 2024 |date=21 December 2021}} House of the Dragon as Ser Howland Sharp,{{cite web |author1=Lee Trewhela |title=Cornwall comedian Kernow King says Channel 4's Finding The Cornish Dream TV series is 'abhorrent' |url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/cornwall-comedian-kernow-king-says-7584606 |website=Cornwall Live |access-date=7 April 2024 |date=17 September 2022}} and Beyond Paradise as Matthew Colbert.{{cite web |author1=Sam Cook |title=BBC Beyond Paradise full cast list as Death in Paradise spin-off airs |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/bbc-beyond-paradise-full-cast-26325686 |website=Wales Online |access-date=7 April 2024 |date=24 February 2023}} He also voiced the character Godfrey/Hoarah Loux in 2022 video game Elden Ring and starred as The Boatman in Jenkin's 2022 film Enys Men.{{cite web |author1=Nicolo Manaloto |title=Elden Ring Voice Actors: The Complete List |url=https://www.ungeek.ph/2022/03/elden-ring-voice-actors-the-complete-list/ |website=UnGeek |access-date=7 April 2024 |date=8 March 2022}}{{cite web |title=Enys Men, the new feature from visionary Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkin, to be released by the BFI on 13 January 2023 |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/enys-men-release-date |website=British Film Institute |access-date=7 April 2024 |date=20 September 2022}}
In 2022, Rowe called Channel 4's Finding the Cornish Dream series "abhorrent" and "deeply disrespectful" at a time when "[m]ost of us are scraping along making sure we make our mortgage payments."
References
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
External links
- {{facebook|kernowking}}
- {{vimeo|user=kernowking}}
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Category:21st-century British male actors