Jack Lowden
{{Short description|British actor (born 1990)}}
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| name = Jack Lowden
| image = Jack Lowden at the 2019 Mary Queen of Scots premiere (cropped).jpg
| caption = Lowden in 2019
| birth_name = Jack Andrew Lowden
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|6|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chelmsford, Essex, England
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| education = Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (BA)
| occupation = Actor
| years active = 2010–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Saoirse Ronan|2024}}
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Jack Andrew Lowden (born 2 June 1990) is a British actor. Following a four-year stage career, his first major international onscreen success was in the 2016 BBC miniseries War & Peace, which led to starring roles in feature films.
Lowden starred as Eric Liddell in the 2012 play Chariots of Fire in London. In 2014, he won an Olivier Award and the Ian Charleson Award for his role as Oswald in Richard Eyre's 2013 adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts. In 2013, he began to have substantial roles in British television series and feature films, including The Tunnel (2013) and '71 (2014), and had leading roles in the BBC miniseries The Passing Bells (2014) and War & Peace (2016).
His screen projects since War & Peace have included the title role as golfing legend Tommy Morris in Tommy's Honour (2016), the starring role of Morrissey in the biopic England Is Mine (2017), a main-cast role as an RAF fighter-pilot in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017), a starring role in the Scottish Highlands thriller Calibre (2018, for which he won the British Academy Scotland Award for Best Film Actor), Lord Darnley in Mary Queen of Scots (2018), a starring role as a plantation owner in 19th-century Jamaica in the 2018 BBC miniseries The Long Song, as Zak "Zodiac" Bevis in the 2019 comedy-drama WWE film Fighting with My Family, and the 2022 Apple TV series Slow Horses, for which he received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Early life
Lowden was born on 2 June 1990 in Chelmsford, Essex,[https://www.facebook.com/586380423/posts/10154390737920424 "Born on June 2, 1990"]. [https://www.facebook.com/jlowden Jack Lowden] on Facebook. Retrieved 2 June 2014. the son of Gordon and Jacquie Lowden.[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV4P-12WZ Birth Registry, Chelmsford Registration District, County of Essex, April–June 1990, Volume 9, p. 2807.] He grew up in the Scottish village of Oxton. In a 2019 interview, he explained: "I'm an IVF baby. And so is my brother. Down there [England] was one of the few places that was doing it." His younger brother, Calum, became a ballet dancer from a very early age at the Manor School of Ballet in Edinburgh,Wilson, Benji. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141209140141/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/film_and_tv/article1476889.ece "Jack the likely lad"]. The Sunday Times. 2 November 2014.Kelly, Rona. [https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/BWW-Interview-Jack-Lowden-Talks-MEASURE-FOR-MEASURE-20181115 "BWW Interview: Jack Lowden Talks Measure for Measure"]. Broadway World. 15 November 2018. and later trained at the English National Ballet School and the Royal Ballet School in London; as of 2016, he is a first soloist at the Royal Swedish Ballet.Swerling, Gabriella. [https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/borders-brothers-on-stage-and-screen-tell-of-inspirations-g6cgdq20mvh "Borders brothers on stage and screen tell of inspirations"]. The Times. 22 January 2016.Miller, Phil. [http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14218779.The_Borders_brothers_lighting_up_stage_and_screen__Jack_and_Calum_Lowden__on_their_fraternal_fame/ "The Borders brothers lighting up stage and screen: Jack and Calum Lowden, on their fraternal fame"]. The Herald. 20 January 2016. As a child, Lowden attended the dance classes at Manor School of Ballet as well, but found he was better at, and more suited to, acting.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170806142740/http://newsdog.today/a/article/590276b91290715cc285b9cf/ "Jack Lowden Bio: In His Own Words"]. NewsDog. 28 April 2017.Jamieson, Teddy. [http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/16308373.jack-lowden-is-scotlands-next-big-thing-and-its-all-because-of-riverdance/ "Jack Lowden is Scotland's next big thing. And it's all because of Riverdance"]. The Herald. 24 June 2018. He has stated that his personal ambition since childhood was to be a footballer.Hayes, Martha. [https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/jack-lowden-interview-a4072036.html "From theatrical pedigree to an A-list girlfriend, Jack Lowden has all the hallmarks of a rising star"]. Evening Standard. 20 February 2019.
When he was 10 Lowden's parents enrolled him in the Scottish Youth Theatre in Edinburgh. At age 12 he played John in a Peter Pan pantomime at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh.[http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/it_s_fizzy_it_s_ginger_it_s_a_phenomenal_show_1_106834# "It's Fizzy, It's Ginger, It's a Phenomenal Show".] The Southern Reporter. 5 May 2009. He attended Earlston High School, where he starred as Buddy Holly in Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story and performed in various concerts.Brown, Alexa. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100620082310/http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/05/06/387009-its-phenomenal "It's Phenomenal!"]. Border Telegraph. 6 May 2009.[http://www.earlstonhigh.scotborders.sch.uk/news/newsarchive%202006-7.htm#26oct "Week Ended 26th October 2007: Buddy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117191652/http://www.earlstonhigh.scotborders.sch.uk/news/newsarchive%202006-7.htm#26oct |date=17 November 2016 }}. Earlston High School News Archive 2006/07. His determination to become a professional actor came from seeing the play Black Watch on its first run in 2007.[http://www.scotsman.com/news/black-watch-one-of-the-two-great-scottish-plays-of-the-past-500-years-returns-but-the-all-new-cast-are-determined-not-to-coast-on-that-reputation-1-810497 "Black Watch: 'One of the Two Great Scottish plays of the Past 500 Years' Returns, But the All-New Cast Are Determined Not to Coast on That Reputation"]. The Scotsman. 15 September 2010.English, Paul.
[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2010/09/16/cast-of-scottish-play-black-watch-set-for-their-toughest-challenge-yet-hitting-the-stage-in-belfast-86908-22564759/ "Cast of Scottish Play Black Watch Set for their Toughest Challenge Yet ... Hitting the Stage in Belfast"]. Daily Record. 16 September 2010. While in high school, he studied during summer school at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.[http://www.earlstonhigh.scotborders.sch.uk/news/newsarchive%202008.htm#7mar "Week Ended 7th March 2008: Jack's Success"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914203649/http://www.earlstonhigh.scotborders.sch.uk/news/newsarchive%202008.htm#7mar |date=14 September 2016 }}. Earlston High School News Archive 2008. He also performed regularly at the Galashiels Amateur Operatic Society, where he played the lead in a 2008 production of The Boy Friend.Frater, Jill. [https://archive.today/20130118233308/http://www.bordertelegraph.com/articles/6/20713 "A Real Foot-Tapping, Hand-Clapping Show"]. Border Telegraph. 5 Mar 2008. Lowden received a BA in acting from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow in 2011.[https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/4553003/acting-showcase-class-of-2011-royal-conservatoire-of-scotland Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama – Acting Showcase: Class of 2011]. Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Retrieved 9 September 2017.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/8035795.stm "High School Bru-sical Debut Made"]. BBC News. 6 May 2009.
Career
=2009–2011=
In 2009, at the age of 18, Lowden starred in a television advertisement for Irn-Bru, sending up High School Musical.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtP60NNC0Ak Irn-Bru Musical advert] In 2010 he had a small part as the character Nick Fairclough on an episode of the Glasgow-set television series Being Victor.Being Victor – Season 1: Episode 3 of 6 (aired 19 October 2010). TVpixie.com. 21 October 2010.[https://www.truetube.co.uk/film/being-victor-ep10 Being Victor – Web episode 10 (TV episode 3)]. True Tube. 2010.
In 2010–11 Lowden was the lead character, Cammy, in the National Theatre of Scotland's revival production of the Olivier Award-winning play Black Watch. The play is an incisive and topical look at the harsh reality of war, and depicts soldiers of the legendary historic Scottish Black Watch regiment serving in Iraq. He and the rest of the cast underwent gruelling physical training during the rehearsals period to get into military shape.
The Black Watch production toured to London (Barbican), Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Belfast, and in the U.S. to New York City, Washington, Chicago, Austin, and Chapel Hill.Piepenburg, Erik. [http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/04/21/theater/100000000785714/a-closer-look-at-black-watch.html "Sons of Scotland: A Closer Look at Black Watch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627190217/http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/04/21/theater/100000000785714/a-closer-look-at-black-watch.html |date=27 June 2012 }} (video). New York Times. 21 April 2011.[http://nationaltheatrescotland.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/new-cast-black-watch-tour/ "All New Cast for Black Watch set to tour UK, U.S."]. National Theatre of Scotland. 7 September 2010. UK reviewers deemed Lowden "a clearly hugely promising young actor"Scott, Robert Dawson. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110306063909/http://entertainment.stv.tv/onstage/198416-black-watch-returns-with-new-national-theatre-of-scotland-cast "Black Watch Returns with New National Theatre of Scotland Cast"]. STV. 20 September 2010. "who carries off this amazing start to his career with assurance and maturity".Anderson, Alison. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130625144100/http://www.perthshireadvertiser.co.uk/lifestyle/arts-perthshire/2010/09/24/review-of-black-watch-by-national-theatre-of-scotland-73103-27329369/ "Review of Black Watch by National Theatre of Scotland"]. Perthshire Advertiser. 24 September 2010. In the U.S., The Washington Post described him as "quietly charismatic" and a "stand-out";Marks, Peter. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110212020702/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/performing-arts/black-watch,1166956/critic-review.html#reviewNum1 "Black Watch Review: Scottish Battalion's Iraq Story Is Authentic, Astonishing"]. Washington Post. 30 January 2011. this was echoed by the Chicago Sun-Times, which called him "easily charismatic";Weiss, Heidi. [http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/weiss/4595706-452/superb-black-watch-is-riveting-theater-of-war.html "Superb Black Watch Is Riveting 'Theater of War'"]. Chicago Sun-Times. 31 March 2011. and the Chicago Tribune noted his "rich and finely detailed work".Jones, Chris. [https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/03/31/battles-blaze-at-armory/ "Battles Blaze at Armory: National Theatre of Scotland Tells the Story of the Black Watch"]. Chicago Tribune. 31 March 2011.
=2012–2015=
File:London26July2012d.jpg, and co-star James McArdle (r) at the Gielgud Theatre for the stage adaptation of Chariots of Fire (2012)]]
From 9 May 2012 to 5 January 2013 Lowden starred as Scottish runner and missionary Eric Liddell in Chariots of Fire, the stage adaptation of the film of the same name.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225547/http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/jack-fired-up-as-he-follows-in-flying-footsteps-of-olympics-legend-liddell-1-2308057 "Jack Fired Up as he Follows in Flying Footsteps of Olympics Legend Liddell"]. The Southern Reporter. 21 May 2012. The Olympic-themed play, created and produced specifically in honour of the 2012 London Summer Olympics, opened at London's Hampstead Theatre and transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End in June 2012.Girvan, Andrew. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120311142754/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831331287794/Black%2BWatch%27s%2BLowden%2Bplays%2BEric%2BLiddell%2Bin%2BChariots%2Bof%2BFire.html "Black Watch
Onscreen, in 2012 he appeared in the ITV drama Mrs Biggs as Alan Wright, who has an affair with Charmian Biggs and gets her pregnant. In 2013, he played the pivotal role of the lead character's son, Adam, in the television series The Tunnel. The series is a British/French crime-drama co-production, and aired in the UK and in France; in the summer of 2016 it aired on PBS in the U.S. He also had a sizable role as a young British soldier in the 2014 film '71, which takes place in Belfast in 1971 during the Northern Ireland conflict.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160308191936/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/542c1ad187462 "Jack O'Connell, Jack Lowden and Yann Demange on {{'}}71"]. BFI. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
In 2014, Lowden received both the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and also the Ian Charleson Award, for his role as Oswald in Richard Eyre's adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts.[http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/oxton-actor-says-olivier-award-win-is-surreal-1-3379407 "Oxton actor says Olivier Award win is ‘surreal’"]. The Southern Reporter. 17 April 2014.Wise, Louis. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150528100536/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/arts/article1405353.ece "Haunting brilliance"]. Sunday Times. 4 May 2014.[http://www.westendtheatre.com/26376/news/jack-lowden-wins-ian-charleson-award/ "Jack Lowden Wins Ian Charleson Award"]. WestEndTheatre.com. 27 April 2014. The production ran from September 2013 to March 2014, opening at the Almeida Theatre and then transferring in December to the West End at Trafalgar Studios. A filmed February 2014 performance of the production screened in more than 275 UK and Irish cinemas on 26 June 2014.[http://www.cinemalive.com/index.php?p=view&id=114 West End Theatre Series – Ghosts]. CinemaLive.com. Retrieved 18 May 2016.Billington, Michael. [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jun/18/ghosts-digital-theatre-richard-eyre-almeida "Let's stop pretending that theatre can't be captured on screen"]. The Guardian. 18 June 2014. The entire filmed performance is viewable online.[http://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Richard-Eyres-GHOSTS-Starring-Lesley-Manville-and-Jack-Lowden-Out-Online-Sept-18-20140819 "Richard Eyre's GHOSTS, Starring Lesley Manville and Jack Lowden, Out Online Sept 18"]. Broadway World. 19 August 2014.[http://www.digitaltheatre.com/production/details/henrik-ibsen-ghosts "Ghosts, by Henrik Ibsen, adapted and directed by Richard Eyre"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916010307/http://www.digitaltheatre.com/production/details/henrik-ibsen-ghosts |date=16 September 2014 }}. DigitalTheatre.com. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
In June 2014 Screen Daily named Lowden one of the UK Stars of Tomorrow.Halligan, Fionnuala. [http://www.screendaily.com/features/uk-stars-of-tomorrow/jack-lowden-uk-stars-of-tomorrow-2014/5072752.article "Jack Lowden, UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014"]. Screen Daily. 5 June 2014.[http://www.screendaily.com/news/screen-unveils-2014-uk-stars-of-tomorrow/5072576.article "Screen unveils 2014 UK Stars of Tomorrow"]. Screen Daily. 5 June 2014.
He performed Orestes in Electra at the Old Vic in the autumn of 2014. The production starred Kristin Scott Thomas as his sister Electra, and Diana Quick played their mother Clytemnestra. Previews began 22 September, the official opening was 1 October, and the run continued in a limited engagement through to 20 December 2014.Millward, Tom. [https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/the-old-vic-announces-further-casting-for-electra "The Old Vic announces further casting for Electra"]. London Theatre Guide. 24 June 2014.Stanbury, Kate. [http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest-news/article/item231719/jack-lowden-joins-old-vics-electra/ "Jack Lowden Joins Old Vic's Electra"]. Official London Theatre. 24 June 2014.
On television he starred as one of the two leads in the 2014 World War I BBC drama series The Passing Bells. It is the story of two youths, one from Germany and one from the UK, who enlist as soldiers at the beginning of the war.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/passing-bells-casting | title=Rising talent to lead BBC One's First World War drama Passing Bells | work=BBC | date=8 May 2014}}Crisp, Lyndall. [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/grand-designs-showcases-unusual-homes-in-rural-australia/story-fn9n8gph-1227373358723 "Grand Designs showcases unusual homes in rural Australia: Pay-TV Quick Bites"]. The Australian. 30 May 2015.
=2016–present=
Lowden portrayed Nikolai Rostov, one of the main characters, in the 2016 BBC miniseries War & Peace.[https://5050london.wordpress.com/2016/01/03/the-new-generation-of-war-peace-stellar-cast-revives-tolstoys-masterpiece/ "The new generation of War & Peace: Stellar cast revives Tolstoy's masterpiece"]. 5050 London. 3 January 2016. The 6-part miniseries, which was broadcast around the world and positively reviewed,Middleton, Richard. [https://www.c21media.net/russia-takes-bbcwws-war-and-peace/ "Russia takes BBCWW's War and Peace"]. C21 Media. 8 February 2016.[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/war-peace/s01 War & Peace] on Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 21 February 2016. garnered Lowden the most exposure he had had thus far in his career.*[http://www.instyle.co.uk/celebrity/meet-the-rising-stars-of-instyles-2016-bafta-portfolio-instylebafta "Meet The Rising Stars Of InStyle{{'}}s 2016 BAFTA Portfolio"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508200454/http://www.instyle.co.uk/celebrity/meet-the-rising-stars-of-instyles-2016-bafta-portfolio-instylebafta |date=8 May 2018 }}. InStyle UK. 7 March 2016.
- [http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/war-and-peace-is-a-new-high-for-jack-1-4027767 "War and Peace is a new high for Jack"]. The Southern Reporter. 11 February 2016.
- [http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/tv-news/news/jack-lowden-war-and-peace-is-lots-of-boys-chasing-girls-chasing-boys-chasing-girls-video "Jack Lowden: {{'}}War and Peace is lots of boys chasing girls chasing boys chasing girls'!"]. What's on TV. 12 January 2016.
- [http://hollywood-spy.blogspot.com/2016/02/what-are-young-stars-of-war-and-peace.html "What are Young Stars of War and Peace Epic Series Doing Next? James Norton, Jack Lowden, Jessie Buckley, Paul Dano, Callum Turner!"] Hollywood Spy. 14 February 2016.
- Radish, Christina. [https://collider.com/lily-james-war-and-peace-interview/ "Lily James Talks War and Peace, Edgar Wright's Baby Driver and More"]. Collider. 18 January 2016.
- Wood, Gareth. Review: War and Peace: [http://www.themetropolist.com/tv/tv-reviews/review-war-and-peace-s1-ep2-austerlitz/ S1 Ep2 – "Austerlitz"] 12 January 2016. [http://www.themetropolist.com/tv/tv-reviews/review-war-and-peace-s1-ep3-renewal/ S1 Ep3 – "Renewal"]. 19 January 2016. The Metropolist. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
In film he played the title role in Tommy's Honour (2016), about legendary Scottish golfing champion Old Tom Morris, played by Peter Mullan, and his complex and bittersweet relationship with his son Tom "Tommy" Morris, Jr.; Lowden was nominated for Best Film Actor at the 2016 BAFTA Scotland Awards for his performance.[http://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/ceremony/nominees-winners/british-academy-scotland-awards-nominees-in-2016 British Academy Scotland Awards: Nominees in 2016]. 2016 BAFTA Scotland. Retrieved 10 October 2016.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3467914 Tommy's Honour] at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 21 February 2016.Wiseman, Andreas. [http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/peter-mullan-jack-lowden-to-star-in-golf-drama-tommys-honour/5090641.article "Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden to star in golf drama Tommy's Honour"]. Screen Daily. 17 July 2015. He also portrayed British politician Tony Benn in a supporting role in A United Kingdom, a 2016 film about Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams Khama. In another supporting role, he was one of star Rachel Weisz's character's attorneys in Denial (2016), a fact-based legal-drama film about Holocaust denial which also starred Andrew Scott.Rosser, Michael. [http://www.screendaily.com/news/andrew-scott-joins-rachel-weisz-in-denial-as-shoot-begins/5097805.article "Andrew Scott joins Rachel Weisz in Denial as shoot begins"]. Screen Daily. 9 December 2015.
In April 2016, he was a finalist in the entertainment category at the 11th Young Scot Awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/young-scot-awards-2016-schoolgirl-7867195 |work=Daily Record |title=Young Scot Awards 2016: Schoolgirl hailed for refusing to let illness stop her helping others |date=May 2016 |access-date=18 October 2017}} In November 2016, the UK arts and entertainment magazine The List featured Lowden as one of The Hot 100 2016.[https://www.list.co.uk/article/85865-the-hot-100-2016-100-91 "The Hot 100 2016: 100–91"]. The List. 2 November 2016.
He played a Royal Air Force fighter pilot, one of the leading roles, in Christopher Nolan's World{{nbsp}}War{{nbsp}}II film Dunkirk, released in July 2017.Jaafar, Ali. [https://deadline.com/2016/03/jack-lowden-in-talks-christopher-nolan-dunkirk-world-war-2-operation-dynamo-1201718511/ "Jack Lowden & Aneurin Barnard In Talks For Major Roles In Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk"]. Deadline. 11 March 2016.Kroll, Justin. [https://variety.com/2015/film/news/chistopher-nolan-mark-rylance-movie-1201662561 "Christopher Nolan to Direct Action Thriller Dunkirk for Warner Bros."]. Variety. 28 December 2015.{{cite magazine|title=Dunkirk|first1=Matt|last1=Maytum|first2=Jane|last2=Crowther|magazine=Total Film|date=Summer 2017|issue=260|pages=56–65}} And he portrayed Morrissey in a biopic of the singer titled England Is Mine, written and directed by Mark Gill;Wright, Tolly. [https://www.vulture.com/2017/03/unauthorized-morrissey-biopic-now-titled-england-is-mine.html "Unauthorized Morrissey Biopic Now Titled England Is Mine"]. Vulture. 4 March 2017. the film, which co-stars Jessica Brown Findlay, premiered at the closing gala of the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 2 July 2017 and went into wide release in August 2017.[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/15/summer-2017-best-movies "Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years"]. The Guardian. 15 June 2017.
He co-starred with Martin McCann in a Scottish thriller, Calibre (2018), which began filming in November 2016, debuted at the 2018 Edinburgh International Film Festival, and was released globally on Netflix on 29 June 2018.Dalton, Ben. [https://www.screendaily.com/news/edinburgh-film-festival-announces-scotland-celebration-for-2018-edition/5129372.article "Edinburgh Film Festival announces Scotland celebration for 2018 edition"]. Screen Daily. 14 May 2018.Grater, Tom. [http://www.screendaily.com/news/beta-cinema-picks-up-calibre/5100191.article "Beta Cinema picks up Calibre"]. Screen Daily. 11 February 2016.Miller, Phil. [http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14881054.New_high_Calibre_drama_film_begins_shoot_in_Scotland/ "New high-Calibre drama begins shoot in Scotland"]. The Herald. 11 November 2016. Guy Lodge in Variety wrote of his performance, "[A] lead performance of through-the-wringer commitment by rising Scots star Jack Lowden. ... An Olivier Award-winning stage actor now settling into a quietly potent, empathetic screen presence, Lowden impressively holds it together through all these key changes, even when his character emphatically does not."Lodge, Guy. [https://variety.com/2018/film/festivals/calibre-review-1202855868/ "Edinburgh Film Review: Calibre"]. Variety. 23 June 2018. Lowden won the 2018 British Academy Scotland Award for Best Film Actor for the performance.[http://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/ceremony/winners/british-academy-scotland-awards-in-2018#ACTOR%20FILM "Actor – Film"]. 2018 British Academy Scotland Awards. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
On stage, from 28 September to 24 November 2018, Lowden starred opposite Hayley Atwell in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, at the Donmar Warehouse in London, directed by Josie Rourke. It was a unique gender-reversal production of the work, and he and Atwell alternated the roles of Angelo and Isabella during the play.Brown, Mark. [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/apr/24/measure-for-measure-gender-swap-may-be-theatrical-first "Measure for Measure gender swap may be theatrical first"]. The Guardian. 24 April 2018.Snow, Georgia. [https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2018/hayley-atwell-and-jack-lowden-to-swap-roles-in-donmar-warehouse-measure-for-measure/ "Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden to swap roles in Donmar Warehouse Measure for Measure"]. The Stage. 24 April 2018.Paskett, Zoe. [https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/theatre/measure-for-measure-at-donmar-warehouse-first-look-at-hayley-atwell-and-jack-lowden-in-rehearsals-a3943796.html "Measure for Measure at Donmar Warehouse: First look at Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden in rehearsals"]. Evening Standard. 24 September 2018. On television, in December 2018 he co-starred with Tamara Lawrance and Hayley Atwell, in a three-part BBC adaptation of Andrea Levy's novel The Long Song, about a slave on a sugar plantation in 19th-century Jamaica; the piece was filmed on location in the Dominican Republic.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/bbc-one-the-long-song-casting "BBC One announces cast for adaptation of Andrea Levy’s The Long Song"]. BBC. 13 July 2018.
He portrayed Lord Darnley in Mary Queen of Scots (2018), opposite Saoirse Ronan and directed by theatre director Josie Rourke,Tartaglione, Nancy. [https://deadline.com/2017/06/jack-lowden-cast-mary-queen-of-scots-saoirse-ronan-margot-robbie-working-title-focus-movie-1202112343/ "Jack Lowden Joins ‘Mary Queen Of Scots’ Opposite Saoirse Ronan & Margot Robbie"]. Deadline Hollywood. 13 June 2017. and Zak "Zodiac" Bevis in the 2019 comedy-drama WWE film Fighting with My Family, opposite Florence Pugh and directed by Steve Merchant. He appeared as FBI agent Crawford in the Al Capone biopic Capone (2020), starring his Dunkirk co-star Tom Hardy.Tartaglione, Nancy. [https://deadline.com/2018/03/jack-lowden-fonzo-movie-cast-tom-hardy-josh-trank-1202351346/ "Fonzo: Jack Lowden Joins Al Capone Biopic Starring Tom Hardy"]. Deadline Hollywood. 22 March 2018.
In February 2019, Lowden teamed up with Beta Cinema to form his own production company, Reiver Pictures, based in Edinburgh.Macnab, Geoffrey. [https://www.screendaily.com/news/beta-cinema-teams-with-jack-lowden-for-thriller-corvidae-exclusive/5136681.article "Beta Cinema teams with Jack Lowden for thriller Corvidae (exclusive)"]. Screen Daily. 7 February 2019. This led to the production of a psychological thriller, Kindred, in which Lowden also starred alongside Tamara Lawrance and Fiona Shaw. He portrayed Siegfried Sassoon in the 2022 biopic Benediction.
Lowden was announced to star in the Apple TV series Slow Horses in December 2020.{{Cite web |last=Thorne |first=Will |date=2020-12-14 |title=Kristin Scott Thomas and Jonathan Pryce Join Gary Oldman in Apple's 'Slow Horses' |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/kristin-scott-thomas-jonathan-pryce-join-gary-oldman-apple-spy-series-slow-horses-1234852989/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} He reprised his role for seasons two, three and four and is set to appear in season five.{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2023-04-11 |title='Slow Horses' Season 4: Hugo Weaving, Joanna Scanlan & Ruth Bradley Among Cast To Join Gary Oldman In Apple Spy Series; Filming Underway |url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/slow-horses-season-four-hugo-weaving-gary-oldman-apple-how-watch-1235321717/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Bamigboye |first=Baz |date=2024-07-18 |title=Breaking Baz: Gary Oldman On How 'Slow Horses' Picked Up Speed To Score Its Emmy Nominations |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/gary-oldman-slow-horses-emmy-nominations-new-seasons-1236013865/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} He is nominated at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards as Outstanding Supporting Actor in A Drama Series.{{Cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Hilary |last2=Nordyke |first2=Kimberly |date=2024-07-17 |title=Emmys 2024: List of Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/emmys-nominations-2024-nominees-list-1235950616/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
He joined Duncan Jones' upcoming film Rogue Trooper.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/aneurin-barnard-hayley-atwell-jack-lowden-duncan-jones-rogue-trooper-1235889907/|title=Aneurin Barnard, Hayley Atwell, Jack Lowden Join Duncan Jones' Science Fiction Movie 'Rogue Trooper' (EXCLUSIVE)|date=29 January 2024 |publisher=Variety}}
Personal life
From 2019 to 2021, Lowden resided in Leith, Edinburgh, before moving back to the Scottish Borders in May 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19389513.jack-lowden-kindred-slow-horses-al-pacino/|title=Jack Lowden on imposter syndrome, his new film Kindred and, umm, car insurance|date=26 June 2021 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/dunkirk-star-jack-lowden-says-lack-major-scottish-film-studio-beyond-embarrassing-545134|title = Dunkirk star Jack Lowden says lack of major Scottish film studio is 'beyond embarrassing'| date=23 June 2019 }} He supports Scottish independence.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thejackalmagazine.com/jack-lowden |title=Jack Lowden isn't settling for second best | the Jackal |access-date=16 December 2019 |archive-date=16 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216071621/https://www.thejackalmagazine.com/jack-lowden |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/scots-star-jack-lowden-wants-to-be-free-of-his-essex-roots-fpb7q8jb7|title = Scots star Jack Lowden wants to be free of his Essex roots|last1 = MacDonald|first1 = Stuart}}
Since 2018, he has been in a relationship with Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, his co-star in Mary Queen of Scots.{{cite news |last1=Maitland |first1=Hayley |title=Saoirse Ronan and James McArdle Are Bringing an 'Apocalyptic' Take on Macbeth to the London Stage |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/saoirse-ronan-james-mcardle-the-tragedy-of-macbeth-london |access-date=11 October 2021 |work=Vogue |date=21 September 2021 |quote=Having now achieved the level of fame where public transport is a no-go, she opts to live as quietly as possible between Dublin, London, and the north of England, with her long-term boyfriend Jack Lowden, another Scottish actor. |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014114932/https://www.vogue.com/article/saoirse-ronan-james-mcardle-the-tragedy-of-macbeth-london |url-status=live }} An Instagram post in July 2023 sparked speculation that they were engaged.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23680352.saoirse-ronan-jack-lowden-spark-engagement-rumours/|title=Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden spark engagement rumours|work=The National|first=Laura|last=Pollock|date=26 July 2023 |access-date=28 August 2023}} The Irish Independent reported in July 2024 that they married in Edinburgh.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/saoirse-ronan-marries-actor-jack-lowden-in-secret-ceremony-in-edinburgh/a1049658056.html|title=Saoirse Ronan marries actor Jack Lowden in secret ceremony in Edinburgh|work=The Irish Independent|first=Niamh|last=Horan|date=28 July 2024 |access-date=28 July 2024}}
Lowden is a supporter of Broxburn Athletic Football Club and occasionally attends their matches. He even presented a man of the match award to Broxburn player Calum Heath after a win away at Crossgates Primrose.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/jack-lowden-interview-1396148|title=Jack Lowden interview|work=The Scotsman|first=Janet|last=Christie|date=25 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.broxburnathletic.co.uk/man-of-the-match-crossgates/|title=MAN OF THE MATCH CROSSGATES|date=20 January 2024}}
Filmography
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|+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;" | {{dagger|alt=Projects that have not yet been released}} |Denotes projects that have not yet been released |
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2"| 2014
| '71 | Thompson | |
| Ghosts
| Oswald | Filmed performance of West End play |
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| |
| A United Kingdom
| |
| Denial
| James Libson | |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| Dunkirk | Collins | |
| England Is Mine
| |
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Calibre | Vaughn | |
| Mary Queen of Scots
| |
| 2019
| |
| rowspan="2"| 2020
| Capone | Crawford | |
| Kindred
| Thomas | Also co-producer |
| 2021
| |
| rowspan="3"| 2025
| Tornado | Little Sugar | |
| {{Pending film|Rogue Trooper}}
| Gunner | Post-production |
| {{Pending film|Ella McCay}}
| {{TableTBA}} | Post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2010
| Nick Fairclough | Episode: #1.3 |
| 2012
| Alan Wright | 2 episodes |
| 2013
| Adam Roebuck |Recurring (10 episodes) |
| 2014
| Michael | rowspan=3| Miniseries |
| 2015
| Thomas Wyatt |
| 2016 |
| 2018
| Robert Goodwin | 3-part TV film |
| 2020
| Mini-series; episode: Mangrove |
| 2022–present
| River Cartwright | TV series |
| 2023
| The Gold | |
| 2024
| The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Forodwaith Sauron | Episode: "Elven Kings Under the Sky" |
Theatre credits
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Director ! Playwright ! Theatre |
|---|
| 2010–11
| Cammy | National Theatre of Scotland |
| 2012 |
| 2013–14
| Ghosts | Oswald |
| 2014
| Electra | Orestes | Old Vic |
| 2018
| Angelo |
| 2024
|The Fifth Step |Luka |Finn Den Hertog |
Awards and nominations
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| scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Award ! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Category ! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Nominated work ! scope="col" style="width:5em;"| Result |
|---|
| 2014
| colspan="2"| Ian Charleson Awards | rowspan="2"| Ghosts | {{won}} |
| 2014
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | {{won}} |
| 2016
| Entertainment | {{nom}} |
| 2016
| rowspan="2"| British Academy Scotland Awards | rowspan="2"| Best Actor in Film | {{nom}} |
| 2018
| Calibre | {{won}} |
| 2019
| British Academy Scotland Awards | {{nom}} |
| 2020
| Himself | {{nom}} |
| 2021
| British Academy Scotland Awards | {{nom}} |
| 2022
| British Academy Scotland Awards | {{won}} |
| 2023
| rowspan="2" | British Academy Television Awards | rowspan="2" | Best Supporting Actor | rowspan="4" | Slow Horses | {{nom}} |
| 2024
| {{nom}} |
| 2024
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| 2025
| Best Supporting Actor – Television | {{nom}} |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|4110963|Jack Lowden}}
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j5nw0 May 2012 BBC Radio 4 interview] (2:20 to 13:00)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5f9J6bT-SM 3-minute video segment from 2014 performance in Ibsen's Ghosts]
- [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/apr/11/olivier-nominees-lesley-manville-dench-planer-josefina-gabrielle?CMP=twt_gu Ghosts co-star and fellow Olivier winner Lesley Manville on Jack Lowden] (April 2014)
- [http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/jack-lowden/ Profile] in Interview (April 2017)
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