Best British / UK Child Actors 2022 / 2023 - Male / Boy
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A list of the top UK Child Actors under 16 2022 / 2023 - Male / Boy
Compiled 1Apr2022 IMDb ranking - by janlshearing at gmail
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A list of the top UK Child Actors under 16 2022 / 2023 - Male / Boy
Compiled 1Apr2022 IMDb ranking - by janlshearing at gmail
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- At eleven years old, Roman Griffin Davis was cast in his first professional acting role as the lead in Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit (2019). For which, among other awards, Roman received a Golden Globe Nomination and The Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer.
Since, Roman starred with Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Sope Dirisu, Kirby, Lucy Punch and Rufus Jones in the apocalyptic Christmas parody Silent Night (2021).
Earlier this year Roman wrapped on A Rare Grand Alignment. - Billy Jenkins was born on 20 August 2007. He is an actor, known for The Crown (2016), Holmes & Watson (2018) and Peaky Blinders (2013).
- Felix Jamieson was born on 28 August 2007. He is an actor, known for Raised by Wolves (2020), The Ghost (2018) and Game of Thrones (2011).
- Actor
- Producer
UK based actor Woody Norman recently wrapped the Netflix feature film "The electric state", directed by the Russo Bros. Norman is best known for his work in A24's feature "Cmon Cmon"from writer/director Mike Mills. The film, in which Woody stars opposite Joaquin Phoenix, premiered at Telluride to critical acclaim, and also screened at the New York Film Festival. Among the many accolades for his performance, Norman won the London Critics' Circle Award for Young British/Irish Performer, and was nominated for both BAFTA's Supporting Actor and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor/Actress. Norman will next be seen in Amblin's "The last Voyage of the Demeter", directed by Andre Øvredal, where he shares the screen with Corey Hawkins, and in the Lionsgate thriller "Cobweb"opposite Lizzy Caplan. Other film credits include Alexander Jeremy's "The SpaceMan"with Colin Farrell, Karl Golden's "Bruno", Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's "The Current WR"where he played Benedict Cumberbatch's son, and Justin Molotnikov's " The Small Hand" Woody recurred on BBC One's Poldark, Troy: Fall of the city, The war of the worlds, and Les Miserables. He was also seen in Starz's The white princess opposite Jodie Comer and ITV's Peter and Wendy.- Billy is 16 years old and from London. He has been acting professionally since the age of 6, and has had many roles in film, TV and West End Theatre. He trained at the world-renowned Sylvia Young Theatre School, and ELAM Arts School.
In 2020, aged 13 he made history as the youngest recipient of an International EMMY Award for Best Performance By An Actor for his starring role in psychological drama Responsible Child (BBC/Kudos)
Billy played Ray, a 12-year-old child on trial for the murder the brutal murder of his stepfather, in the hard-hitting drama which subsequently won an International Emmy Award for Best TV Movie and received two BAFTA nominations. In addition to winning an International EMMY, Billy's performance as Ray earned him a nomination for Best Newcomer at the National Film Awards 2020.
In 2021 he became a viewer favourite as troubled outcast, Caspar Morrow, in Apple TV's big budget sci-fi series "Invasion," written and executive produced by Academy and Emmy Award nominated Simon Kinberg (The Martian) and David Weil ("Hunters"). Billy leads the UK portion of the series, pulling on the heart strings of viewers around the world. The series was renewed for a second and third season, with Billy's complex character remaining a viewer favourite.
Billy starred alongside Mckenna Grace, Kid Cudi and Isaiah Russell Bailey in Disney+ coming of age, space feature Crater.
Billy will appear in the highly anticipated Sony/Marvel title Kraven The Hunter, alongside Russell Crowe and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, due for theatrical release in 2024.
He joins Dave Bautista, Anna Faris, Chloe Coleman, Ken Jeong and an all-star cast, in Amazon's My Spy:The Eternal City.
.......................... Billy's previous film credits include Blinded By The Light, Mary Poppins Returns, Sharknado 5, The Other Me, To Dream, The Islander.
TV credits include: Invasion s1/2 (Apple TV) A Christmas Carol (Ridley Scott/Tom Hardy/ BBC) Mr Selfridge (ITV), The White Princess (STARZ) and The Alienist (Netflix).
When he is not filming, Billy is front man and guitarist in his band The Hunger. - Archie Yates was born on 22 February 2009. He is an actor, known for Jojo Rabbit (2019), Home Sweet Home Alone (2021) and Paper Birds (2020).
- Callum is an English actor, he was born on Christmas Eve, 2006.
He signed with a talent agency at the age of 10 and quickly gained his first role, starring alongside his younger sister Olivia in a scripted anthology series produced by Michael Haussman, Jude Law and Pulse films.
In 2018, Callum gained his breakout role starring in the challenging and beautiful role as Max/ Maxine in the miniseries Butterfly. Later that year he was cast to play the role of Karl Thorne in the TV drama Peaky Blinders series 5. - Alexander was born in London and started showing an interest in acting when his younger brother also began to work in the industry. Voice work became his focus for a couple of years and he voiced the title role in Claude for Disney Junior.
Alexander has enjoyed success in British theatre including South Pacific in Concert at Cadogan Hall; Bodies at the Royal Court Theatre and most recently, young Macduff in Macbeth at the Barbican for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
His television includes two series of The Reluctant Landlord opposite Romesh Ranganathan for Sky One. - Actor
- Soundtrack
Nathanael Saleh was born in Worcestershire, England in 2006. He began performing at the age of 5 at Playbox Theatre Company in Warwick, England. His first casting was in season 6 of Game of Thrones (2 episodes), followed by a main role as John Banks in Mary Poppins Returns, and a supporting role in the Netflix Originals series , The Letter For The King. Nathanael has IDTA qualifications in Ballet and Contemporary Dance, LAMDA qualifications in Verse and Prose, and a keen interest in gymnastics.- Having shown a keen interest in performing from an early age Elliott attended weekend theatre school. During this time his strong singing voice and natural ease on stage was quickly spotted and he landed the role of Young Charlie in the West End musical Kinky Boots. Elliott followed this up by starring in the UK tour of Dr Dolittle the musical where he played the role of Tommy Stubbins. He then returned to London's West End as Tommy in the award winning show Matilda The Musical. Having a love of both theatre and film, Elliott auditioned and was successfully cast as Gunnar, in Robert Egger's film The Northman. In his spare time Elliott is a keen singer and musician, playing drums, guitar and composing his own songs. He enjoys athletics, gymnastics and played rugby for his local club which he has put on hold to pursue his acting career.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Matthew Illesley is a British actor who began his professional career in 2018, aged 9, playing Young Reggie in Rocketman (2019).
In 2018, Matthew also played the role of Rupert with the touring company of Nativity! the Musical. Matthew was part of the Oxford and London teams, when the shows ran at the Oxford New Theatre and the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith.
In January 2020, aged 10, Matthew took on the role of Jacksons Son in Wrath of Man.- Max is a young, up and coming actor from UK. Trained LAMDA, Trinity Speech & Drama, Sylvia Young Theatre School. GSA Junior Conservatoire. Max can be seen as "Stephen" in Rocketman dir Dexter Fletcher. "Edward" in Eight For Silver (AKA The Cursed) dir Sean Ellis. Anthony in Warhol dir Adam Ethan Crow. Max played "Gavroche" in Les Miserables UK & Ireland tour, produced by Cameron Mackintosh.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Joel Dawson is known for Mary Poppins Returns (2018).- Jude was born and lives in St. Helens, Merseyside in the North West of England. In 2017 he was selected to appear in the channel 4 documentary; The Secret Life of 4, 5 & 6-Year Olds and it quickly became apparent to everyone that he was very comfortable and enjoyed being in front of the camera. Later in 2017 Jude was introduced to talent agent Paul Byram of Paul Byram Associates by a BBC Casting Director, it didn't take too long before Jude was cast as 'Little Phil' in the CCBC drama Katy and shortly after was voice cast in the very successful 'Haribo' TV Commercials where children provide the voices of adult actors. in 2018 Jude joined the cast of the Sky One drama Brassic starring Michelle Keegan and Joseph Gilgun. Jude attends the Television Workshop in Manchester, loves Marvel Super-Heroes and Lego.
- Charlie Price is a British Actor .
His most recent Feature Film 'A Rare Grand Alignment' is set for release soon (Director Cinqué Lee/Exec Prod Spike Lee) A coming of age American Film sees him play a lead role alongside Roman Griffin Davis.
Charlie is also known for playing Ivan in 'The Great' with Elle Fanning & Nicholas Hoult (Hulu/CH4)
Other credits include Jeremy in TV Series Pistol directed by Danny Boyle , Tommy in Feature Film Military Wives directed by Peter Cattaneo, Young Cormoran Strike in BBC's CB Strike directed by Sue Tully, TV Series The Burning Girls for Paramount , plus many more .
Charlie has representation in both the UK and in LA/New York. - Actor
- Soundtrack
Nathan Mack is known for Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Babylon (2014).- Freddie Phillips was born on 27 September 2006 in Havering, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for EastEnders (1985), Children in Need: Fantastic Beasts Special (2016) and Cradle to Grave (2015).
- Max Vento is known for The A Word (2016).
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Alfie Clarke was born on 18 November 2007 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972) and The Railway Children Return (2022).
- Kyran Bowes was born on 28 April 2007 in England. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960).
- Kaylen Luke is an actor and was born in Bedfordshire, England. He's first debut television appearances was in Chivalry (2022) The Midwich Cuckoos (2022) Trying (2022), The pact (2022) criminal records (2024) 7keys is due to be released this year 2024 Kaylen made he's first theatre debut year 2023 in the UK tour "The Bodyguard musical"
- Matthew Stagg was born on 6 February 2009 in the UK. He is an actor, known for Marrowbone (2017), Macbeth (2015) and War & Peace (2016).
- Toby Papworth was born in Queens Hospital, Romford, Essex, England on 14 December 2009 to mother Ashley Papworth.
His first film role was to appear as Baby Harry Potter in the Deathly Hallows Part 2. He appears in four separate scenes during the movie. His name appears on the credits to the movie.
He is a wonderfully natured toddler with a very cheeky streak. He is a show off and loves to be the centre of attention.
He is available for all kinds of work, modelling, photoshoots, film and tv work. - Jayden Fox is known for Hollyoaks (1995), Headin' for Mexico (2015) and The British Soap Awards 2022 (2022).
- Oliver Nelson was born on 27 June 2006 in England, UK. He is an actor, known for Hilda (2018), The Gathering (2024) and Home Fires (2015).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Simon Bundock is known for The Sandman (2022).- Joseph Odwell was born on 19 July 2006 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).
- Actor
- Composer
- Writer
Oscar has been performing and making music since a very young age. He began playing piano at 5 years old and quickly progressed to acoustic guitar, ukulele and drums.
He has always felt a calling to perform - singing and playing live performances since he was 6 years old. He has built up a strong global following on social media and now has more than 170,000 followers. He started to share his musical talents on social media at the age of 7, initially on Instagram covering a wide range of music styles and artists including rock, pop and reggae. His Guns N' Roses covers have reached over 2.8M views.
Just 12 years old, Oscar recently finished a string of shows with singer-songwriter Kristofer Greczula, is a 2019 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award nominee ("Sweden's Favorite Star"), and is the youngest artist to sign a record deal with Universal Music Sweden. Outside of music, Oscar is a keen supporter of the FridaysForFuture movement, and played at the climate strike in Stockholm in October in front of 60,000!
Having released two original songs independently ("Hold My Hand" and "Train"), Oscar continues to create new music. He released "Losing You" in May 2019, "Hold On Me" in June 2019, "We March" in September 2019, "Sleepless" in October, "Too Much" in February 2020. And now his own song "Where Are You Now?" tackling the topic of bullying. Oscar has over 2 Million streams worldwide in 2020. This is only the beginning for Oscar.- Thomas Odwell was born on 19 July 2006 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).
- William Stagg was born on 15 September 2006 in England, UK. He is an actor, known for Macbeth (2015), Four Warriors (2015) and Acres and Acres (2016).
- Aamir Tai is known for Apple Tree House (2017), King Gary (2018) and The CBeebies House Show (2016).
- Daniel Forrester was born on 26 February 2007 in Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Desperate Pursuit (2009), Circumcise This! (2008) and The Wavers (2020).
- Rafal Moore was born on 12 February 2009 in the UK. He is an actor, known for Thin Air (2018).
- Thomas Becht was born on 12 May 2008 in Chertsey, England. He is an actor, known for Aviva (2020), CIA (2017) and Mysteries at the Museum (2010).
- Henry Meredith is known for Rags (2016).
- Bilbo Foad was born on 8 May 2008 in Wales, UK. He is an actor, known for The Mary Morstan Mysteries (2012), All Quiet on the Holmes Front (2020) and The Faction of Farce (2015).