Edward Holcroft
Edward Patrick Holcroft is an English film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his roles in the Kingsman film franchise and in the television series Wolf Hall (2015), London Spy (2015), and Alias Grace (2017). Holcroft is the second of three sons born to Lt. Col. Patrick Holcroft, a soldier and Kathleen "Annie" Holcroft (née Roberts), a former publisher at Condé Nast. His elder brother, Oliver Holcroft, is a former soldier who served with the Grenadier Guards in Afghanistan. Edward was sent to boarding school at age 8, first attending prep school at Summer Fields School in Oxford and then to a Roman Catholic school, Ampleforth College, in North Yorkshire. He initially wanted to become a professional drummer, having attended music school, but switched to acting after appearing in a play at Oxford Brookes University. He then undertook post-graduate studies in acting at the Drama Centre London of Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, graduating in 2012. Holcroft is best known for his roles as Charlie Hesketh in the film Kingsman: The Secret Service and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle; as George Boleyn in the British drama series Wolf Hall; and as Alex Turner in the BBC drama series London Spy. In 2017, he appeared in the historical miniseries Gunpowder on the BBC and Alias Grace on Netflix and the CBC. Holcroft acted with Dominic West and Janet McTeer in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar Warehouse.
Kingsman: The Secret Service
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Movie pageKingsman: The Golden Circle
as CharlieWhen an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and...
Movie pageVampire Academy
as Aaron DrozdovRose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a...
Movie pageLady Chatterley's Lover
as Duncan ForbesAn early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and...
Movie pageThe Sense of an Ending
as Jack FordA man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to...
Movie pageKindred
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Movie pageHill of Vision
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Movie pageNational Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
as Le Chevalier DancenyMarquise de Merteuil, former lover of Vicomte de Valmont, incites him to corrupt the innocent...
Movie pageWolf Hall
as George BoleynEngland in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the...
TV Show pageGunpowder
as Thomas WintourLondon, 1605. Robert Catesby, a 33-year old Warwickshire gentleman, devises a plot to blow up...
TV Show pageLondon Spy
as AlexA chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the...
TV Show pageAlias Grace
as Dr. Simon JordanBased on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was...
TV Show pageThe English Game
as Arthur KinnairdTwo 19th-century footballers on opposite sides of a class divide navigate professional and...
TV Show pageThe Undeclared War
as James CoxIn the post-pandemic world of 2024 during an upcoming British general election involving the...
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