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Born | Alfred Lewis Enoch 2 December 1988 London, England |
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Alma mater | The Queen's College, Oxford (BA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1999–present |
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Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
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Awards | PAFF 2021 CANADA LEE AWARD FESTin 2021 Best Actor Award |
Alfred Lewis Enoch [1] (born 2 December 1988) is a British-Brazilian actor. He is best known for playing Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter film series and Wes Gibbins in the legal thriller television series How to Get Away with Murder .
Enoch was born on 2 December 1988 in the Westminster district of London, to actor William Russell (1924-2024) and his second wife, Etheline Margareth Lewis, [2] [3] a Barbadian Brazilian doctor. [4] He has three half-siblings from his father's previous marriage, [5] and holds dual British and Brazilian citizenship. [6] He lived with his parents in southern France when he was two or three. He was educated at Westminster School, [7] a historic public school in Westminster, London.
Enoch is a fluent speaker of English, French, [8] Portuguese, [9] and Spanish, and graduated from the Queen's College, Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages.
In 2001, he was cast as Dean Thomas in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone . He appeared in seven of the eight Harry Potter films. He also voiced the character in video games.
After the Harry Potter films, Enoch appeared in a number of plays throughout London including Coriolanus , [10] Timon of Athens , [11] Antigone , Happy New. He played Bainbridge, the Bloody Guardsman, in the Sherlock episode, "The Sign of Three".
In 2014, Enoch began starring as Wes Gibbins in the ABC legal thriller series How to Get Away with Murder , produced by Shonda Rhimes. [12] [13]
In 2016, Enoch played Edgar/Poor Tom in the well-received Talawa Theatre Company and Manchester Royal Exchange co-production of King Lear , for which he garnered much praise for his characterisation and the physicality he brought to the roles. [14] [15] [16] [17]
Enoch returned to the West End in the 2018 revival of Red at Wyndham's Theatre, starring alongside Alfred Molina. [18] And also in 2018, he played Aeneas, in BBC ONE & Netflix TV miniseries Troy: Fall of a City .
The following year, Enoch took the leading role 'Jamie McCain' in BBC drama Trust Me, series 2.
In 2020, Enoch returned for two episodes of How to Get Away with Murder's sixth season but in the separate role of the adult version of Christopher Castillo, Wes' son.
In 2021, he played Romeo in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the Globe Theatre in London, [19] and he also played Raych Seldon in Apple TV+ science fiction series Foundation . [20]
Enoch returned to the special featuring Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts in 2022. [21] He will also be embarking on a new career exploration as the Dramaturg for Shades of Blue at Sadler's Wells in May 2022. [22]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | The Ballad of Salomon Pavey | Kit Webster | National Youth Music Theatre at Shakespeare's Globe & Tour [23] |
2008 | The Tempest | Ferdinand | Tomahawk Theatre [24] |
2011 | The Seagull | Trigorin | Oxford Playhouse [25] |
2011 | Dinner | Mike | Edinburgh Fringe Festival [26] |
2012 | Happy New | Brothers Danny | Made professional London stage debut at the Old Red Lion. [27] |
2012 | Timon of Athens | Philotus | National Theatre [28] |
2012 | Antigone | Chorus | National Theatre [29] |
2014 | Coriolanus | Titus Lartius | Donmar Warehouse [30] |
2016 | King Lear | Edgar/Poor Tom | Royal Exchange [31] |
2018 | Red | Ken | Wyndham's Theatre/MGC [32] |
2019 | Tree | Kaleo | Young Vic theatre [33] |
2020 | CRAVE | B | Chichester Festival Theatre [34] |
2020 | What A Carve Up! [35] | Raymond Owen | The Barn Theatre, Lawrence Batley Theatre and New Wolsey Theatre [36] (Online) |
2021 | The Picture of Dorian Gray [37] | Lord Henry Wotton | Theatr Clwyd, Barn Theatre, Oxford Playhouse, the New Wolsey Theatre, Lawrence Batley Theatre [38] (Online) |
2021 | Watch on the Rhine [39] | David | Broadway's Best Shows (U.S) [39] (Online) |
2021 | Romeo and Juliet | Romeo | Shakespeare's Globe [40] |
2022 | Shades of Blue | None | Dramaturg only. Sadler's Wells Theatre [41] |
2022 | As You Like It | Orlando | Soho Place [42] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Dean Thomas | |
2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | ||
2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | ||
2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | ||
2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | ||
2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | ||
2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | ||
2020 | Executive Order [43] | Antônio Rodrigues | |
2020 | Tigers [44] | Ryan | |
2022 | This Is Christmas [45] | Adam | |
2023 | The Critic | Tom Tunner |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Broadchurch | Sam Taylor | Episode: "1.1" |
2013 | Mount Pleasant | Alex | Episode: "3.7" |
2014 | Sherlock | Stephen Bainbridge | Episode: "The Sign of Three" |
2014–2017, 2019-2020 | How to Get Away with Murder | Wesley "Wes" Gibbins Christopher Castillo | Main role (Season 1–3); 47 episodes Recurring role (Season 4); 4 episodes Guest role (Season 6); 2 episodes |
2018 | Troy: Fall of a City | Aeneas | Main role; 8 episodes |
2019 | Trust Me | Jamie McCain | Main role (Season 2) 4 episodes |
2021–2023 | Foundation | Raych Seldon | Recurring role; 6 episodes (Season 1), 2 episodes (Season 2) |
2022 | Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Himself | HBO Max Special |
2023 | The Couple Next Door | Pete | Lead role |
TBA | Miss Austen | TBA | In-production [46] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Dean Thomas | Credited as Alfie Enoch |
2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | ||
2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I | ||
2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II |
Year | Title | Author | Notes |
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2020 | The Secret Explorers Series [47] | SJ King | DK Audio |
2020 | How the Beetle Got Its Colours | Brazilian folktale | Wonderful Beast: Lockdown Tales [48] |
2021 | Car Crash [49] | Eddie Robson | Bafflegab Productions [50] |
2022 | 120th anniversary of The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | Yoto & Penguin Audio [51] |
2022 | My Sweet Orange Tree | José Mauro de Vasconcelos | Audible Studios |
2022 | Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman | Alan Rickman | Henry Holt and Co. [52] |
2023 | Pyramids:(Discworld Novel 7) | Terry Pratchett | Penguin Audio |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Electric Decade: Cane | BBC Radio 4 [53] | |
2021 | The Hand of Ethelberta | Christopher Julian | BBC Radio 4 [54] |
2021 | Lights Up: Dedication | William Shakespeare (Main) | BBC Radio 4 [55] |
2021 | Running With Lions | Joshua | BBC Radio 4 & Talawa [56] |
2022 | Darkness | Lord Byron (Main) | BBC Radio 4 [57] |
2022 | Strings | Rez | BBC Radio 3 [58] |
2023 | People Who Knew Me | Gabe | BBC Radio 5 [59] |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2015 | NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | How to Get Away with Murder | Nominated |
2016 | Nominated | |||
2017 | Nominated | |||
2018 | IARA AWARDS | Best Young Actor | Nominated | |
2021 | Pan African Film Festival | Canada Lee Award | Executive Order(Medida Provisória) | Won |
2021 | FESTin | Best Actor Award | Won | |
2023 | BBC Audio Drama Awards | Best Actor | Darkness [60] | Nominated |
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