Anson Boon

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Anson Boon
Born (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 24)
Peterborough, England
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present

Anson Boon (born 15 February 2000) is an English actor.

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Early life

Boon was born in Peterborough. [1] [2] His father is an amateur DJ, originally from a farming family, and his mother is from a working-class London family. [3] He has a younger brother. [4] He dropped out of college to pursue acting professionally, choosing not to attend drama school. [3] [5]

Career

He made his professional acting debut in the children's sitcom All at Sea in 2014. [3] In 2019, he was named as a Screen International Star of Tomorrow. [5] That year, he had roles in the films Blackbird and 1917 . [6] In 2020, he starred in his first lead role in the mystery drama film The Winter Lake alongside Emma Mackey. [5] In 2022, he played Johnny Rotten in the miniseries Pistol , directed by Danny Boyle. [7] [8]

Personal life

He is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleRef.
2019 Crawl Stan [9]
Blackbird Jonathan [10]
1917 Private Cook [6]
2020 Sulphur and White  [ it ]Young David [11]
The Winter Lake Tom [12]
2023 Widow Clicquot Edouard [13]
TBA Good Boy Tommy [14]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2014 All at Sea Troy Milne1 episode [3]
2018 Endeavour Brett Nero1 episode [9]
The Alienist Paresis Hall Boy #52 episodes [4]
2019 Living the Dream Louis1 episode [15]
The Feed Anton Garin4 episodes [5]
2020 The Defeated Young Moritz6 episodes [15]
2022 Pistol Johnny Rotten 6 episodes [16]
TBA The Associate Eddie Harrigan [17]

Stage

YearTitleRoleTheaterRef.
2019 "Master Harold"...and the Boys Hally Royal National Theatre [18]

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