Anthony Boyle

Not to be confused with Tony Boyle.

Anthony Boyle
Boyle in 2019
Born	(1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 31) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Education	Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2013–present

Anthony Boyle (born 8 June 1994) is an Irish actor. ^[1] A graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Boyle began his acting career on London stage and rose to prominence for originating the role of Scorpius Malfoy in the West End and Broadway productions of the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016), for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

Boyle appeared in the films Tolkien (2019) and Tetris (2023), and the television miniseries Masters of the Air (2024) and Say Nothing (2024).

Early life and education

Boyle was born in west Belfast, Northern Ireland, and attended De La Salle College and St Louise's Comprehensive College. ^[2] Due to a bone condition, he used a wheelchair for several years as a child. Boyle said this helped develop his acting skills, as he would improvise dialogue while watching other children play games without him. ^[3] He was expelled from school at age 16, then hired and fired within a week from a night club for drinking at work. ^{[4] [5]} He started his acting career in a series of what Boyle called “the worst productions you’ve ever seen,” including a version of Romeo and Juliet, alongside his fellow Belfast-born actor and longtime friend Lola Petticrew. ^[3] In 2013, he began training at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff before graduating in 2016 with a BA in acting. ^{[3] [5]}

Boyle was familiar with the landscape and history depicted in Say Nothing , saying "the streets we were walking down were streets I’ve walked my whole life." His school was located on the Falls Road, just down the street from a mural of Brendan Hughes, whom he portrayed in the show. Co-star Lola Petticrew described Boyle as "one of [their] best friends in the world" since they were age 11. Boyle is also a longtime friend of Frank Blake, who portrayed Seamus Wright. ^[6]

Acting credits

Key

†	Denotes projects that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Pillow Talk	Anto	Short film; also writer, co-director, and co-producer
	Splash Area	Mike
2016	The Party	Mickey Magee	Short film
	The Journey	Young Ian Paisley	Cut from the film
	The Lost City of Z	Trench Runner
	Onus	Keiran Flynn
2017	Bad Drawings	Scott	Short film
2019	Tolkien	Geoffrey Bache Smith
2023	Tetris	Kevin Maxwell
2025	Animal Within	Tom D. Jennings
TBA	Skintown†	TBA
TBA	I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning †	Patrick

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Game of Thrones	Bolton Guard	Episode: "The Laws of Gods and Men"
2017	Electric Dreams	Sam	Episode: "The Commuter"
2018	Derry Girls	David Donnelly	2 episodes
	Come Home	Liam Farrell	Television miniseries
	Patrick Melrose	Barry	Episode: "Never Mind"
	Ordeal by Innocence	Jack Argyll	Television miniseries
2020	The Plot Against America	Alvin Levin	Television miniseries
2021	Danny Boy	Brian Wood	Television film
2024	Masters of the Air	Major Harry Herbert Crosby	Television miniseries
	Manhunt	John Wilkes Booth	Television miniseries
	Shardlake	John "Jack" Barak	Television miniseries
	Say Nothing	Brendan Hughes	Television miniseries
2025	House of Guinness †	Arthur Guinness	Television miniseries
TBA	The Altruists †	Sam Bankman-Fried	Television miniseries

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre
2013	Herons	Aaron	Pintsized Productions
2014	Othello	Iago	Richard Burton Theatre Company
2015	The Taming of the Shrew	Biondello Curtis Merchant Widow	Richard Burton Theatre Company
	In Arabia We'd All Be Kings	Skank	Richard Burton Theatre Company
	East Belfast Boy	Davey	Partisan Productions
2016	Mojo	Baby	Richard Burton Theatre Company
2016–2017	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Scorpius Malfoy	Palace Theatre
2018–2019			Lyric Theatre

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Frankenstein	The Creature	RWCMD (with Big Finish Productions)
2016	The Tidebreak	Alfred Meyer	BBC Radio 3
2017	Mayday	Paul	BBC Radio 4

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2016	Evening Standard Theatre Awards	Emerging Talent Award	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Nominated	[7]
2017	Critics' Circle Theatre Awards	Jack Tinker Award		Won	[8]
	WhatsOnStage Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Play		Won	[9]
	Laurence Olivier Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role		Won	[10]
2018	Drama League Awards	Distinguished Performance		Nominated	[11]
	Outer Critics Circle Awards	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play		Nominated	[12]
	Drama Desk Awards	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play		Nominated	[13]
	Theatre World Awards	Honoree		Honored	[14]
	Tony Awards	Best Featured Actor in a Play		Nominated	[15]
2025	IFTA Film & Drama Awards	Best Lead Actor – Drama	Say Nothing	Nominated	[16]
		Best Supporting Actor – Drama	Masters of the Air	Nominated
		Rising Star Award	Masters of the Air Manhunt Say Nothing	Won	[17]

References

1. Kleinman, Jake (1 April 2020). "How Anthony Boyle learned to be Jewish". Inverse . Retrieved 26 December 2022.
2. Meredith, Robby (8 August 2016). "Anthony Boyle: Belfast actor enjoying rave reviews in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child". BBC News . Retrieved 6 October 2016.
3. Freyne, Patrick (28 April 2024). "Anthony Boyle: 'My dad had to go to Gaelic training, and the same British soldier would throw his kit in a puddle every day'". The Irish Times . Retrieved 19 March 2024.
4. Hoffman, Barbara (5 June 2018). "'Harry Potter' star was once kicked out of school". New York Post . Retrieved 19 March 2024.
5. Saxena, Jaya (5 June 2018). "Anthony Boyle, the Maybe Bad Boy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child". GQ .
6. O'Keefe, Meghan (14 November 2024). "'Say Nothing' Cast Opens Up About How Close the FX IRA Drama Hews to Their Real Life: "It Felt Like the Least Acting I've Ever Had to Do"". Decider. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
7. Dex, Robert (9 November 2016). "Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2016: The shortlist". Evening Standard . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
8. "Full list of 2016 winners and production photos". Critics' Circle Theatre Awards . 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
9. "18th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards – 2017 Results". WhatsOnStage . Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
10. "Olivier Winners 2017". Laurence Olivier Awards . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
11. McPhee, Ryan (18 April 2018). "Denzel Washington, Andrew Garfield, Laurie Metcalf Among 2018 Drama League Award Nominees". Playbill . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
12. "2017–2018 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
13. McPhee, Ryan (26 April 2018). "Carousel, SpongeBob SquarePants, Mean Girls Lead 2018 Drama Desk Award Nominations". Playbill. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
14. "Past Honorees". Theatre World Awards . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
15. "NOMINATIONS / 2018". Tony Awards . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
16. "2025 IFTA Nominations Announced" (Press release). Irish Film & Television Academy . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
17. "IFTA Awards 2025 winners announced" (Press release). Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved 3 June 2025.

External links

• Anthony Boyle at IMDb