Edward Rowe (actor)

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Edward Rowe is a Cornish actor, known for the lead role as a struggling fisherman in the BAFTA-winning film Bait and for the Kernow King character.

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Early life

Rowe is from Roche in Cornwall [1] where he started his standup routine and YouTube video series. [2] He attended Poltair School from the age of 11 to 16.

Career

Early career and Kernow King

His Kernow King character features a strong Cornish identity and speaks in a strong Cornish accent. In mid 2010 he produced a series of short comedy videos on Cornish themes, often in the spoof documentary format. Examples include the Camborne Maid's song remake of musician Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl". [3] This led to a 2014 standup tour, Splann!. [4]

Rowe wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian in 2012 criticising the proposed pasty tax. [5] In 2015, he starred in Kernow King's sex tape, an educational film produced by Cornwall Council's Health Promotion Service. This was nominated for the UK Sexual Health Awards. [6] Rowe was made a bard of Gorsedh Kernow in 2015 "for his work as an ambassador for the Cornish identity". [7]

In 2017, he starred in the Hall for Cornwall's Christmas show, Sleeping Beauty. [8]

In 2018, he wrote and starred in the play Hireth, about a Cornish miner, [9] and starred in Trevithick!, a biographical comedy about Richard Trevithick directed by Kneehigh Theatre's Simon Harvey.

Bait

Rowe found breakthrough success for his lead role in Bait , a film by Mark Jenkin. [10] He was longlisted for Best Actor and Most Promising Newcomer at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards. [10] [11]

Post-Bait career

He has appeared in a number of television shows which include The Witcher as King Henselt of Kaedwen, [12] House of the Dragon as Ser Howland Sharp, [13] and Beyond Paradise as Matthew Colbert. [14] He also voiced the character Godfrey/Hoarah Loux in 2022 video game Elden Ring and starred as The Boatman in Jenkin's 2022 film Enys Men . [15] [16]

In 2022, Rowe called Channel 4's Finding the Cornish Dream series "abhorrent" and "deeply disrespectful" at a time when "[m]ost of us are scraping along making sure we make our mortgage payments." [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ Trewhela, Lee (4 August 2019). "A Cornish film could turn Kernow King into an international star". cornwalllive. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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  5. ↑ Edward Rowe (30 April 2012). "The message from Cornwall: hands off our pasties". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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  7. ↑ "Press Release – Gorsedh Kernow names 20 new Bards". Gorsedh Kernow . Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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  9. ↑ Trewhela, Lee (1 October 2018). "This is why comedian Kernow King is getting serious". cornwalllive. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  10. 1 2 Paul Armstrong (27 June 2022). "Falmouth Cringe comedy fest, Kernow King Ed Rowe to headline". The Falmouth Packet . Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  11. ↑ Alex Ritman (16 October 2019). "British Independent Film Awards 2019 Breakthrough Longlists Unveiled (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  12. ↑ Charlotte Becquart (21 December 2021). "Edward Rowe aka Kernow King is in Netflix hit The Witcher season 2 starring Henry Cavill". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  13. 1 2 Lee Trewhela (17 September 2022). "Cornwall comedian Kernow King says Channel 4's Finding The Cornish Dream TV series is 'abhorrent'". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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