Max Harwood

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Max Harwood
Born
Max William James Harwood

(1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 27)
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Alma mater Urdang Academy
OccupationActor
Years active2021–present

Max William James Harwood (born 12 September 1997) is an English actor. He debuted in the title role of the film Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021), an adaptation of the stage musical based on a true story. [1] [2] He was named a 2021 Brit to Watch by Variety . [3]

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Early life

Harwood was born and raised in Basingstoke. [4] He attended Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School and then Queen Mary's College for sixth form where he took A Levels in theatre studies, art photography, music technology and history. [5] [6] He took a year-long foundation course at the Guildford School of Acting on a scholarship before going on to graduate from the Urdang Academy in London. [7]

Career

Harwood began his acting career in 2021, when he was cast to play the lead role of Jamie New / Mimi Me in the biographical coming-of-age musical comedy-drama film Everybody's Talking About Jamie , [8] [9] which was released in select theatres in the United States on 10 September 2021, [10] [11] followed by a worldwide streaming release on 17 September 2021 via Amazon Studios on Amazon Prime Video, for which he earned a 2021 Digital Spy Reader Awards for Rising Star – Film. [12] [13] [14] He also won Breakthrough Award in the Attitude Awards. [15] [16]

Harwood was cast to play one of the lead role of Oliver in the horror comedy film The Loneliest Boy in the World alongside Hero Fiennes Tiffin, which was released on 14 October 2022. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] He also appeared in the shorts Seagull with Paul Cooper [22] and The Call with Adam Ali, David Ames and Oliver Wickham. [23]

In 2023, Harwood appeared in an episode of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror [24] and played Alan Munson in the prequel play Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre on the West End. Harwood was announced as part of the cast of Dean Puckett's Magpie opposite Tuppence Middleton and Thomas Turgoose, playing David. [25]

In 2024, Harwood was cast in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical as the lead role of Percy Jackson at The Other Palace in London. [26]

Filmography

Film/Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Everybody's Talking About Jamie Jamie New / Mimi Me
2022SeagullSeagullShort film [22]
2022 Olivier Awards Guest Presenter1 episode
2022 The Loneliest Boy in the World Oliver [27]
2023The CallShort film [23]
2023 Black Mirror JulianEpisode: "Joan Is Awful"
TBAMagpieDavidUpcoming [28]

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023-24 Stranger Things: The First Shadow Alan Munson Phoenix Theatre, West End
2024 The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical Percy Jackson The Other Palace

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef
2021 Attitude Awards Breakthrough AwardWon [29]
British Independent Film Awards Breakthrough Performance Everybody's Talking About JamieNominated [30]
Digital Spy Reader Awards Rising Star – FilmWon [31]
2022 London Film Critics Circle Awards Young British/Irish Performer of the YearNominated

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