Angus Imrie

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Angus Imrie
Born
Angus William Jake Imrie

(1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 29)
Isle of Wight, England
Alma mater
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
Children1
Parents

Angus William Jake Imrie (born 2 August 1994) is a British actor. He is known for playing the character Josh Archer in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama serial The Archers . [1] In 2014, he won the casting agency Spotlight's Most Promising Actor Award at The Sunday Times 's National Student Drama Festival. [2] The son of the actors Celia Imrie and Benjamin Whitrow, he made his screen debut in the BBC film drama Station Jim , at the age of five.[ citation needed ]

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Early life and education

Imrie was born on 2 August 1994 on the Isle of Wight, the son of actors Celia Imrie and Benjamin Whitrow. [3]

From 2001 to 2012, [4] Imrie was educated at Dulwich College, [4] a boarding and day independent school for boys in the south London suburb of Dulwich, followed by the University of Warwick, where he studied English Literature and Theatre Studies. [5] From 2015 to 2017, he studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London. [5]

Career

Imrie has appeared in a range of stage, television and radio productions since he was a child. After his screen debut in the BBC One film drama Station Jim at the age of five, he appeared in the ITV drama series Kingdom in 2007, and the BBC One mini-series Restless in 2012. In the same year, he appeared in the BBC Two drama series The Hollow Crown , whilst in the following year, he appeared in the BBC One series Father Brown . Prior to attending LAMDA (2015–2017), he appeared at Shakespeare's Globe in London, playing Bagot in William Shakespeare's play Richard II (1595) and Ned Spiggett in Jessica Swale's play Nell Gwynn (2015). [5] He has also appeared in a range of radio productions, including The Treasure Seekers , Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and John Mortimer's A Voyage Round My Father . [6]

In 2014, Imrie joined the cast of the long-running BBC Radio 4 series The Archers, based on a rural farming community in the fictional village of Ambridge, to take the role of Josh Archer previously played by child actor Cian Cheesbrough, [7] the teenage son of David and Ruth and one of the main members of the Archer family. [4] In the same year, he played the part of cabin boy Pip in The White Whale at Leeds Dock, in which he sang Amazing Grace from the top of the set after having fallen into the water. [8]

In 2019, Imrie co-starred in the Joe Cornish–directed The Kid Who Would Be King as the young Merlin, with Patrick Stewart portraying Merlin's older self. [9] He also starred in the independent feature Pond Life alongside Esmé Creed-Miles; the film was produced by Dominic Dromgoole, who is the former artistic director of the Globe. [10] Since 2021, Imrie has voiced the character Zero, a main character on the Paramount+/Nickelodeon animated series Star Trek: Prodigy .

Personal life

Imrie resides in Oxford. His first child was born in 2018. [11]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Kingdom Scott MillingtonEpisode 3 [6]
2012 Restless StudentMiniseries [6]
2012 The Hollow Crown Edmund Plantagenet Episode: "The Wars of the Roses – Henry VI Part II"
2013 Father Brown Jago PrydeEpisode: "Pride of the Prydes" [6]
2015Station JimSchoolboy
2019 The Spanish Princess Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales [12] Miniseries
2019 Fleabag Jake2 episodes
2020 The Crown Prince Edward Season 4
2020 Industry Digdog1 episode
2021 War of the Worlds DylanSeason 2, episode 6
2021–present Star Trek: Prodigy Zero (voice)Main role
2022 We Hunt Together HenrySeason 2, 6 episodes
2022 Doc Martin Max ForemanSeries 10; Episode 2
TBA The Road Trip RodneyMain role [13]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Pond Life Malcolm
2019 The Kid Who Would Be King Young Merlin
2020 Emma Bartholomew
2021 Back to the Outback Nigel (voice)

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022Star Trek Prodigy: SupernovaZero (voice)

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 Star Trek: Very Short Treks Zero (voice)Episode: "Holograms All the Way Down"

Theatre

TitleRoleTheatreNotes
Richard II Bagot Shakespeare's Globe Part of the Globe's "Justice and Mercy" season (2015), [6] this Shakespeare play is believed to have been written in around 1595 [14]
Nell Gwynn Ned SpigettShakespeare's GlobePart of the Globe's "Justice and Mercy" season (2015), [6] this story by playwright Jessica Swale won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 2016, when it transferred to London's West End [15]
The White WhalePip Leeds Dock Open-air staging of an adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick , written by the award-winning playwright James Phillips [8]
Road Multiple parts: Brink/Skin-Lad, Blowpipe, Soldier, Father's voice and Barry Warwick Arts Centre at the University of Warwick A Warwick University Drama Society production, [16] staged in 2014, of Jim Cartwright's multiple award-winning play, [17] first staged in 1986 at the Royal Court Theatre in London. It is set in an anonymous road in a deprived, working class area of Lancashire during the Thatcher era, at a time of high unemployment in Northern England. [18] Imrie won the casting agency Spotlight's Most Promising Actor Award for his roles in the play at The Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival in 2014. [2]

Theatre at LAMDA (2015–2017)

TitleRoleTheatre
As You Like It JaquesPOSK Theatre
The Cherry Orchard TrofimovLAMDA Linbury Studio
Uncle Vanya VanyaLAMDA
Pogo (A Punk's Progress)VariousLAMDA
The Rivals Jack AbsoluteLAMDA
'Tis Pity She's a Whore GiovanniLAMDA
MotortownLeeLAMDA

Rehearsed readings

TitleRoleTheatreDirector
NellWaiterRed Handed Theatre Company, London Jessica Swale
The PiperZum Finborough Theatre, London Fidelis Morgan

Radio

TitleNotesRole
The Archers RecurringJosh Archer
BuddenbrooksSingle dramaTom Buddenbrook
People in CarsSingle dramaBen
A Voyage Round My Father Single dramaYoung son
Great ExpectationsMain rolePip
Whoosh!!Single dramaAngus
The Treasure Seekers Main roleOswald

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