Mark Rowley (actor)

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Mark Rowley
File:Mark Rowley in 2021.png
Rowley in 2021
Born (1990-01-29) 29 January 1990 (age 34)
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland,
Occupation Actor
Years active 2011-present

Mark Rowley (born 29 January 1990) is a Scottish actor, who has appeared in Home Fires (2016), The North Water and The Spanish Princess (2020), but is known mainly for his role as the Irish warrior Finan, Uhtred’s sidekick in battle, in The Last Kingdom.

Early life and career

Mark Rowley is from Paisley in Scotland. His interest in acting grew after attending classes at the PACE Theatre Company in Paisley. In 2013, Rowley graduated from the Glasgow based Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.[1]

In 2013, Rowley starred in an episode of Luther alongside Idris Elba,[1] Rowley is purported to be the youngest actor to have played Macbeth at the age of 25, in the 2018 version directed by Kit Monkman.[2]

From 2017 to 2022, Rowley has played the role of the Irish warrior Finan, Uhtred's sidekick in battle, in the Netflix television medieval drama The Last Kingdom alongside Alexander Dreymon.[3][4]

Rowley played a leading role in the 2018 short film Lift Share, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2018.[5]

In 2020, Rowley appeared as Bain in the BBC's The North Water, along with fellow The Last Kingdom actor, Eliza Butterworth. He also landed a recurring role as Alexander Stewart in series 2 of Starz historical drama The Spanish Princess about Catherine of Aragon before she married Henry VIII of England.[6]

Filming began in January 2022 of the film Seven Kings Must Die, a feature length movie involving the surviving members of The Last Kingdom, due for release in 2023.[7]

In 2022, Rowley joined the cast of the Netflix miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin, set in a time 1,200 years before The Witcher, and Rowley stars as Prince Alvitirin in a cast which includes Lenny Henry and Michelle Yeoh.[8] The miniseries aired on 25 December 2022.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Trouble Downstairs Terry Short film
2018 Lift Share Murdock Short film
2018 Macbeth Macbeth
2019 Guns Akimbo Dane
2020 End Live-Shackle Slaughter PSA Narrator Animated short video
2022 Seven Kings Must Die Finan Post-production[7]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Case Histories Josh Fairlie 1 episode - Part 1
2012 Doctors Kenny Laughlin 1 episode - "Carry on Cruising"
2013 Luther Callum 1 episode #3.3
2014 Young Dracula Piers 4 episodes
2013-2014 River City Jamie McAllister 3 episodes
2016 Home Fires Stephen Banks 2 episodes
2020 The North Water Bain 1 episode #1.1
2020 The Spanish Princess Alexander Stewart [6] 5 episodes - "Camelot", "Peace", "The Other Woman", "Grief", "Flodden"
2021 Domina Varica 1 episode - "Happiness"
2017-2022 The Last Kingdom Finan 36 episodes
2022 The Witcher: Blood Origin Prince Alvitirin [8]

Video games

Year Title Role
2015 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate Alexander Graham Bell (voice)
2017 Star Wars: Battlefront II Voice Talent (voice)
2018 Battlefield V Voice Acting Talent (voice)
2022 The DioField Chronicle William Hende (English version, voice)

References

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