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Fionn Whitehead (/fɪn/; born 18 July 1997)[1] is an English actor. He portrayed the lead role in the 2017 film Dunkirk and the 2018 film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.[2] His first acting credit was in the 2016 ITV miniseries Him.

Fionn Whitehead
Whitehead at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	(1997-07-18) 18 July 1997 (age 25) Richmond, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2016–present
Parent	Tim Whitehead (father)

Life

Whitehead was born on 18 July 1997.[1] He was born in Richmond, London, to jazz musicians Tim and Linda Whitehead.[3][4][5] He was named after Irish folk legend Fionn mac Cumhaill.[6] Whitehead has two older 2 sisters, Maisie, a performance artist and Hattie, a singer, and one older brother, Sonny. Whitehead was raised "in an artistic household".[7][8] Growing up, he aspired to be either a guitarist or a breakdancer.[3][9] He began acting at the Orange Tree Theatre when he was 13 years old.[10] Later he went to Orleans Park School.[4] He then went to Richmond College and entered the National Youth Theatre's summer course.[10] By 2015, he was an aspiring actor working at a coffee shop in Waterloo, London.

Career

In 2016, Whitehead starred in the British miniseries Him.[11] He also acted in a stage performance of Glenn Waldron's Natives.[12]

He was cast as the protagonist of Christopher Nolan's film Dunkirk, which was released in 2017.[13] Nolan compared Whitehead to actor Tom Courtenay in his youth.[11] Weeks after Whitehead finished with Dunkirk, he began work with Richard Eyre's film The Children Act, opposite Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017.[14] He also starred in one of eight monologues in the television series Queers that aired in 2017.[15]

In 2018, Whitehead starred in the Black Mirror television series’ interactive stand-alone film Bandersnatch, as lead character Stefan Butler. In 2019, Whitehead appeared in Sebastian Schipper's drama Roads, and the Martin Scorsese produced Port Authority. He later appeared in The Duke and Don’t Tell a Soul (both 2020). He is currently set to co-star as Branwell Bronte in the Emily Bronte biopic Emily, and in a television adaptation of Great Expectations, playing the lead role of Pip.

Credits

Whitehead's credits

Year	Title	Medium	Role	Notes
2016	Him	Miniseries	Him
2017	Dunkirk	Film	Tommy
2017	Queers	TV series	Andrew	"A Grand Day Out" monologue (one of eight monologues)[15]
2017	The Children Act	Film	Adam Henry
2018	Black Mirror: Bandersnatch	Film	Stefan Butler	Stand-alone interactive film of Black Mirror[16]
2019	Roads	Film	Gyllen
2019	Port Authority	Film	Paul
2020	Inside No. 9	TV series	Gabriel	Episode: "Misdirection"[17]
2020	The Duke	Film	Jackie Bunton
2020	Don't Tell a Soul	Film	Matt
2021	Voyagers	Film	Zac
2022	Emily	Film	Branwell Brontë
TBA	Great Expectations	TV series	Pip	Upcoming miniseries

Accolades

Whitehead's accolades

Year	Film	Award	Ceremony	Result	Ref.
2017	Dunkirk	Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer	23rd Empire Awards	Nominated	[18]
		London Film Critics' Circle Award for Young British/Irish Performer of the Year	38th London Film Critics' Circle Awards	Nominated	[19]
	The Children Act	London Film Critics' Circle Award for Young British/Irish Performer of the Year	39th London Film Critics' Circle Awards	Nominated	[20]
2022	Emily	British Independent Film Awards' Award for Best Supporting Performance	25th British Independent Film Awards	Pending	[21]
		British Independent Film Awards' Award for Best Ensemble Performance		Pending

References

External links

• Fionn Whitehead at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Fionn Whitehead

Fionn Whitehead (* 18. Juli 1997 im Londoner Stadtteil Richmond) ist ein britischer Schauspieler. Bekannt wurde er 2017 durch eine Rolle im Film Dunkirk von Christopher Nolan. Fionn ist ein Mitglied des National Youth Theatre.

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- [en] Fionn Whitehead

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[es] Fionn Whitehead

Fionn Whitehead (Londres; 18 de julio de 1997) es un actor de origen británico. Debutó en cine en 2017 como protagonista de la cinta Dunkerque, del director Christopher Nolan. También es conocido por interpretar a Stefan Butler en la película interactiva de Netflix, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.

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[ru] Уайтхед, Финн

Финн Уайтхед (англ. Fionn (/.mw-parser-output .ts-comment-commentedText{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}@media(hover:none){.mw-parser-output .ts-comment-commentedText:not(.rt-commentedText){border-bottom:0;cursor:auto}}fin/[к. 1][1]) Whitehead, род. 18 июля 1997 года, Лондон) — британский актёр кино и телевидения, получивший известность после появления в фильме Кристофера Нолана «Дюнкерк».

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