Mark Rowley is a Scottish actor, has appeared in Home Fires (2016), The North Water and The Spanish Princess (2020), but known mainly for his role as the Irish warrior Finan, Uhtred’s sidekick in battle, in The Last Kingdom.
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Born | (1990-01-29) January 29, 1990 (age 32) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2011-present |
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 recent 2018 version directed by Kit Monkman.[2] Rowley played a leading role in the 2018 short film Lift Share, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2018.[3]
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.[4][5] In 2020, Rowley appears as Bain in the BBC's The North Water, along with fellow The Last Kingdom colleague, Eliza Butterworth. In 2020, Rowley 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 television series The Last Kingdom, due for release in 2023.[7]
In 2022, Rowley joined the cast of Netflix miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin, set in a time 1200 years before The Witcher, and Rowley will star as Prince Alvitirin in a cast which includes Lenny Henry and Michelle Yeoh.[8] The The Witcher: Blood Origin will be aired by Netflix on December 25th Christmas Day 2022.[9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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] |
Year | Title | Role |
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2015 | Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (Video Game) | Alexander Graham Bell (voice) |
2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront II (Video Game) | Voice Talent (voice) |
2018 | Battlefield V (Video Game) | Voice Acting Talent (voice) |
2022 | The DioField Chronicle (Video Game) | William Hende (English version, voice) |
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