Anthony Boyle

Not to be confused with Tony Boyle.

Anthony Boyle (born 8 June 1994) is an actor from Northern Ireland.^[1] A graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Boyle began his acting career on London stage and rose to prominence for originating the role of Scorpius Malfoy in the West End and Broadway productions of the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016), for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He has also appeared in the films Tolkien (2019) and Tetris (2023) as well as the miniseries The Plot Against America (2020) and Masters of the Air (2024).

Anthony Boyle
Boyle in 2019
Born	(1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 29) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Education	Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2013–present

Early life and education

Boyle was born in west Belfast, and attended De La Salle College until he was expelled at age 16, to get hired and fired a week later from a night club for underage drinking.^[2] He then went to St Louise's Comprehensive College,^[3] and in 2013, began training at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff before graduating in 2016 with a BA (Hons) in acting.^[4][5] He started his acting career in a production of 'Romeo and Juliet'–a production he describes as "the worst productions you've ever seen."^[6]

Personal life

One of his good friends is fellow Irish actress Lola Petticrew.

Acting credits

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	The Lost City of Z	Trench Runner^[3]
2016	The Journey	Young Ian Paisley^[3]
2019	Tolkien	Geoffrey Bache Smith^[7]
2020	Danny Boy	Brian Wood
2022	Victims	Tom D Jennings
2023	Tetris	Kevin Maxwell

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Game of Thrones	Bolton Guard^[3]	Episode: "The Laws of Gods and Men"
2017	Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams	Sam^[7]	1 episode
2018	Ordeal By Innocence	Jack Argyll^[8]	Miniseries, 3 episodes
2018	Derry Girls	David Donnelly^[7]	2 episodes
2018	Patrick Melrose	Barry^[7]	Miniseries, 1 episode
2018	Come Home	Liam Farrell^[9]	Miniseries, 3 episodes
2020	The Plot Against America	Alvin Levin^[7]	Miniseries, 6 episodes
2024	Masters of the Air	Major Harry Crosby	Miniseries, 9 episodes
2024	Manhunt	John Wilkes Booth	Miniseries, 7 episodes
2024	Shardlake	John Barak	Miniseries, 4 episodes
TBA	† Say Nothing	Brendan Hughes	Filming^[10]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Herons	Aaron^[4]	Pintsized Productions
2014	Othello	Iago^[4]	Richard Burton Theatre
2015	East Belfast Boy	Davey (& co-writer)^[4]	Partisan Productions
2015	In Arabia We'd All Be Kings	Skank^[4]	Richard Burton Theatre
2015	The Taming of the Shrew	Biondello, Curtis, Merchant, Widow^[4]	Richard Burton Theatre
2015	Mojo	Baby^[4]
2016–2017	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Scorpius Malfoy^[4]	Palace Theatre
2018–2019			Lyric Theatre

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Frankenstein	The Creature^[4]	RWCMD (with Big Finish Productions)
2016	The Tidebreak	Alfred Meyer^[7]	BBC Radio 3
2017	Mayday	Paul^[7]	BBC Radio 4

Accolades

Theatre

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2016	Critics' Circle Theatre Award^[11]	Most Promising Newcomer	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Won
	Evening Standard Theatre Award^[12]^[13]	Emerging Talent		Nominated
2017	Laurence Olivier Award^[14]	Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play		Won
2018	Tony Award^[15]	Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play		Nominated
	Drama Desk Award^[16]	Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role in a Play		Nominated
	Drama League Award^[17]	Distinguished Performance		Nominated
	Outer Critics Circle Award^[18]	Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role in a Play		Nominated
	Theatre World Award^[19]			Honoree

References

1. Kleinman, Jake (31 March 2020). "How Anthony Boyle learned to be Jewish for David Simon's new show". Inverse. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
2. "'Harry Potter' star was once kicked out of school". 5 June 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
3. Meredith, Robbie (8 August 2016). "Anthony Boyle: Belfast actor enjoying rave reviews in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child". BBC News. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
4. "Spotlight: Anthony Boyle". www.spotlight.com. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
5. "Anthony Boyle, the Maybe Bad Boy of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'". 5 June 2018.
6. "'Harry Potter' star was once kicked out of school". 5 June 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
7. "Anthony Boyle | Hamilton Hodell". www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
8. Billen, Andrew (31 March 2018). "Ordeal by Innocence: the Christie Mystery that almost got away". The Times. No. 72497. Saturday Review. pp. 4–5. ISSN 0140-0460.
9. "IMDB". IMDb. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
10. Kroll, Justin (1 February 2024). "Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan and Maxine Peake To Star In FX Limited Series 'Say Nothing'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
11. "2016 Results | Critics' Circle Theatre Awards". 31 January 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
12. "Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2016: The longlist". Evening Standard. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
13. "Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2016: The winners". Evening Standard. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
14. "Olivier Winners 2017". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
15. Nyren, Erin (11 June 2018). "Tony Award Winners 2018: The Complete List". Variety. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
16. "SpongeBob SquarePants & More Win 2018 Drama Desk Awards". Broadway.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
17. Millward, Tom (18 May 2018). "Drama League Awards 2018 - And the Winners are..." New York Theater Guide. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
18. Millward, Tom (7 May 2018). "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2018... And the Winners are..." New York Theater Guide. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
19. "Bravo! Winners Announced for the 2018 Theatre World Awards". Broadway.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

External links

• Anthony Boyle at IMDb