Mark Rowley (actor)
Mark Rowley | |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2011-present |
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.
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 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 2020, 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]
Filmography[]
Film[]
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 |
Television[]
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 |
2017-2020 | The Last Kingdom | Finan | 26 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 |
Video games[]
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) |
References[]
- ^ a b "River City star Mark Rowley has his say on the soap's harrowing rape storyline". dailyrecord.co.uk. February 8, 2014.
- ^ "An interview with actor Mark Rowley". macbeththefilm.co.uk. May 15, 2018.
- ^ "Virginia Heath - multi-award winning writer/director". factionnorth.com. 2018.
- ^ "Meet the cast of The Last Kingdom season 4 on Netflix". radiotimes.com. April 20, 2020.
- ^ "When is The Last Kingdom season five on Netflix?". radiotimes.com. April 20, 2020.
- ^ a b "Voice - About Mark Rowley". hhush.co.uk. 2021.
External links[]
- 21st-century Scottish male actors
- Scottish male film actors
- Living people
- People from Paisley, Renfrewshire
- Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- 1990 births
- Scottish male television actors
- Scottish male voice actors
- Scottish male video game actors