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Edward Holcroft
ActorBorn June 23, 1987 (37 years)
Edward Patrick Holcroft is an English film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his roles in the Kingsman film franchise and in the television series Wolf Hall (2015), London Spy (2015), and Alias Grace (2017).
Holcroft is the second of three sons born to Lt. Col. Patrick Holcroft, a soldier and Kathleen "Annie" Holcroft (née Roberts), a former publisher at Condé Nast. His elder brother, Oliver Holcroft, is a former soldier who served with the Grenadier Guards in Afghanistan. Edward was sent to boarding school at age 8, first attending prep school at Summer Fields School in Oxford and then to a Roman Catholic school, Ampleforth College, in North Yorkshire.
He initially wanted to become a professional drummer, having attended music school, but switched to acting after appearing in a play at Oxford Brookes University. He then undertook post-graduate studies in acting at the Drama Centre London of Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, graduating in 2012.
Holcroft is best known for his roles as Charlie Hesketh in the film Kingsman: The Secret Service and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle; as George Boleyn in the British drama series Wolf Hall; and as Alex Turner in the BBC drama series London Spy. In 2017, he appeared in the historical miniseries Gunpowder on the BBC and Alias Grace on Netflix and the CBC. Holcroft acted with Dominic West and Janet McTeer in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar Warehouse.
Holcroft is the second of three sons born to Lt. Col. Patrick Holcroft, a soldier and Kathleen "Annie" Holcroft (née Roberts), a former publisher at Condé Nast. His elder brother, Oliver Holcroft, is a former soldier who served with the Grenadier Guards in Afghanistan. Edward was sent to boarding school at age 8, first attending prep school at Summer Fields School in Oxford and then to a Roman Catholic school, Ampleforth College, in North Yorkshire.
He initially wanted to become a professional drummer, having attended music school, but switched to acting after appearing in a play at Oxford Brookes University. He then undertook post-graduate studies in acting at the Drama Centre London of Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, graduating in 2012.
Holcroft is best known for his roles as Charlie Hesketh in the film Kingsman: The Secret Service and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle; as George Boleyn in the British drama series Wolf Hall; and as Alex Turner in the BBC drama series London Spy. In 2017, he appeared in the historical miniseries Gunpowder on the BBC and Alias Grace on Netflix and the CBC. Holcroft acted with Dominic West and Janet McTeer in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar Warehouse.
Filmography
| 2025 | A Wolf's Palate (TV Series) |
| 2024 | The Agency (2024) (TV Series) · as Dr Charlie Remy |
| 2023 | Never Let Me Go (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2022 | The Undeclared War (TV Series) · as James Cox |
| 2022 | Hill of Vision · as Edward Ramberg |
| 2020 | Kindred · as Ben |
| 2020 | The English Game (TV Series) · as Arthur Kinnaird |
| 2017 | Gunpowder (TV Series) · as Thomas Wintour |
| 2017 | Alias Grace (TV Series) · as Dr. Simon Jordan |
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle · as Charlie Hesketh |
| 2017 | The Sense of an Ending · as Jack Ford |
| 2016 | National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses · as Le Chevalier Danceny |
| 2015 | London Spy (TV Series) · as Alex |
| 2015 | Lady Chatterley's Lover · as Duncan Forbes |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall (TV Series) · as George Boleyn |
| 2014 | Kingsman: The Secret Service · as Charlie Hesketh |
| 2014 | Vampire Academy · as Aaron Drozdov |