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Alex Lawther (born 1995) is an English actor who has performed in film, television, theatre and radio. He is best known for portraying the young Alan Turing (Turing as an adult is played by Benedict Cumberbatch) in the Oscar-winning film ''The Imitation Game'' (2014). The role won him the London Film Critics' Circle Award for "Young British Performer of the Year" in January 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://variety.com/2015/film/news/london-critics-fete-richard-linklaters-boyhood-1201408463/ )〕 ==Early life== The youngest of three, Lawther seems to think that his aspiration to be an actor came from having to make up his own games to entertain himself as a child.〔http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/teenage_prodigy_alex_lawther_following_footsteps_of_ben_whishaw_and_benedict_cumberbatch_1_3656007〕 His parents both work in law;〔http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/teenage_prodigy_alex_lawther_following_footsteps_of_ben_whishaw_and_benedict_cumberbatch_1_3656007〕 however, Lawther’s oldest brother, Cameron Lawther, is a film producer (''X-Men: First Class, World War Z, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo''). In 2010, Cameron and Alex worked together in ''The Fear''; the former producing and the latter acting. A similar set up will be seen in the upcoming picture ''Yussef is Complicated''. Alex's sister, Ellie, works in neuroscience.〔cite web| name=Actor Profile|url= https://katiestrick.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/profile-alex-lawther/〕 In 2009, Lawther wrote and put together an amateur play entitled ''Rejected Fairy Tales''〔http://m.chichester.co.uk/what-s-on/entertainment/first-class-debut-for-theatrical-whiz-kid-1-702310〕 as part of a drama club project at Churcher's College. During his school productions, Lawther also played ''Mole'' in ''The Wind in the Willows''.〔http://www.nouse.co.uk/2015/02/16/new-star-in-the-game/〕 Lawther did not study drama at GCSE or A level.〔cite web| name=Actor Profile|url= https://katiestrick.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/profile-alex-lawther/〕 Until his first professional acting performance, Alex was set to study History at King's College London.〔cite web| name=Actor Profile|url= https://katiestrick.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/profile-alex-lawther/〕 The actor's professional debut came at the age of sixteen〔http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/teenage_prodigy_alex_lawther_following_footsteps_of_ben_whishaw_and_benedict_cumberbatch_1_3656007〕 when he appeared as ''John Blakemore'' in David Hare's ''South Downs'' at Chichester Festival Theatre. Alex made his feature-film debut in The Imitation Game.〔http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/teenage_prodigy_alex_lawther_following_footsteps_of_ben_whishaw_and_benedict_cumberbatch_1_3656007〕 In 2015, Lawther appeared in a supporting role in the critically acclaimed coming-of-age drama film X+Y, alongside Asa Butterfield, Sally Hawkins, Rafe Spall and Eddie Marsan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alex Lawther」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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