Billy Howle

Howle was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. His mother was a school teacher and his father was a music professor. He was born the second of four boys, with three brothers, Sam (older), George and Alfie (younger).

Due to his father's profession the family 'moved about 12 times' when Howle was a child, before settling in Scarborough. It was there that he became involved in the local music scene. At 18, he left home to study drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, before embarking on his career.

Howle made his debut as James Warwick on the E4 television series Glue. He co-starred in the 2017 film The Sense of an Ending (as the younger version of Jim Broadbent's lead character) and the miniseries The Witness for the Prosecution in the pivotal role of the defendant in a murder case, Leonard Vole.[2]

Howle appeared in the war film Dunkirk,[3] and starred alongside Saoirse Ronan in the film, On Chesil Beach, an adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel. He appears in the film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull and in the Netflix film Outlaw King.

Howle was the face of Prada S/S16, shot by Craig McDean.[4]

In 2019, Howle starred alongside Richard Gere and Helen McCrory in the BBC Drama series MotherFatherSon, which was written by Tom Rob Smith and he and Jodie Comer made cameo for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

In 2021 he starred in the BBC series The Serpent[5] as Herman Knippenberg, and on BritBox's The Beast Must Die as Nigel.

In February 2022, Howle starred in Chloe as Elliott. He appeared in all six episodes.[6] and Under the Banner of Heaven [7]

• Billy Howle at IMDb