Mark Rowley (actor)

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.

Not to be confused with Mark Rowley Police chief.

Mark Rowley
Born (1990-01-29) January 29, 1990
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland,
OccupationActor
Years active2011-present

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 2022, 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]

Filming began in January 2022 of the film Seven Kings Must Die, a feature length movie involving the surviving members of the television series The Last Kingdom, due for release in 2023.[7]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Trouble Downstairs Terry Short film
2018 Lift Share Murdock Short film
2018 Macbeth Macbeth
2019 Guns Akimbo Dane
2020 End Live-Shackle Slaughter PSA narrator Animated short video
2022 Seven Kings Must Die Finan Post-Production [7]

Television
Year Title Role Notes
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
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
2021 Domina Varica 1 episode - Happiness
2017-2022 The Last Kingdom Finan 36 episodes

Video games
Year Title Role
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)
2022 The DioField Chronicle (Video Game) William Hende (English version, voice)

References
  1. "River City star Mark Rowley has his say on the soap's harrowing rape storyline". dailyrecord.co.uk. 8 February 2014.
  2. "An interview with actor Mark Rowley". macbeththefilm.co.uk. 15 May 2018.
  3. "Virginia Heath - multi-award winning writer/director". factionnorth.com. 2018.
  4. "Meet the cast of The Last Kingdom season 4 on Netflix". radiotimes.com. 20 April 2020.
  5. "When is The Last Kingdom season five on Netflix?". radiotimes.com. 20 April 2020.
  6. "Voice - About Mark Rowley". hhush.co.uk. 2021.
  7. "Seven Kings Must Die expected release date, cast, trailer and more". cosmopolitan.com. 16 March 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.