Alfred Enoch

Alfred Lewis Enoch, also credited as Alfie Enoch (born 2 December 1988), is a British-Brazilian actor, best known for playing Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter film series and Wes Gibbins on the ABC legal drama television series How to Get Away with Murder.

Alfred Enoch
Enoch at the 2015 NAACP Image Awards
Born
Alfred Lewis Enoch[1]

(1988-12-02) 2 December 1988
Westminster, London, England
Citizenship
  • British
  • Brazilian
Alma materThe Queen's College, Oxford
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
Known forHarry Potter
Sherlock
How to Get Away with Murder
King Lear
Red
Romeo and Juliet
Foundation
Height6' 4" (193 cm)
Parent(s)
AwardsPAFF 2021 CANADA LEE AWARD
FESTin 2021 Best Actor Award

Early life and education

Alfred Enoch was born in Westminster, London, England, to actor William Russell and his second wife, Etheline Margareth Lewis,[2][3] a Brazilian-born doctor of Barbadian descent.[4] Enoch holds dual British and Brazilian citizenship.[5] He used to live in the south of France with his parents when he was 2 or 3. He attended Westminster School,[6] a historic public school in Westminster, London.

He is a fluent speaker of English, French[7] ，Portuguese,[8] Spanish and graduated with a BA in Modern Languages from The Queen's College, Oxford.

Career

In 2001, he was cast as Dean Thomas in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. He appeared in seven of the eight Harry Potter films. He also voiced the character in video games.

After the Harry Potter films, Enoch appeared in a number of plays throughout London including Coriolanus,[9] Timon of Athens,[10] Antigone, Happy New, the Seagull. He played Bainbridge, the Bloody Guardsman, in the Sherlock episode, "The Sign of Three". In July 2011, Enoch appeared at the London Film and Comic Con.

In 2014, Enoch was cast in the series regular role of Wes Gibbins in the ABC legal drama series, How to Get Away with Murder produced by Shonda Rhimes.[11][12]

In 2016, Enoch was cast as Edgar/Poor Tom in the well received Talawa Theatre Company and Manchester Royal Exchange co-production of King Lear, for which he won much praise for his characterisation and the physicality he brought to the roles.[13][14][15][16]

Enoch returned to the West End in the 2018 revival of Red at Wyndham's Theatre, starring alongside Alfred Molina.[17] And also in 2018, he played Aeneas, in BBC ONE & Netflix TV miniseries 'Troy: Fall of a City'.

The following year Alfred Enoch took the leading role 'Jamie McCain' in BBC drama Trust Me series 2.

In 2020, Enoch returned for two episodes of How to Get Away with Murder's sixth season but in the separate role of the adult version of Christopher Castillo, Wes' son.

In 2021, he played Romeo in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the Globe Theatre in London,[18] and he also played Raych Seldona in Apple TV+ series 'Foundation'.[19]

Filmography
Theatre
Year Title Role Notes
1999 The Ballad of Salomon Pavey Kit Webster National Youth Music Theatre at Shakespeare's Globe & Tour [20]
2008 The Tempest Ferdinand Tomahawk Theatre[21]
2011 The Seagull Trigorin Oxford Playhouse[22]
2011 Dinner Mike Edinburgh Fringe Festival[23]
2012 Happy New Brothers Danny Makes professional London stage debut at the Old Red Lion. [24]
2012 Timon of Athens Philotus National Theatre[25]
2012 Antigone Chorus National Theatre[26]
2014 Coriolanus Titus Lartius Donmar Warehouse[27]
2016 King Lear Edgar/Poor Tom Royal Exchange [28]
2018 Red Ken Wyndham's Theatre/MGC[29]
2019 Tree Kaleo Young Vic theatre[30]
2020 CRAVE B Chichester Festival Theatre[31]
2020 What A Carve Up! [32] Raymond Owen The Barn Theatre, Lawrence Batley Theatre and New Wolsey Theatre[33]
2021 The Picture of Dorian Gray[34] Lord Henry Wotton Theatr Clwyd, Barn Theatre, Oxford Playhouse, the New Wolsey Theatre, Lawrence Batley Theatre[35]
2021 Watch on the Rhine[36] David Broadway's Best Shows (U.S）[37]
2021 Romeo and Juliet Romeo Shakespeare's Globe[38]
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Dean Thomas
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Dean Thomas
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Dean Thomas
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Dean Thomas
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Dean Thomas
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Dean Thomas
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Dean Thomas
2020 Executive Order（Medida Provisória）[39] Antonio Rodrigues (Main) Language/Portuguese. His father William Russell made a cameo appearance in the film.

Won – PAFF 2021 CANADA LEE AWARD[40]

Won – FESTin 2021 Best Actor Award [41]

2020 Tigers[42] Ryan Sweden's official submission to the 94th Academy Awards.
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Broadchurch Sam Taylor ITV，Episode #1.1
2013 Mount Pleasant Alex Sky，Episode #3.7
2014 Sherlock Stephen Bainbridge BBC，Episode #3.2: "The Sign of Three"
2014-2017 How to Get Away with Murder "Wes"

Wesley Gibbins

(Main，season 1−3)(guest, season 4)

 ABC，47 episodes.
Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2015, 2016, 2017)
2019-2020 Christopher Castillo (guest) Season 6 (2 episodes)
2018 Troy: Fall of a City Aeneas BBC ONE & Netflix, (TV miniseries，8 episodes)
2019 Trust Me (series 2) Jamie McCain (Main) BBC ONE (4 episodes)
2021 Foundation Raych Seldon Apple TV+ (season 1, 10 episodes)
Audiobook
Year Title Author Notes
2020 The Secret Explorers Series [43] SJ King DK Audio
2020 How the Beetle Got Its Colours Brazilian folktale Wonderful Beast：Lockdown Tales [44]
2021 Car Crash[45] Eddie Robson Bafflegab Productions[46]
Audio Drama
Year Title Role Notes
2021 The Hand of Ethelberta Christopher Julian BBC Radio 4[47]
2021 Lights Up: Dedication William Shakespeare (Main) BBC Radio 4[48]
2021 Running With Lions Joshua BBC Radio 4 & Talawa[49]
2021 Electric Decade: Cane BBC Radio 4[50]

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