Mark Rowley (actor)

Mark Rowley
Rowley in 2021
Born (1990-01-29) 29 January 1990 (age 34)
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present

Mark Rowley (born 29 January 1990) is a Scottish actor, who has appeared in the television series River City (2013–2014), Young Dracula (2014), Home Fires (2016), The North Water and The Spanish Princess (2020). He played the Irish warrior Finan, Uhtred's sidekick in battle, in The Last Kingdom (2017–2022), and was Prince Alvitirin in The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022).

Early life and career

Mark Rowley is from Paisley, 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 2018 version directed by Kit Monkman.[2]

From 2017 to 2022, Rowley 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.[3]

Rowley played a leading role in the 2018 short film Lift Share, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2018.[4]

In 2020, Rowley appeared as Bain in the BBC's The North Water, along with fellow The Last Kingdom actor, Eliza Butterworth. He also 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.[5]

Filming began in January 2022 of Seven Kings Must Die, a feature length film involving the surviving characters from The Last Kingdom, released in 2023.[6]

In 2022, Rowley joined the cast of the Netflix miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin, set in a time 1,200 years before The Witcher, and Rowley stars as Prince Alvitirin in a cast which includes Lenny Henry and Michelle Yeoh.[7] The miniseries aired on 25 December 2022.

Filmography

Mark Rowley interview Seven Kings Must Die 2023

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Macbeth Macbeth
2019 Guns Akimbo Dane
2023 The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die Finan
T.I.M. Paul [8]
The Eye Felix Released in film festivals

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Case Histories Josh Fairlie Episode: "Case Histories, Part 1"
2012 Doctors Kenny Laughlin Episode: "Carry on Cruising"
2013 Luther Callum Episode #3.3
2013–2014 River City Jamie McAllister 3 episodes
2014 Young Dracula Piers 4 episodes
2016 Home Fires Stephen Banks 2 episodes
2017–2022 The Last Kingdom Finan 36 episodes
2020 The Spanish Princess Alexander Stewart 5 episodes[5]
2021 Domina Varica Episode: "Happiness"
The North Water Bain Episode: "Behold the Man"
2022 The Witcher: Blood Origin Prince Alvitirin [7]
2024 One Day Phil Godalming 2 episodes[9]
SAS: Rogue Heroes Jock McDiarmid Episode #2.1

Video games

Year Title Role
2015 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate Alexander Graham Bell (voice)
2017 Star Wars: Battlefront II Voice Talent (voice)
2018 Battlefield V Voice Talent (voice)
2022 The DioField Chronicle William Hende (English version, voice)

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Meet the cast of The Last Kingdom season 4 on Netflix". radiotimes.com. 20 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Virginia Heath - multi-award winning writer/director". factionnorth.com. 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Voice - About Mark Rowley". hhush.co.uk. 2021.
  6. ^ "Seven Kings Must Die expected release date, cast, trailer and more". cosmopolitan.com. 16 March 2022.
  7. ^ a b "The Last Kingdom star Mark Rowley cast in The Witcher: Blood Origin". redanianintelligence.com. 30 September 2021.
  8. ^ Chase, Stephanie (12 July 2023). "The Witcher star's new movie confirms Netflix release as first trailer lands". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  9. ^ "One Day cast: Meet the characters in the Netflix series". Radio Times. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.