Anthony Boyle

Anthony Boyle (born 8 June 1994) is a Northern Irish actor best known for his role as Scorpius Malfoy in the English play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016), for which he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In spring of 2018, Boyle made his Broadway debut in the West End transfer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyric Theatre, New York City, and was nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Play at the 72nd Tony Awards.[1]

Anthony Boyle
Anthony Boyle at the 2019 WonderCon
Born	8 June 1994 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2013–present
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Awards	2017 Olivier Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play

Early life

Boyle was born in West Belfast, and attended De La Salle College[2] until the age of 17. He then went to St Louise's Comprehensive College,[2] and in 2013, began training at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff before graduating in 2016 with a BA (Hons) in acting.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Onus	Keiran Flynn[4]	https://g.co/kgs/UHnP76
2016	The Party	Mickey Magee[5]	http://www.thisisirishfilm.ie/shorts/the-party-clip
2016	The Lost City of Z	Trench Runner[2]
2016	The Journey	Young Ian Paisley[2]
2018	Bad Drawings	Scott[6]
2019	Tolkien	Geoffrey Bache Smith[6]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Game of Thrones	Bolton Guard[2]	Season 4 Episode 6
2017	Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams	Sam[6]	Episode: The Commuter
2018	Ordeal By Innocence	Jack Argyll[7]
2018	Derry Girls	David Donnelly[6]
2018	Patrick Melrose	Barry[6]
2018	Come Home	Liam[6]	3 episodes
2020	The Plot Against America	Alvin Levin[6]	6 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Herons	Aaron[3]	Pintsized Productions
2014	Othello	Iago[3]	Richard Burton Theatre
2015	East Belfast Boy	Davey (& co-writer)[3]	Partisan Productions
2015	In Arabia We'd All Be Kings	Skank[3]	Richard Burton Theatre
2015	The Taming of the Shrew	Biondello, Curtis, Merchant, Widow[3]	Richard Burton Theatre
2015	Mojo	Baby[3]
2016–2017	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Scorpius Malfoy[3]	Palace Theatre
2018–2019			Lyric Theatre

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Frankenstein	The Creature[3]	RWCMD (with Big Finish Productions)
2016	The Tidebreak	Alfred Meyer[6]	BBC Radio 3
2017	Mayday	Paul[6]	BBC Radio 4

Awards and nominations

Theatre

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2016	Critics' Circle Theatre Award[8]	Most Promising Newcomer	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Won
	Evening Standard Theatre Award[9][10]	Emerging Talent		Nominated
2017	Laurence Olivier Award[11]	Best Actor in a Supporting Role		Won
	WhatsOnStage Award[12]	Best Supporting Actor in a Play		Won
2018	Tony Award[13]	Best Featured Actor in a Play		Nominated
	Drama Desk Award[14]	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play		Nominated
	Drama League Award[15]	Distinguished Performance		Nominated
	Outer Critics Circle Award[16]	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play		Nominated
	Theatre World Award[17]	Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance		Honoree

References

1. "Cast announced for Broadway premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child". 2017-08-02.
2. Meredith, Robbie (2016-08-08). "Anthony Boyle: Belfast actor enjoying rave reviews in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
3. "Spotlight: Anthony Boyle". www.spotlight.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
4. Clarke, George (2016-06-27), Onus, retrieved 2016-10-06
5. Harkin, Andrea (2000-01-01), The Party, retrieved 2016-10-06
6. "Anthony Boyle | Hamilton Hodell". www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
7. Billen, Andrew (31 March 2018). "Ordeal by Innocence: the Christie Mystery that almost got away". The Times (72497). Saturday Review. pp. 4–5. ISSN 0140-0460.
8. "2016 Results | Critics' Circle Theatre Awards". 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
9. "Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2016: The longlist". Evening Standard. 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
10. "Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2016: The winners". Evening Standard. 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
11. "Olivier Winners 2017". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
12. "Whatsonstage Awards – Winners 2017 |". WestEndTheatre.com - London Theatre Tickets. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
13. Nyren, Erin (2018-06-11). "Tony Award Winners 2018: The Complete List". Variety. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
14. "SpongeBob SquarePants & More Win 2018 Drama Desk Awards". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
15. Millward, Tom (2018-05-18). "Drama League Awards 2018 - And the Winners are..." New York Theater Guide. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
16. Millward, Tom (2018-05-07). "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2018... And the Winners are..." New York Theater Guide. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
17. "Bravo! Winners Announced for the 2018 Theatre World Awards". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2020-12-06.

External links

• Anthony Boyle at IMDb