Menu
Home Explore People Places Arts History Plants & Animals Science Life & Culture Technology
On this page
Angus Imrie
British actor (born 1994)

Angus William Jake Imrie (born 2 August 1994) is a British actor. He is known for playing the character Josh Archer in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama serial The Archers. In 2014, he won the casting agency Spotlight's Most Promising Actor Award at The Sunday Times's National Student Drama Festival. The son of the actors Celia Imrie and Benjamin Whitrow, he made his screen debut in the BBC film drama Station Jim, at the age of five.

Related Image Collections Add Image
Profiles
1 Image
We don't have any YouTube videos related to Angus Imrie yet.
We don't have any PDF documents related to Angus Imrie yet.
We don't have any Books related to Angus Imrie yet.
We don't have any archived web articles related to Angus Imrie yet.

Early life and education

Imrie was born on 2 August 1994 on the Isle of Wight, the son of actors Celia Imrie and Benjamin Whitrow.3

From 2001 to 2012,4 Imrie was educated at Dulwich College,5 a boarding and day independent school for boys in the south London suburb of Dulwich, followed by the University of Warwick, where he studied English Literature and Theatre Studies.6 From 2015 to 2017, he studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London.7

Career

Imrie has appeared in a range of stage, television and radio productions since he was a child. After his screen debut in the BBC One film drama Station Jim at the age of five, he appeared in the ITV drama series Kingdom in 2007, and the BBC One mini-series Restless in 2012. In the same year, he appeared in the BBC Two drama series The Hollow Crown, whilst in the following year, he appeared in the BBC One series Father Brown. Prior to attending LAMDA (2015–2017), he appeared at Shakespeare's Globe in London, playing Bagot in William Shakespeare's play Richard II (1595) and Ned Spiggett in Jessica Swale's play Nell Gwynn (2015).8 He has also appeared in a range of radio productions, including The Treasure Seekers, Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and John Mortimer's A Voyage Round My Father.9

In 2014, Imrie joined the cast of the long-running BBC Radio 4 series The Archers, based on a rural farming community in the fictional village of Ambridge, to take the role of Josh Archer previously played by child actor Cian Cheesbrough,10 the teenage son of David and Ruth and one of the main members of the Archer family.11 In the same year, he played the part of cabin boy Pip in The White Whale at Leeds Dock, in which he sang Amazing Grace from the top of the set after having fallen into the water.12

In 2019, Imrie co-starred in the Joe Cornish–directed The Kid Who Would Be King as the young Merlin, with Patrick Stewart portraying Merlin's older self.13 He also starred in the independent feature Pond Life alongside Esmé Creed-Miles; the film was produced by Dominic Dromgoole, who is the former artistic director of the Globe.14 Between 2021 and 2024, Imrie voiced Zero, a main character on the Paramount+/Nickelodeon animated series Star Trek: Prodigy.

Personal life

Imrie resides in Oxford. His first child was born in 2018.15

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007KingdomScott MillingtonEpisode 316
2012RestlessStudentMiniseries17
2012The Hollow CrownEdmund PlantagenetEpisode: "The Wars of the Roses – Henry VI Part II"
2013Father BrownJago PrydeEpisode: "Pride of the Prydes"18
2015Station JimSchoolboy
2019The Spanish PrincessArthur Tudor, Prince of Wales19Miniseries
2019FleabagJake2 episodes
2020The CrownPrince EdwardSeason 4
2020IndustryDigdog1 episode
2021War of the WorldsDylanSeason 2, episode 6
2021–2024Star Trek: ProdigyZero (voice)Main role
2022We Hunt TogetherHenrySeason 2, 6 episodes
2022Doc MartinMax ForemanSeries 10; Episode 2
2024The Serpent QueenHenry IVSeason 2
2024The Road TripRodneyMain role20

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018Pond LifeMalcolm
2019The Kid Who Would Be KingYoung Merlin
2020EmmaBartholomew
2021Back to the OutbackNigel (voice)
2025Mickey 17Shrimp Eyes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022Star Trek Prodigy: SupernovaZero (voice)

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023Star Trek: Very Short TreksZero (voice)Episode: "Holograms All the Way Down"

Theatre

TitleRoleTheatreNotes
The White WhalePipLeeds DockOpen-air staging of an adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, written by the award-winning playwright James Phillips21
RoadBrink/Skin-Lad, Blowpipe, Soldier, Father's voice, and BarryWarwick Arts Centre at the University of WarwickA Warwick University Drama Society production,22 staged in 2014, of Jim Cartwright's multiple award-winning play,23 first staged in 1986 at the Royal Court Theatre in London. It is set in an anonymous road in a deprived, working class area of Lancashire during the Thatcher era, at a time of high unemployment in Northern England.24 Imrie won the casting agency Spotlight's Most Promising Actor Award for his roles in the play at The Sunday Times' National Student Drama Festival in 2014.25
Richard IIBagotShakespeare's GlobePart of the Globe's "Justice and Mercy" season (2015)26
Nell GwynnNed SpigettShakespeare's GlobePart of the Globe's "Justice and Mercy" season (2015)27
As You Like ItJaquesPOSK Theatre
The Cherry OrchardTrofimovLAMDA Linbury Studio
Uncle VanyaVanyaLAMDA
Pogo (A Punk's Progress)Various
The RivalsJack Absolute
'Tis Pity She's a WhoreGiovanni
MotortownLee

Rehearsed readings

TitleRoleTheatreDirector
NellWaiterRed Handed Theatre Company, LondonJessica Swale
The PiperZumFinborough Theatre, LondonFidelis Morgan

Radio

TitleNotesRole
The ArchersRecurringJosh Archer
BuddenbrooksSingle dramaTom Buddenbrook
People in CarsSingle dramaBen
A Voyage Round My FatherSingle dramaYoung son
Great ExpectationsMain rolePip
Whoosh!!Single dramaAngus
The Treasure SeekersMain roleOswald
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Angus Imrie.

References

  1. "The Archers – Josh Archer". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 15 February 2017. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4zfcPbrvbQyrh7PjtKqhBTK/josh-archer ↩

  2. "The Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival – Spotlight Most Promising Actor Award". The Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival. 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2017. https://nsdf.org.uk/the-festival/awards/awards-2014 ↩

  3. "Interview: Actress Celia Imrie on her 40 years in showbusiness". The Scotsman newspaper. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2017. http://www.scotsman.com/news/celebrity/interview-actress-celia-imrie-on-her-40-years-on-showbusiness-1-4044556 ↩

  4. "Dulwich College – Old Alleynians – Angus Imrie Joins The Archers". Dulwich College, London. 12 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) https://web.archive.org/web/20170215203629/http://www.dulwich.org.uk/old-alleynians/news/2014/11/12/angus-imrie-joins-the-archers ↩

  5. "Dulwich College – Old Alleynians – Angus Imrie Joins The Archers". Dulwich College, London. 12 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) https://web.archive.org/web/20170215203629/http://www.dulwich.org.uk/old-alleynians/news/2014/11/12/angus-imrie-joins-the-archers ↩

  6. "LAMDA – Angus Imrie". London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025658/https://www.lamda.org.uk/ian-davies-foundation-degree-professional-acting-first-year-student ↩

  7. "LAMDA – Angus Imrie". London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025658/https://www.lamda.org.uk/ian-davies-foundation-degree-professional-acting-first-year-student ↩

  8. "LAMDA – Angus Imrie". London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025658/https://www.lamda.org.uk/ian-davies-foundation-degree-professional-acting-first-year-student ↩

  9. "CDA Angus Imrie" (PDF). CDA Theatrical Agency. Retrieved 15 February 2017. http://www.cdalondon.com/os/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/angusimrie.pdf ↩

  10. "The Archers – Josh Archer". BBC Radio 4. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) https://web.archive.org/web/20140627030007/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4zfcPbrvbQyrh7PjtKqhBTK/josh-archer ↩

  11. "Dulwich College – Old Alleynians – Angus Imrie Joins The Archers". Dulwich College, London. 12 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) https://web.archive.org/web/20170215203629/http://www.dulwich.org.uk/old-alleynians/news/2014/11/12/angus-imrie-joins-the-archers ↩

  12. Pippa Day (5 September 2014). "The White Whale at Leeds Dock – Theatre Review". Wow247. Retrieved 17 February 2017. http://www.wow247.co.uk/2014/09/05/the-white-whale-theatre-review-87547 ↩

  13. Hards, Shannon (17 October 2017). "Cast of major movie starring Sir Patrick Stewart pictured filming". Cornwall Live. https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/celebs-tv/patrick-stewart-cast-filming-cornwall-642618 ↩

  14. "Pond Life". www.filmoria.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2019. https://www.filmoria.co.uk/pond-life-starring-esme-creed-miles-to-be-released-in-uk-cinemas-on-26-april-2019/ ↩

  15. "The Crown's Angus Imrie wants children to explore and create this summer". Oxford Mail. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021. https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19506251.crowns-angus-imrie-wants-children-explore-summer/ ↩

  16. "CDA Angus Imrie" (PDF). CDA Theatrical Agency. Retrieved 15 February 2017. http://www.cdalondon.com/os/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/angusimrie.pdf ↩

  17. "CDA Angus Imrie" (PDF). CDA Theatrical Agency. Retrieved 15 February 2017. http://www.cdalondon.com/os/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/angusimrie.pdf ↩

  18. "CDA Angus Imrie" (PDF). CDA Theatrical Agency. Retrieved 15 February 2017. http://www.cdalondon.com/os/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/angusimrie.pdf ↩

  19. Petski, Denise (17 May 2018). "The Spanish Princess: Charlotte Hope To Star In The White Princess Follow-Up On Starz". Deadline Hollywood. https://deadline.com/2018/05/the-spanish-princess-charlotte-hope-star-the-white-princess-follow-up-on-starz-1202393222/ ↩

  20. Warner, Sam (28 November 2023). "The Witcher star lands next lead TV role". Digital Spy. Retrieved 30 November 2023. https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a45969991/the-witcher-emma-appleton-road-trip/ ↩

  21. Pippa Day (5 September 2014). "The White Whale at Leeds Dock – Theatre Review". Wow247. Retrieved 17 February 2017. http://www.wow247.co.uk/2014/09/05/the-white-whale-theatre-review-87547 ↩

  22. "The Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival – Road". The Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival. Retrieved 19 February 2017. https://nsdf.org.uk/the-festival/productions/road ↩

  23. "Literature – Writers – Jim Cartwright". British Council. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) https://web.archive.org/web/20120609113454/http://literature.britishcouncil.org/jim-cartwright ↩

  24. "The Nottingham New Theatre History Project – Road". Nottingham New Theatre. 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2017. https://history.newtheatre.org.uk/years/14_15/road/ ↩

  25. "The Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival – Spotlight Most Promising Actor Award". The Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival. 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2017. https://nsdf.org.uk/the-festival/awards/awards-2014 ↩

  26. "CDA Angus Imrie" (PDF). CDA Theatrical Agency. Retrieved 15 February 2017. http://www.cdalondon.com/os/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/angusimrie.pdf ↩

  27. "CDA Angus Imrie" (PDF). CDA Theatrical Agency. Retrieved 15 February 2017. http://www.cdalondon.com/os/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/angusimrie.pdf ↩