Edward Holcroft

Edward Holcroft

Edward Patrick Holcroft is an English film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his roles in the Kingsman film franchise and in the television series Wolf Hall (2015), London Spy (2015), and Alias Grace (2017). Holcroft is the second of three sons born to Lt. Col. Patrick Holcroft, a soldier and Kathleen "Annie" Holcroft (née Roberts), a former publisher at Condé Nast. His elder brother, Oliver Holcroft, is a former soldier who served with the Grenadier Guards in Afghanistan. Edward was sent to boarding school at age 8, first attending prep school at Summer Fields School in Oxford and then to a Roman Catholic school, Ampleforth College, in North Yorkshire. He initially wanted to become a professional drummer, having attended music school, but switched to acting after appearing in a play at Oxford Brookes University. He then undertook post-graduate studies in acting at the Drama Centre London of Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, graduating in 2012. Holcroft is best known for his roles as Charlie Hesketh in the film Kingsman: The Secret Service and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle; as George Boleyn in the British drama series Wolf Hall; and as Alex Turner in the BBC drama series London Spy. In 2017, he appeared in the historical miniseries Gunpowder on the BBC and Alias Grace on Netflix and the CBC. Holcroft acted with Dominic West and Janet McTeer in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar Warehouse.

  • Title: Edward Holcroft
  • Popularity: 8.002
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1987-06-23
  • Place of Birth: London, England
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Edward Holcroft Movies

  • 2015
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    Kingsman: The Secret Service

    Kingsman: The Secret Service

    7.635 2015 HD

    The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program...

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  • 2015
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    Lady Chatterley's Lover

    Lady Chatterley's Lover

    6.4 2015 HD

    An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her...

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  • 2017
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    The Sense of an Ending

    The Sense of an Ending

    6.4 2017 HD

    A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.

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  • 2017
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    Kingsman: The Golden Circle

    Kingsman: The Golden Circle

    7 2017 HD

    When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American...

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  • 2016
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    National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

    National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

    7 2016 HD

    Marquise de Merteuil, former lover of Vicomte de Valmont, incites him to corrupt the innocent Cécile de Volanges before her wedding night, but...

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  • 2014
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    Vampire Academy

    Vampire Academy

    6.332 2014 HD

    Rose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a mortal, royal vampire Princess - have been on the run...

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  • 2020
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    Kindred

    Kindred

    5.6 2020 HD

    When her boyfriend Ben suddenly dies in an accident, mother-to-be Charlotte collapses upon receiving the news. She wakes up in Ben’s family...

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  • 2022
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    Hill of Vision

    Hill of Vision

    6.6 2022 HD

    Italy, WWII. After his anti-fascist mother is arrested, Mario spends his childhood on the streets. In 1947 they are miraculously reunited and start a...

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  • 2015
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    London Spy

    London Spy

    7 2015 HD

    A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of...

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  • 2017
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    Alias Grace

    Alias Grace

    7.2 2017 HD

    Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her...

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  • 2017
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    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder

    6.8 2017 HD

    London, 1605. Robert Catesby, a 33-year old Warwickshire gentleman, devises a plot to blow up Parliament and kill the King.

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  • 2025
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    A Wolf's Palate

    A Wolf's Palate

    1 2025 HD

    Young girl Silvija has been brutally murdered. Her desecrated body was found in the woods by Ulvis, the town’s deaf-mute tattoo artist....

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  • 2022
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    The Undeclared War

    The Undeclared War

    6.5 2022 HD

    In the post-pandemic world of 2024 during an upcoming British general election involving the UK’s first Black Conservative prime minister, a...

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  • 2020
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    The English Game

    The English Game

    7.486 2020 HD

    Two 19th-century footballers on opposite sides of a class divide navigate professional and personal turmoil to change the game — and England...

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  • 2015
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    Wolf Hall

    Wolf Hall

    7.5 2015 HD

    Following the fact-based historical book of the same name, this drama follows the rise of Cromwell as he becomes Henry the VIII's closest advisor. ...

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