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1994-06-08 · Belfast, Northern Ireland · Male

12 series in the catalog

Anthony Boyle (born 8 June 1994) is an Irish actor from Northern Ireland. A graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Boyle began his acting career on the London stage. He rose to prominence for originating the role of Scorpius Malfoy in the West End and Broadway productions of the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016), for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

Boyle appeared in the films Tolkien (2019) and Tetris (2023), and the television series Masters of the Air (2024), Say Nothing (2024), and House of Guinness (2025–present).

Life and career

Anthony Boyle was born on 8 June 1994 in west Belfast, and attended De La Salle College and St Louise's Comprehensive College. Due to a bone condition, he used a wheelchair for several years as a child. Boyle said this helped develop his acting skills, as he would improvise dialogue while watching other children play games without him. He was expelled from boys' school in Belfast at age 16, then attended Saint Louise's, an all girls school on the Falls Road, as one of 10 boys among 2000 girls. He took part in the school's drama department, taking on many different male parts and acting every day. He started his acting career in a series of what Boyle called “the worst productions you’ve ever seen”, including a version of Romeo and Juliet, alongside his fellow Belfast-born actor and longtime friend Lola Petticrew. In 2013, he began training at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff before graduating in 2016 with a BA in acting.

Boyle was familiar with the landscape and history depicted in Say Nothing, saying "the streets we were walking down were streets I’ve walked my whole life." His school was located on the Falls Road, just down the street from a mural of Brendan Hughes, whom he portrayed in the show. Co-star Lola Petticrew described Boyle as "one of [their] best friends in the world" since they were age 11. Boyle is also a longtime friend of Frank Blake, who portrayed Seamus Wright.

For his television role as Arthur Guinness in House of Guinness, Boyle did a full-frontal nude scene without prosthetics, a choice that he personally pitched to the director. Boyle stated that he did not find it daunting due to his previous experience with nudity in stage and film roles.

Anthony Boyle at the Internet Broadway Database