Angus Imrie

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 Timess 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.

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.

From 2001 to 2012, Imrie was educated at Dulwich College, From 2015 to 2017, he studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London.

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, the teenage son of David and Ruth and one of the main members of the Archer family.

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. 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. 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.

Filmography Television

Film

Year Title Role Notes 2018 Pond Life Malcolm 2019 The Kid Who Would Be King Young Merlin 2020 Emma Bartholomew 2021 Back to the Outback Nigel (voice) 2025 Mickey 17 Shrimp Eyes 2026 Post-production Martin HargroveFilming

Video games

Year Title Role Notes 2022 Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova Zero (voice)

Web series

Year Title Role Notes 2023 Star Trek: Very Short Treks Zero (voice) Episode: "Holograms All the Way Down"

Theatre Title Role Theatre Notes The White Whale Pip Leeds Dock Open-air staging of an adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, written by the award-winning playwright James Phillips staged in 2014, of Jim Cartwright's multiple award-winning play, 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. 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. Richard II Bagot Shakespeare's Globe Part of the Globe's "Justice and Mercy" season (2015) Nell Gwynn Ned Spigett Shakespeare's Globe Part of the Globe's "Justice and Mercy" season (2015) As You Like It Jaques POSK Theatre The Cherry Orchard Trofimov LAMDA Linbury Studio Uncle Vanya Vanya LAMDA Pogo (A Punk's Progress) Various The Rivals Jack Absolute 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Giovanni Motortown Lee

Rehearsed readings Title Role Theatre Director Nell Waiter Red Handed Theatre Company, London Jessica Swale The Piper Zum Finborough Theatre, London Fidelis Morgan

Radio TitleNotes Role The Archers Recurring Josh Archer Buddenbrooks Single drama Tom Buddenbrook People in Cars Single drama Ben A Voyage Round My Father Single drama Young son Great Expectations Main role Pip Whoosh!! Single drama Angus The Treasure Seekers Main role Oswald