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Fionn Whitehead

b. 1997

British actor

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Born 1997. Fionn Whitehead is a British actor, film actor and television actor.

Fionn Whitehead ( ; born 18 July 1997) His first acting credit was in the 2016 ITV miniseries Him.

Life Whitehead was born on 1997 in the Richmond area of London to jazz musicians Tim and Linda Whitehead. He was named after Irish folk legend Fionn mac Cumhaill. Whitehead has two older sisters, Maisie, a performance artist and Hattie, a singer, and one older brother, Sonny. Whitehead was raised "in an artistic household". As a child, he aspired to become either a guitarist or a breakdancer.

He began acting at the Orange Tree Theatre aged thirteen. He went to Richmond College and entered the National Youth Theatre's summer course. In 2017 he acted in a stage performance of Glenn Waldron's Natives.

He was cast as the protagonist of Christopher Nolan's film Dunkirk, which was released in 2017. Nolan compared Whitehead to actor Tom Courtenay in his youth. He also starred in one of eight monologues in the television series Queers that aired in 2017.

In 2018, Whitehead starred in the Black Mirror television series’ interactive stand-alone film Bandersnatch, as lead character Stefan Butler. In 2019, Whitehead appeared in Sebastian Schipper's drama Roads, and the Martin Scorsese produced Port Authority. He later appeared in The Duke and Don’t Tell a Soul (both 2020). He co-stars as Branwell Bronte in the Emily Bronte biopic Emily (2022), and in a television adaptation of Great Expectations (2023), playing the lead role of Pip.

In 2025, he starred in Alex Burunova's debut feature Satisfaction alongside Emma Laird and Zar Amir Ebrahimi, which premiered at the 2025 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival.

Filmography + Movies & Television Year Title Medium Role Notes 2016 Him Miniseries Him Dunkirk Film Thomas "Tommy" Jensen Queers TV series Andrew "A Grand Day Out" monologue (one of eight monologues) Roads Film Gyllen Port Authority Film Paul 2020 Inside No. 9 TV series Gabriel Episode: "Misdirection" 2020 Film Jackie Bunton 2020 Don't Tell a Soul Film Matt 2021 Voyagers Film Zachary "Zach" 2022 Emily Film Branwell Brontë 2023 Great Expectations TV series Pip Main role 2025 Satisfaction Film Philip Main role

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Orleans Park School, Richmond upon Thames College

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Who is Fionn Whitehead?

British actor

When was Fionn Whitehead born?

Fionn Whitehead was born on 18 July 1997 in London.

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Fionn Whitehead is an actor, film actor and television actor.

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Fionn Whitehead is British.

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