Mark Rowley

Mark Rowley (born 29 January 1990) is a Scottish actor, who has appeared in the television series River City (2013–2014), Young Dracula, Home Fires (2016), The North Water and The Spanish Princess (2020). He played the Irish warrior Finan, Uhtred's second in command in battle, in The Last Kingdom (2017–2022), and was Prince Alvitirin in The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022).

Early life and career Mark Rowley is from Paisley, Scotland. His interest in acting grew after attending classes at the PACE Theatre Company in Paisley. In 2013, Rowley graduated from the Glasgow based Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

From 2013 to 2014 he played Jamie McAllister in River City. In 2013, Rowley starred in an episode of Luther alongside Idris Elba,

From 2017 to 2022, Rowley played the role of the Irish warrior Finan, Uhtred's sidekick in battle, in the Netflix television medieval drama The Last Kingdom alongside Alexander Dreymon.

Rowley played a leading role in the 2018 short film Lift Share, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2018.

In 2020, Rowley appeared as Bain in the BBC's The North Water, along with fellow The Last Kingdom actor, Eliza Butterworth. He also landed a recurring role as Alexander Stewart in series 2 of Starz historical drama The Spanish Princess about Catherine of Aragon before she married Henry VIII.

Filming began in January 2022 of Seven Kings Must Die, a feature length film involving the surviving characters from The Last Kingdom, released in 2023.

In 2022, Rowley joined the cast of the Netflix miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin, set in a time 1,200 years before The Witcher, and Rowley stars as Prince Alvitirin in a cast which includes Lenny Henry and Michelle Yeoh. The miniseries aired on 25 December 2022.

Filmography

Film Year Title RoleNotes 2018 Macbeth Macbeth 2019 Guns Akimbo Dane2023 T.I.M. Paul The Eye Felix Released in film festivals

Television Year Title RoleNotes 2011 Case Histories Josh Fairlie Episode: "Case Histories, Part 1" 2012 Doctors Kenny Laughlin Episode: "Carry on Cruising" 2013 Luther Callum Episode #3.3 2013–2014 River City Jamie McAllister 3 episodes 2014 Young Dracula Piers 4 episodes 2016 Home Fires Stephen Banks 2 episodes 2017–2022 The Last Kingdom Finan 36 episodes 2020 The Spanish Princess Alexander Stewart 5 episodes SAS: Rogue Heroes Jock McDiarmid 6 episodes 2025 Karen Pirie Young Mick Prentice 3 episodes Trigger Point Rich Manning 3 episodes 2026 The Dark Detective Connor Crawford 6 Episodes

Video games Year Title Role 2015 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate Alexander Graham Bell (voice) 2017 Star Wars: Battlefront II Voice Talent (voice) 2018 Battlefield V Voice Talent (voice) 2022 The Diofield Chronicle William Hende (English version, voice)