Johnny Flynn

JOHNNY FLYNN

Johnny Flynn is an award winning and critically acclaimed actor and musician who has worked extensively across film, television and theatre. He recently completely filming a leading role in Pablo Trapero’s English-language feature debut &SONS starring alongside Bill Nighy, Dominic West, and Imelda Staunton. Prior to this he shot the leading role in upcoming survival thriller A PRAYER FOR THE DYING from filmmaker Dara Van Dusen for Eye Eye Pictures, opposite John C. Reilly.  It was recently announced that Johnny will join an all-star cast, including Timothy Spall, Helen Mirren, Andrea Riseborough and Toni Collette –  in Kate Winslet’s directorial debut GOODBYE JUNE for Netflix.

Johnny can be seen starring as Dickie Greenleaf opposite Andrew Scott in Netflix’s critically acclaimed adaptation of RIPLEY, and was in cinemas playing the young Nicholas Winton to Anthony Hopkins’ older in upcoming feature ONE LIFE. Other recent roles include Ian Fleming in OPERATION MINCEMEAT opposite Colin Firth, Jason Isaacs and Matthew Macfadyen, and the iconic Knightley in Autumn De Wilde’s debut feature EMMA opposite Anya Taylor-Joy. Johnny starred in the BAFTA award-winning thriller BEAST with Jessie Buckley and portrayed a young David Bowie in independent feature STARDUST. Flynn also starred in THE DIG opposite Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes. 

For television, Johnny starred in the leading role for new Sky original drama-comedy THE LOVERS, opposite Roisin Gallagher. This follows other starring roles in three series of LOVESICK, currently streaming on Netflix, and VANITY FAIR for ITV. He received a Critic’s Choice Award nomination for the Emmy-winning series GENIUS.

On stage, Johnny starred as Richard Burton opposite Mark Gatiss in Jack Thorne’s new play THE MOTIVE AND THE CUE at the National Theatre, directed by Sam Mendes. The play was critically acclaimed across the board, receiving a transfer to the West End stage. Other stage credits include Sam Shepard’s play TRUE WEST alongside Kit Harington, playing at the Vaudeville Theatre; the Olivier award-winning HANGMEN (in both the original production at the Royal Court and its later transfers to the West End and off-Broadway); TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III; and JERUSALEM opposite Mark Rylance, for which he was nominated for an Olivier.

Flynn has scored and composed for numerous projects. His band JOHNNY FLYNN & THE SUSSEX WIT have released four albums and toured the world.

Nominations and Wins

In 2018, Johnny won a THEATRE WORLD AWARD for his performance in the revival of HANGMEN at the Atlantic Theatre, New York – a non-competitive award recognising excellent New York stage debuts. Every year, six actresses and six actors are presented with a Theatre World Award in recognition of their debut performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway production.

He was also nominated for the following awards for this performance –

DRAMA DESK – Outstanding Actor in a Play

OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE – Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

DRAMA LEAGUE – Distinguished Performance Award

Johnny was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Limited Series for GENIUS in 2017.

He has also been nominated for the 2013 IAN CHARLESON AWARD for his performance in TWELFTH NIGHT.

Best Supporting Actor for his performance in JERUSALEM at the 2012 Olivier Awards

London Newcomer of the Year 2012 What’s On Stage Awards for THE HERETIC