
Actor
Anson Boon
Born February 15, 2000 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
11 films
Anson Boon (born 15 February 2000) is an English actor. Boon was born in Peterborough. His father is an amateur DJ, originally from a farming family, and his mother is from a working-class London family. He has a younger brother. He dropped out of college to pursue acting professionally, choosing not to attend drama school. Boon made his professional acting debut in the children's sitcom All at Sea in 2014. In 2019, he had roles in the films Blackbird and 1917, and was named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow. The following year, he starred in his first lead role in the mystery drama film The Winter Lake alongside Emma Mackey In 2022, he played Johnny Rotten in the biographical miniseries Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
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First watch191720198.0as Private CookeAt the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.View filmEssential films
Ranked by acclaim and reachFilmography
11 films as actor- TBAHalftime HeroSteve 'Pringle' Davies
- TBAAndy & OrsonOrson
- 2026Good BoyTommy
- 2025Pipe DreamKuchlug
- 2024Widow ClicquotEdouard Werle
- 2020The Winter LakeTom
- 2020Sulphur & WhiteDavid Tait (15 YO)
- 20191917Private Cooke
- 2019National Theatre Live: 'Master Harold'... and the boysHally
- 2019BlackbirdJonathan
- 2019CrawlStan




