Laurie Kynaston

Acting

Laurie Kynaston

Born 1994-02-24 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK

Laurence Stephen Kynaston (born 24 February 1994) is a Welsh actor. Although born in Shrewsbury in England he grew up in Weston Rhyn on the England/Wales border. The family all had talents in music. The family later moved to Llanfyllin in Powys. Here he developed his talent for acting and at eighteen he was cast in "The Winslow Boy" at Theatr Clwyd. He later moved to London when he was nineteen to pursue his acting career. He won an Evening Standard Theatre Award for his performance in The Son, as well as receiving a WhatsOnStage Award nomination. On television, he starred in the BBC Two sitcom "Cradle to Grave" (2015). His films include "England Is Mine" (2017) and "How to Build a Girl" (2019). He was named a 2018 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. He made his West End debut in "The Ferryman" when it transferred to the Gielgud Theatre. He starred in the Spring Awakening revival at the Almeida Theatre.

Acting credits

Preschool poster
6.2

Two determined fathers engage in a comical battle to enroll their kids in an elite preschool, escalating into an absurd competition with unexpected results.

Preschool

2026

Gutterdämmerung poster
5.8

The "Devil's Evil Guitar" has been removed from the world by the supreme being, and rock and roll is a thing of the past in this newly puritanical environment. But what happens when the guitar is sent back by Vicious, an angel punk?

Gutterdämmerung

2016

Nocturnal poster
5.7

Laurie, a cynical schoolgirl, builds a secret friendship with Pete, an older handyman who is obsessed with her.

Nocturnal

2020

How to Build a Girl poster
5.8

The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets a job as music critic in the hope of saving her poverty stricken family in Wolverhampton. Based on Caitlin Moran's bestselling semi-autobiographical novel.

How to Build a Girl

2020

Lady poster
6.0

A lonely, narcissistic aristocrat dupes a struggling, opportunistic director into filming her every move. Her obsession with the spotlight takes a surreal turn when she starts becoming... invisible.

Lady

2026

Four Quartets poster
4.1

Over the course of a night out in a queer club, Raf struggles to find his place among the crowd until he stops trying to force the narrative and just lets himself go with the music.

Four Quartets

2018

England Is Mine poster
5.8

A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths.

England Is Mine

2017

National Theatre at Home: Man and Boy poster
9.0

Jazz, Broadway and the Great Depression. In 1930s New York City, international financier Gregor Antonescu's luck has finally run out. As news of a catastrophic business deal ripples across the world, he flees to the apartment of his estranged son Basil. Truths are uncovered and relationships are tested as Gregor gets down to business, to save his reputation and keep his empire from collapse. In his National Theatre debut, director Anthony Lau brings a sharp, contemporary edge to Terence Rattigan's tale of paternity and corruption, with Ben Daniels and Laurie Kynaston playing father and son. Filmed live the Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre in London, UK.

National Theatre at Home: Man and Boy

2026

They Found Hell poster
4.9

When a group of gifted college students run a secret teleportation experiment, they accidentally open a portal to another dimension, trapping them in Hell. One by one they are hunted, tortured and killed by the denizens of Hell who are bent on stealing their souls.

They Found Hell

2015

Intrigo: Dear Agnes poster
5.6

What is a human life worth? How is it possible that a woman like Agnes could agree to kill another human being? Is it the money? Or are there other forces at play?

Intrigo: Dear Agnes

2019

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NR

Four friends reunite for a dinner where old tensions resurface. By the end of the night one of them is dead. The three surviving guests don't know what happened, yet the contradictions between their testimonies reveal an unsettling truth.

Dog's Dinner

2025

Murder Games: The Life and Death of Breck Bednar poster
7.7

Murder Games tells the true story of Breck Bednar, the 14 year-old schoolboy who was lured to his death after being groomed online by Lewis Daynes.

Murder Games: The Life and Death of Breck Bednar

2016

Wasteland poster
6.6

A young man, Stevie, awakes on a wasteland overlooking Bradford, still bleeding from a brutal attack that has left him with severe memory loss. Recent events are a total blank; his more distant memories are a blur. He slowly begins to piece together his identity: his name, his home, his family. At first it appears he returns to his former self but through a series of painful flashbacks and encounters, he comes to learn of the dark and disturbing events that led to his beating. Ashamed to learn of the person he has become – and the dangerous world he became mixed up in – Stevie realises he will have to pay. But at what price?

Wasteland

2018

Boys On Film 19: No Ordinary Boy poster
2.8

As Boys On Film reaches the end of its teenage years, we take a look at those unique boys who go one step further, who excite, invigorate, and always impress, who break boundaries, shape their worlds and are more than what they appear. Volume 19: No Ordinary Boy includes ten complete films: Scott T. Hinson's "Michael Joseph Jason John" also starring Eric Robledo; Abhishek Verma's animated "The Fish Curry"; Ben Allen's "Blood Out Of A Stone" starring Alex Austin and Oisín Stack; David Färdmar's "No More We" starring Jonathan Andersson and Björn Elgerd; Jannik Splidsboel's "Between Here & Now" starring Francesco Martino and Peder Bille; Amrou Al-Kadhi's "Run(a)way Arab" also starring Ahd and Omar Labek; Dean Loxton's "Meatoo" starring Calum Speed and Warren Rusher; Jake Graf's "Dusk" starring Elliott Sailors, Sue Moore, and Duncan James; Leon Lopez's "Jermaine & Elsie" starring Marji Campi and Ashley Campbell; and Marco Alessi's "Four Quartets" with Laurie Kynaston.

Boys On Film 19: No Ordinary Boy

2019

Gloves Off poster
4.9

A talented fighter must save his beloved gym by training a gentle giant for a bare-knuckle fight.

Gloves Off

2017

Almeida On Screen: Spring Awakening poster
NR

A group of late 19th century German teenagers – silenced and controlled by a censorious society – discover a new world of feeling and freedom outside the classroom, with beautiful and devastating consequences.

Almeida On Screen: Spring Awakening

2023