Archie Madekwe

Acting

Archie Madekwe

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 10, 1995 (30 years old)

Archie Madekwe

Known For

Lurker
1h 40m
Movie 2025

Lurker

When a twenty-something retail clerk meets a rising pop star,...

Saltburn
2h 11m
Movie 2023

Saltburn

Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver...

Gran Turismo
2h 15m
Movie 2023

Gran Turismo

The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player...

Heart of Stone
2h 2m
Movie 2023

Heart of Stone

An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races...

For People in Trouble
0h 16m
Movie 2023

For People in Trouble

When two people meet one night in London, their relationship...

Beau Is Afraid
2h 59m
Movie 2023

Beau Is Afraid

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but...

Voyagers
1h 48m
Movie 2021

Voyagers

With the future of the human race at stake, a...

See
TV Show 2019

See

A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind....

Midsommar
2h 27m
Movie 2019

Midsommar

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a...

Teen Spirit
1h 32m
Movie 2019

Teen Spirit

A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams...

Biography

Archie Uchena Madekwe (born February 10, 1995) is an English actor. He was named a 2017 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. He is best known for his roles in the Apple TV+ series See (2019–2022), the A24 horror film Midsommar (2019), the Neill Blomkamp film Gran Turismo (2023) and the Emerald Fennell film Saltburn (2023). Madekwe was born in South London. His parents divorced when he was young. At 14 he started studying Theatre at the BRIT School. Later, he also joined the National Youth Theatre. He continued his studies at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and left early when he was cast in Ian Rickson’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? by Edward Albee on the West End opposite Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo. Madekwe made his television debut in 2014 with a guest appearance in an episode of the BBC medical drama Casualty. He then played Luca in two episodes of the Channel 4 comedy-drama Fresh Meat in 2016. In 2017, Madekwe made his West End debut in The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? at the Theatre Royal Haymarket alongside Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo. He landed his first named film role as Luke in Teen Spirit after the casting director saw him in the play. The same year he also appeared in the Channel 4 sitcom Hang Ups.