13 Facts About Fionn Whitehead

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Fionn Whitehead portrayed the lead role in the 2017 film Dunkirk and the 2018 film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.

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Fionn Whitehead's first acting credit was in the 2016 ITV miniseries Him.

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Fionn Whitehead was born in Richmond, London, to jazz musicians Tim and Linda Whitehead.

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Fionn Whitehead was named after Irish folk legend Fionn mac Cumhaill.

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Fionn Whitehead began acting at the Orange Tree Theatre when he was 13 years old.

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Fionn Whitehead then went to Richmond College and entered the National Youth Theatre's summer course.

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Fionn Whitehead acted in a stage performance of Glenn Waldron's Natives.

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Fionn Whitehead was cast as the protagonist of Christopher Nolan's film Dunkirk, which was released in 2017.

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Weeks after Fionn Whitehead finished with Dunkirk, he began work with Richard Eyre's film The Children Act, opposite Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017.

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Fionn Whitehead starred in one of eight monologues in the television series Queers that aired in 2017.

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In 2018, Fionn Whitehead starred in the Black Mirror television series' interactive stand-alone film Bandersnatch, as lead character Stefan Butler.

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In 2019, Fionn Whitehead appeared in Sebastian Schipper's drama Roads, and the Martin Scorsese produced Port Authority.

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Fionn Whitehead later appeared in The Duke and Don't Tell a Soul.