Mark Rowley (born 29 January 1990) is a Scottish actor, who has appeared in the television series ''

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'' (2013–2014), '' Young Dracula'' (2014), '' Home Fires'' (2016), '' The North Water'' and ''

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'' (2020). He played the Irish warrior Finan, Uhtred's sidekick in battle, in '' The Last Kingdom'' (2017–2022), and was Prince Alvitirin in '' The Witcher: Blood Origin'' (2022).

Early life and career

Mark Rowley is from Paisley, Scotland. His interest in acting grew after attending classes at the PACE Theatre Company in Paisley. In 2013, Rowley graduated from the

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based

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (), formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama () is a conservatoire of dance, drama, music, production, and film in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools. Founde ...

. From 2013 to 2014 he played Jamie McAllister in ''River City''. In 2013, Rowley starred in an episode of '' Luther'' alongside

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, Rowley is purported to be the youngest actor to have played

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, at the age of 25, in the 2018 version directed by Kit Monkman. From 2017 to 2022, Rowley played the role of the Irish warrior Finan, Uhtred's sidekick in battle, in the

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television medieval drama '' The Last Kingdom'' alongside

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. Rowley played a leading role in the 2018 short film ''Lift Share'', which premiered at the

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in June 2018. In 2020, Rowley appeared as Bain in the

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's '' The North Water'', along with fellow ''The Last Kingdom'' actor,

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. He also landed a recurring role as Alexander Stewart in series 2 of

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historical drama ''

'' about

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before she married

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. Filming began in January 2022 of '' Seven Kings Must Die'', a feature length film involving the surviving characters from ''The Last Kingdom'', released in 2023. In 2022, Rowley joined the cast of the Netflix miniseries '' The Witcher: Blood Origin'', set in a time 1,200 years before ''

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'', and Rowley stars as Prince Alvitirin in a cast which includes

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and

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. The miniseries aired on 25 December 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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Mark Rowley Agent - Hamilton Hodell

Finen - Mark Rowley

The Last Kingdom video - A Day In The Life with Mark Rowley
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