Lloyd Owen trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. After graduating, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and has had a long and highly respected career in the theatre for over 30 years, playing leading roles at the National Theatre, as well as in London’s West End. Owen’s notable performances include the title roles in The York Realist at the Royal Court/Strand Theatre, Blood & Gifts at The Lyttelton, The Bodyguard at The Adelphi, and with Dame Diana Rigg and David Suchet in the award-winning production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He starred alongside Mathew Perry in The End of Longing at The Playhouse, and with Imelda Staunton in the critically acclaimed Good People at the Noel Coward.
His extensive film credits include the recent Bollywood blockbuster Thugs of Hindostan alongside Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachcha
Lloyd Owen trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. After graduating, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and has had a long and highly respected career in the theatre for over 30 years, playing leading roles at the National Theatre, as well as in London’s West End. Owen’s notable performances include the title roles in The York Realist at the Royal Court/Strand Theatre, Blood & Gifts at The Lyttelton, The Bodyguard at The Adelphi, and with Dame Diana Rigg and David Suchet in the award-winning production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He starred alongside Mathew Perry in The End of Longing at The Playhouse, and with Imelda Staunton in the critically acclaimed Good People at the Noel Coward.
His extensive film credits include the recent Bollywood blockbuster Thugs of Hindostan alongside Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan, for which he learned Urdu. He also starred with Rene Zellweger in the highly popular Miss Potter, with Carrie Fisher in her last indie film Wonderwell and playing the leading role in Apollo 18 for Dimension Films.
On television, he is best known for the hugely popular UK series Monarch of the Glen and Professor Jones in George Lucas’ The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. US TV credits include the lead in Viva Laughlin for CBS alongside Hugh Jackman as well as roles in the NBC/Sky production You, Me and the Apocalypse with Rob Lowe and Jenna Fischer.
He has recently completed a sold-out run of the hugely acclaimed Noises Off by Michael Frayn at The Garrick Theatre, directed by Jeremy Herrin.
