Edward Holcroft

Edward Patrick Holcroft is an English film television and stage actor He is best known for his roles in the Kingsman film franchise and in the television series Wolf Hall 2015 London Spy 2015 and Alias Grace 2017 Holcroft is the second of three sons born to Lt Col Patrick Holcroft a soldier and Kathleen Annie Holcroft née Roberts a former publisher at Condé Nast His elder brother Oliver Holcroft is a former soldier who served with the Grenadier Guards in Afghanistan Edward was sent to boarding school at age 8 first attending prep school at Summer Fields School in Oxford and then to a Roman Catholic school Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire He initially wanted to become a professional drummer having attended music school but switched to acting after appearing in a play at Oxford Brookes University He then undertook postgraduate studies in acting at the Drama Centre London of Central Saint Martins University of the Arts London graduating in 2012 Holcroft is best known for his roles as Charlie Hesketh in the film Kingsman The Secret Service and its sequel Kingsman The Golden Circle as George Boleyn in the British drama series Wolf Hall and as Alex Turner in the BBC drama series London Spy In 2017 he appeared in the historical miniseries Gunpowder on the BBC and Alias Grace on Netflix and the CBC Holcroft acted with Dominic West and Janet McTeer in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar Warehouse