Archie Madekwe

Actor, Producer, Director

Birthdate: February 10, 1995 (31 Years Old)

Birthplace: Lambeth, London, England, UK

Archie Madekwe (birthname: Archie Uchena Madekwe) is an up-and-coming young British actor who has already worked in major West End stage productions, Channel 4 series, and several theatrical releases. Madekwe’s feature debut was a supporting role in actor-turned-filmmaker Max Minghella’s American-British musical drama, Teen Spirit (2018), starring Elle Fanning and Rebecca Hall, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.

Director-writer Ari Aster cast Madekwe in the hit folk-horror U.S.-Swedish co-production, Midsommar (2019), starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, and Will Poulter, which grossed a robust $48 million for distributors A24 (U.S.) and Nordisk Film (Sweden). Archie Madekwe joined a cast including some of the hottest young film acting talent—Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead, and Quintessa Swindell, along with Colin Farrell—in writer-director Neil Burger’s science-fiction drama, Voyagers (2021), but proving to be a commercial dud for Lionsgate ($4 million gross against a $29 million budget).

Madekwe scored his biggest movie role to date, portraying real-life Gran Turismo gamer Jann Mardenborough, opposite David Harbour and Orlando Bloom, in Columbia Pictures/PlayStation Productions’ Neill Blomkamp-directed gamer/racecar drama, Gran Turismo (2023), and released by Sony Pictures. After playing support opposite Gal Gadot in Netflix’s drama, Heart of Stone (2023), Madekwe was cast in writer-director Emerald Fennell’s second feature, Saltburn (2023), with Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, and Carey Mulligan, and selected to open the London Film Festival before an MGM release.

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Archie Madekwe was born and raised in south London by parents who divorced when he was a child. Madekwe’s cousin is actor Ashley Madekwe. Madekwe began studying theater at age 14 at The BRIT School, a performing and creative arts school in Croyden. Madekwe subsequently studied theater at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA), while performing as a member of the National Youth Theatre. Madekwe departed LAMDA when he was cast in the West End production of Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? With Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo. Madekwe’s height is 6’ 4”.

Known For

Lurker

Oliver (2025)

Voyagers

Kai (2021)

Midsommar

Simon (2019)

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2025 |
Lurker
Lurker
2025
Crime, Drama, Music
A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.
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asOliver
2023 |
Gran Turismo
Gran Turismo
2023
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport
Based on the unbelievable, inspiring true story of a team of underdogs - a struggling, working-class gamer, a failed former race car driver, and an idealistic motorsport exec - who risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world.
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asJann Mardenborough
2023 |
Beau is Afraid
Beau is Afraid
2023
Comedy, Drama, Horror
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.
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2023 |
Saltburn
Saltburn
2023
Drama, Thriller
A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten.
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asFarleigh Start
2021 |
Voyagers
Voyagers
2021
Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A crew of astronauts on a multi-generational mission descend into paranoia and madness, not knowing what is real or not.
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asKai
2019 |
Teen Spirit
Teen Spirit
2019
Drama, Music
A shy teenager dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing. She enters a local singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition. A spin on the Cinderella story.
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asLuke
2019 |
Midsommar
Midsommar
2019
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
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Facts About Archie Madekwe

Inspirations: Archie Madekwe has cited his inspirations as his mother (the “main driving force for me”), filmmaker/artist Steve McQueen, actor Olivia Colman, and Marion Cotillard’s performance in La Vie en Rose (2007). Activist: Madekwe has worked with the environmentalist/climate crisis group, Extinction Rebellion.