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Jack Andrew Lowden (born June 2, 1990) is a Scottish actor. Following a four-year stage career, his first major international onscreen success was in the 2016 BBC miniseries War & Peace, which led to starring roles in feature films. Starring as River Cartwright in the Apple TV series Slow Horses since 2020, he has received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Lowden starred as Eric Liddell in the 2012 play Chariots of Fire in London. In 2014, he won an Olivier Award and the Ian Charleson Award for his role as Oswald in Richard Eyre's 2013 adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts. In 2013, he began to take on substantial roles in British television series and feature films, including The Tunnel (2013) and '71 (2014). He also had leading roles in the BBC miniseries The Passing Bells (2014) and War & Peace (2016). Other screen roles include the title role as golfing legend Tommy Morris in Tommy's Honour (2016); the starring role of Morrissey in the biopic England Is Mine (2017); a main-cast role as an RAF fighter-pilot in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017); a starring role in the Scottish Highlands thriller Calibre (2018, for which he won the British Academy Scotland Award for Best Film Actor); Lord Darnley in Mary Queen of Scots (2018); a starring role as a plantation owner in 19th-century Jamaica in the 2018 BBC miniseries The Long Song; and as Zak "Zodiac" Bevis in the 2019 comedy-drama WWE film Fighting with My Family. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Lowden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Jack Lowden
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for William Schneidermann in One World
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"One World" tells the inspiring story of failed presidential candidate Wendell Willkie and his extraordinary activism as an author and war mediator between 1940 and 1944. The film begins with Willkie's defeat in the 1940 presidential elections against Franklin D. Roosevelt. Despite the disappointment, Willkie decides not to abandon his political career but to establish himself as a voice of change. He publishes his groundbreaking book "One World," advocating for international cooperation and the creation of a global order. The film depicts Willkie's passionate activism as he travels across America, inspiring people from all walks of life to embrace his vision of unity and peace. He fights against isolationism and for a stronger international presence for the United States. During World War II, Willkie becomes a significant war mediator. He travels to Europe and meets with heads of state and prominent figures to advocate for diplomatic solutions and a collective effort in the fight against fascism. His mediation efforts help prepare for the establishment of the United Nations and lay the foundation for long-term global cooperation. The film concludes with Willkie's legacy as a visionary and his influence on the post-war order, shaped by his ideas of unity and cooperation. "One World" is a moving tribute to a man who, despite political setbacks, changed the world and whose visions remain relevant today
