# Douglas Booth
**Douglas Booth** (full name Douglas John Booth) is an English actor born in 1992 in London, known for playing [Boy George](https://www.edgepedia.org/boy-george) in the television film *Worried About the Boy* (2010), Romeo in Carlo Carlei's 2013 film adaptation of *Romeo and Juliet*, and Titus in the Wachowskis' science-fiction film *Jupiter Ascending* (2015).[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/douglas-booth/) • [2](https://lovingvincent.com/images/glowne/Loving%20Vincent%20%20Press%20Kit%20US.pdf) • [3](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jupiter-ascending-2015) His later work spans biopics, literary adaptations, and television, including [Nikki Sixx](https://www.edgepedia.org/nikki-sixx) in *The Dirt* (2019), Cluracan in *The Sandman* (2022–2025), and the title role in *Young Werther* (2024).[4](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/douglas-booth) • [5](https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Douglas%2BBooth-975304)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1992, London, England; full name Douglas John Booth[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/douglas-booth/) |
| Breakthrough | Boy George in the BBC Two film *Worried About the Boy* (2010)[2](https://lovingvincent.com/images/glowne/Loving%20Vincent%20%20Press%20Kit%20US.pdf) |
| Notable film roles | Romeo (*Romeo and Juliet*, 2013), Shem (*Noah*, 2014), Harry Villiers (*The Riot Club*, 2014), Titus (*Jupiter Ascending*, 2015)[2](https://lovingvincent.com/images/glowne/Loving%20Vincent%20%20Press%20Kit%20US.pdf) • [4](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/douglas-booth) |
| Real people portrayed | Boy George, Percy Shelley, Nikki Sixx, Dan Leno, and the painter Armand Roulin (voice)[2](https://lovingvincent.com/images/glowne/Loving%20Vincent%20%20Press%20Kit%20US.pdf) • [4](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/douglas-booth) • [6](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/14/mary-shelley-review-toronto-film-festival-tiff) |
| Television | Cluracan in *The Sandman* (2022–2025, 6 episodes); DI Tom Radley in ITV's *The Blame* (2026)[5](https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Douglas%2BBooth-975304) • [7](https://vikral.com/douglas-booth-latest-news-the-blame-itv/) |
| Family | Son of a painter mother and a shipping consultant father; married to actress Bel Powley[8](https://www.nylon.com/articles/douglas-booth-jupiter-ascending-interview) • [9](https://thefashionvibes.com/bel-powley-and-douglas-booth-enjoy-south-devon-getaway/) |
## Early life and training
Booth was born in London in 1992 into what one profile describes as a middle-class British family, with a half-Dutch, half-Spanish mother and an English father; the family lived in [Greenwich](https://www.edgepedia.org/greenwich) in Blackheath until he was 10, then moved to [Sevenoaks](https://www.edgepedia.org/sevenoaks) in Kent, where he attended Solefield School.[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/douglas-booth/) He has described struggling with dyslexia as a child, and he later attended Lingfield Notre Dame School, where he attained his [General Certificate of Secondary Education](https://www.edgepedia.org/general-certificate-of-secondary-education).[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/douglas-booth/) • [10](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/features/douglas-booth-new-romantic-plays-the-heartthrob-in-new-film-adaptation-of-romeo-juliet-8864889.html)
He knew from childhood that he wanted to act, and from the age of 13 he trained with the [National Youth Theatre](https://www.edgepedia.org/national-youth-theatre).[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/douglas-booth/) After school he signed with the agent Curtis Brown and made his screen debut in the low-budget British fantasy *Hunters of the Kahri* (2006).[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/douglas-booth/) In interviews he has named his first professional role as a part in *From Time to Time* (2009), a small British film written and directed by [Julian Fellowes](https://www.edgepedia.org/julian-fellowes) with a cast including [Maggie Smith](https://www.edgepedia.org/maggie-smith), Timothy Spall, Dominic West, and Hugh Bonneville.[11](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/14-faces-of-2014-douglas-booth)
## Early career: Boy George and Romeo
Booth's first prominent role came as the pop singer Boy George in *Worried About the Boy* (2010), a [BBC Two](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-two) film about the [Culture Club](https://www.edgepedia.org/culture-club) frontman; the *Loving Vincent* press kit credits this performance with bringing him to public attention.[2](https://lovingvincent.com/images/glowne/Loving%20Vincent%20%20Press%20Kit%20US.pdf) He followed it with the miniseries *The Pillars of the Earth* (2010) and a first Hollywood role in *LOL* (2012), opposite [Miley Cyrus](https://www.edgepedia.org/miley-cyrus).[11](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/14-faces-of-2014-douglas-booth) • [1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/douglas-booth/)
In 2013 he played Romeo opposite [Hailee Steinfeld](https://www.edgepedia.org/hailee-steinfeld)'s Juliet in Carlo Carlei's film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, with a screenplay by Julian Fellowes.[2](https://lovingvincent.com/images/glowne/Loving%20Vincent%20%20Press%20Kit%20US.pdf) Reception was mixed: [Mark Kermode](https://www.edgepedia.org/mark-kermode), reviewing for *The Observer*, called Booth "a peculiarly pouty Romeo, handsome of hair, yet uninvolving of character," while the trade and feature press emphasized the casting of a young heartthrob in the role.[12](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/13/romeo-juliet-review-julian-fellowes) • [10](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/features/douglas-booth-new-romantic-plays-the-heartthrob-in-new-film-adaptation-of-romeo-juliet-8864889.html) Booth himself said that acting in the film helped him more fully embrace Shakespeare, whose work he had found difficult at school because of his dyslexia.[10](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/features/douglas-booth-new-romantic-plays-the-heartthrob-in-new-film-adaptation-of-romeo-juliet-8864889.html)
## Supporting roles in larger films
Between 2014 and 2016 Booth moved into bigger productions, mostly in supporting parts. He played Shem in [Darren Aronofsky](https://www.edgepedia.org/darren-aronofsky)'s *Noah* (2014) and Harry Villiers in *The Riot Club* (2014), Lone Scherfig's film version of [Laura Wade](https://www.edgepedia.org/laura-wade)'s play *Posh*, about an Oxford dining club modeled on the Bullingdon Club.[4](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/douglas-booth) • [8](https://www.nylon.com/articles/douglas-booth-jupiter-ascending-interview) • [10](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/features/douglas-booth-new-romantic-plays-the-heartthrob-in-new-film-adaptation-of-romeo-juliet-8864889.html) In the Wachowskis' *Jupiter Ascending* (2015) he played Titus Abrasax, one of three scheming siblings, alongside Eddie Redmayne and Tuppence Middleton; reviewers grouped the three together as the film's campier element, with one noting that Booth's character even had a cathedral mounted on the prow of his ship.[3](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jupiter-ascending-2015) • [13](https://www.darkhorizons.com/review-jupiter-ascending/) He then played Mr. Bingley in *Pride and Prejudice and Zombies* (2016), the mash-up of Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.[14](https://www.rogerebert.com/cast-and-crew/douglas-booth) • [8](https://www.nylon.com/articles/douglas-booth-jupiter-ascending-interview)
Booth has said he treats his career methodically, describing himself as "an architect" who visualizes a scene in his trailer before filming, and he has credited Darren Aronofsky with direct career advice: when he had to choose between *Jupiter Ascending* and leading a large teenage franchise, Aronofsky told him to work with the Wachowskis, "always work with the interesting filmmakers."[8](https://www.nylon.com/articles/douglas-booth-jupiter-ascending-interview) • [15](https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/douglas-booth-interview)
## Biographical and literary roles
A recurring strand in Booth's filmography is playing real artists and musicians. In 2017 he appeared in two films released that year: he voiced Armand Roulin, the young man who guides viewers through the story, in the painted animation *Loving Vincent*, and he played the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley opposite Elle Fanning in *Mary Shelley*, a biopic of the author of *Frankenstein*.[14](https://www.rogerebert.com/cast-and-crew/douglas-booth) • [6](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/14/mary-shelley-review-toronto-film-festival-tiff) In *The Limehouse Golem* (2016) he played Dan Leno, the real-life Victorian music-hall performer, and in *The Dirt* (2019) he played Nikki Sixx, the Mötley Crüe bassist, in the band's biopic.[14](https://www.rogerebert.com/cast-and-crew/douglas-booth) • [4](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/douglas-booth)
His other film work includes *My Salinger Year* (2020), the horror-comedy *Unwelcome* (2022), the thriller *Shoshana* (2023) as the British police officer Thomas Wilkin, and *Young Werther* (2024), a modernized adaptation of Goethe's 1774 novel *The Sorrows of Young Werther*, in which he played the title character opposite Alison Pill.[4](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/douglas-booth) *Young Werther* premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival before a theatrical and digital release that December, and director José Lourenço has said he cast Booth after watching *The Riot Club*, crediting the actor with making the self-absorbed Werther endearing.[16](https://filmobsessive.com/film/film-news/film-interviews/jose-lourenco-brings-1774-angst-to-2024-in-young-werther/) • [17](https://letterboxd.com/telefilm_canada/story/young-werther-through-champagne-tinted-glasses/)
## Television
Booth's television work includes the 2015 miniseries *And Then There Were None* as Anthony Marston and the western series *That Dirty Black Bag* (2022) as Red Bill.[4](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/douglas-booth) In Netflix's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's *The Sandman* he played Cluracan, appearing in six episodes across the series' 2022–2025 run.[5](https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Douglas%2BBooth-975304)
In 2026 he took a leading television role as Detective Inspector Tom Radley in *The Blame*, a six-part ITV crime thriller starring opposite Michelle Keegan's DI Emma Crane. The series, set in the fictional town of Wakestead, follows detectives investigating the death of a teenage girl while uncovering misconduct within their own police station; it premiered on ITV on September 20, 2026, with episodes available on ITVX.[7](https://vikral.com/douglas-booth-latest-news-the-blame-itv/) • [18](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3150488/news/) He also joined the ensemble of *War*, the HBO and Sky legal drama created by George Kay, for its second season, which centers on an explosive defamation case between rival London law firms.[18](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3150488/news/)
## Personal life
Booth's mother is a painter and his father was a shipping consultant.[8](https://www.nylon.com/articles/douglas-booth-jupiter-ascending-interview) He is married to the actress Bel Powley; in 2026 the two were photographed on a holiday in South Devon around the time *The Blame* premiered.[9](https://thefashionvibes.com/bel-powley-and-douglas-booth-enjoy-south-devon-getaway/) In his early twenties his dating life made him a tabloid fixture, with reported links to Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, something he described as a version of life he had to accept while carving out his own version of normality.[8](https://www.nylon.com/articles/douglas-booth-jupiter-ascending-interview)
## References
1. [Douglas Booth – Actor, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/douglas-booth/)
2. [Loving Vincent press kit, Main Cast Biographies](https://lovingvincent.com/images/glowne/Loving%20Vincent%20%20Press%20Kit%20US.pdf)
3. [Jupiter Ascending movie review, RogerEbert.com](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jupiter-ascending-2015)
4. [Douglas Booth Movies and TV Shows, Plex](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/douglas-booth)
5. [Douglas Booth (I) – Filmografia, Filmweb](https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Douglas%2BBooth-975304)
6. [Mary Shelley review, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/14/mary-shelley-review-toronto-film-festival-tiff)
7. [Douglas Booth Latest News: Actor Stars in ITV Crime Drama The Blame, Vikral](https://vikral.com/douglas-booth-latest-news-the-blame-itv/)
8. [Catching Up With 'Jupiter Ascending' Star Douglas Booth, Nylon](https://www.nylon.com/articles/douglas-booth-jupiter-ascending-interview)
9. [Bel Powley and Douglas Booth enjoy South Devon getaway, The Fashion Vibes](https://thefashionvibes.com/bel-powley-and-douglas-booth-enjoy-south-devon-getaway/)
10. [Douglas Booth: New romantic plays the heartthrob, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/features/douglas-booth-new-romantic-plays-the-heartthrob-in-new-film-adaptation-of-romeo-juliet-8864889.html)
11. [The Movie Star, Interview Magazine](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/14-faces-of-2014-douglas-booth)
12. [Romeo and Juliet – review, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/13/romeo-juliet-review-julian-fellowes)
13. [Review: "Jupiter Ascending", Dark Horizons](https://www.darkhorizons.com/review-jupiter-ascending/)
14. [Douglas Booth Movies and TV Shows – Reviews & Ratings, RogerEbert.com](https://www.rogerebert.com/cast-and-crew/douglas-booth)
15. [Miss Vogue Douglas Booth Interview, British Vogue](https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/douglas-booth-interview)
16. [José Lourenço Brings 1774 Angst to 2024 in Young Werther, Film Obsessive](https://filmobsessive.com/film/film-news/film-interviews/jose-lourenco-brings-1774-angst-to-2024-in-young-werther/)
17. [Young Werther: Through champagne-tinted glasses, Letterboxd / Telefilm Canada](https://letterboxd.com/telefilm_canada/story/young-werther-through-champagne-tinted-glasses/)
18. [Douglas Booth – News, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3150488/news/)
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