# Spike Fearn
**Spike Fearn** (born 2000) is a British actor from Coalville, Leicestershire, known for his roles in *Alien: Romulus* (2024), *The Batman* (2022), and *Aftersun* (2022), and for his first leading role as Owen Brompton in the 2026 romantic comedy *Finding Emily*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10514458/) • [2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/spike-fearn-finding-emily)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 2000, Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10514458/) |
| Breakout television role | Louis in *Tell Me Everything*, 7 episodes, 2022–2024[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10514458/) |
| Film roles | Bjorn in *Alien: Romulus* (2024); Tyler in *Back to Black* (2024); Vandal in *The Batman* (2022); Olly in *Aftersun* (2022)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10514458/) |
| First leading role | Owen Brompton in *Finding Emily* (2026), directed by Alicia MacDonald for Working Title Films[2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/spike-fearn-finding-emily) • [3](https://www.cinnamondb.com/person/spike-fearn) |
| Industry recognition | Named one of Screen International's 2024 UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow[4](https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2024-spike-fearn-actor/5194817.article) |
| Training | Television Workshop, Nottingham[5](https://www.memorabletv.com/interviews/tell-me-everything-interview-with-spike-fearn-louis/) |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10514458/) |
## Early life and training
Fearn grew up in the village of Ravenstone near Coalville, a former coal-mining town in [Leicestershire](https://www.edgepedia.org/leicestershire), and has described the area as central to how he thinks about his career: "I hold Leicestershire as my little place, you know? As a sort of medal in a way."[6](https://hollywoodauthentic.com/spike-fearn/) His mother was a schoolteacher and his father a car mechanic. He left school at 16, uncertain of a direction, and his mother suggested acting; he was living with dyslexia and found schoolwork difficult, later saying he had shied away from study and still finds learning scripts hard.[4](https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2024-spike-fearn-actor/5194817.article) • [5](https://www.memorabletv.com/interviews/tell-me-everything-interview-with-spike-fearn-louis/)
The example of Jack O'Connell, a Midlands actor he had admired as Cook on *Skins*, led him to the Television Workshop in [Nottingham](https://www.edgepedia.org/nottingham), which had earlier trained performers including O'Connell, Samantha Morton, Toby Kebbell, Tom Blyth, and [Bella Ramsey](https://www.edgepedia.org/bella-ramsey). He has said the workshop's improv and script work was where he decided he wanted to act.[4](https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2024-spike-fearn-actor/5194817.article) • [6](https://hollywoodauthentic.com/spike-fearn/) His first screen role came through its director Marley Morrison, who contacted him on Instagram and cast him in his first film, *Sweetheart* (2021).[5](https://www.memorabletv.com/interviews/tell-me-everything-interview-with-spike-fearn-louis/)
## Screen career
**Small parts and television.** Fearn built early credits with small roles in *Sweetheart* (2021), *The Amazing Mr Blunden* (2021), *The Batman* (2022, as a spray-can-wielding vandal), and *Aftersun* (2022, as one of the older teenagers around the pool table with [Paul Mescal](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-mescal)'s character).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10514458/) • [2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/spike-fearn-finding-emily) His television break was the ITVX drama *Tell Me Everything*, in which he played Louis across 2022 to 2024.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10514458/) • [5](https://www.memorabletv.com/interviews/tell-me-everything-interview-with-spike-fearn-louis/) He also played Jack in three episodes of *Newark, Newark* (2022) and appeared in an episode of *Sneakerhead* (2022).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10514458/) • [7](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/spike_fearn/) He shot an unaired pilot for an FX adaptation of [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://www.edgepedia.org/kazuo-ishiguro)'s *Never Let Me Go*.[4](https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2024-spike-fearn-actor/5194817.article)
**Larger film roles.** In 2024 he played Tyler in the [Amy Winehouse](https://www.edgepedia.org/amy-winehouse) biopic *Back to Black*, and Bjorn, a human scavenger, in [Fede Álvarez](https://www.edgepedia.org/fede-alvarez)'s *Alien: Romulus*, shot in Budapest for producer [Ridley Scott](https://www.edgepedia.org/ridley-scott) alongside Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson. Fearn has called *Alien* a step up in scale, "the first time – and the only time, still – of being on something of that size".[4](https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2024-spike-fearn-actor/5194817.article) • [6](https://hollywoodauthentic.com/spike-fearn/) He then filmed Casey in James L. Brooks's *Ella McCay* (2025) in Rhode Island, playing the brother of Emma Mackey's title character, a politician who becomes governor while managing a dysfunctional family; Fearn described the part as "completely different" from the UK indie characters he had played and said he learned much of how to be a professional on that set.[4](https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2024-spike-fearn-actor/5194817.article) • [8](https://time.com/7333856/emma-mackey-ella-mccay-interview/) • [9](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/celebrity/spike-fearn)
**Leading roles.** *Finding Emily* (2026), directed by Alicia MacDonald for Working Title Films, marks Fearn's first leading role. He plays Owen, a lovesick Manchester musician and sound engineer who teams up with an American psychology student ([Angourie Rice](https://www.edgepedia.org/angourie-rice)) to track down a woman whose phone number was given to him one digit short. The role required him to learn guitar, sing on screen, and record music at [Abbey Road](https://www.edgepedia.org/abbey-road), and has drawn internet comparisons to [Liam Gallagher](https://www.edgepedia.org/liam-gallagher).[2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/spike-fearn-finding-emily) The film received a generally positive Irish Times review that praised the "spring-fresh charm" of Fearn and Rice.[10](https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/20/finding-emily-review-manchester-romcom-undone-by-clunky-moments/)
## Upcoming projects
Fearn's slate at the time of the *Finding Emily* release was unusually full. He was in California filming *Running*, Gavin O'Connor's sports drama for Apple and Nike; he plays a waiter in the micro-budget New York drama *Pocket Dream*; and his credits in post-production include *Sweetsick*, a fantasy drama by Alice Birch in which he appears with [Cate Blanchett](https://www.edgepedia.org/cate-blanchett), an experience he called "the best experience I've had in an acting sense", and *4 Kids Walk Into a Bank*, an adaptation with [Liam Neeson](https://www.edgepedia.org/liam-neeson) in which he plays Wally.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10514458/) • [2](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/spike-fearn-finding-emily) • [6](https://hollywoodauthentic.com/spike-fearn/) • [11](https://profile.tagmin.com/sk9tv26l3727433ql4s8n59176o0b1g894pu4) He is also set to work with [Renée Zellweger](https://www.edgepedia.org/renee-zellweger) on David Yates's psychological thriller *Phantom Son*, playing a homeless teenager taken in by a mother whose own son is missing.[6](https://hollywoodauthentic.com/spike-fearn/)
## Recognition
Screen International named Fearn to its 2024 Stars of Tomorrow list, which spotlights emerging actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.[4](https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2024-spike-fearn-actor/5194817.article) • [12](https://www.screendaily.com/news/screen-reveals-2024-uk-and-ireland-stars-of-tomorrow/5194837.article) The *Flaunt* profile that followed his *Alien: Romulus* role noted that his curiosity about craft, including director Álvarez's guidance on camera placement, had helped establish him as "an actor to watch".[13](https://www.flaunt.com/post/spike-fearn-close-encounters-issue)
## References
1. [Spike Fearn, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10514458/)
2. [British Up-and-Comer Spike Fearn Would Risk It All for Love—Onscreen, Anyway, Vanity Fair (2026)](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/spike-fearn-finding-emily)
3. [Spike Fearn, Cinnamon DB](https://www.cinnamondb.com/person/spike-fearn)
4. [Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Spike Fearn (actor), Screen Daily](https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2024-spike-fearn-actor/5194817.article)
5. [Tell Me Everything | Interview with Spike Fearn (Louis), Memorable TV (2022)](https://www.memorabletv.com/interviews/tell-me-everything-interview-with-spike-fearn-louis/)
6. [SPIKE FEARN, Hollywood Authentic (2026)](https://hollywoodauthentic.com/spike-fearn/)
7. [Spike Fearn, British Comedy Guide](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/spike_fearn/)
8. [Emma Mackey on Her Journey From Sex Education to Ella McCay, TIME (2025)](https://time.com/7333856/emma-mackey-ella-mccay-interview/)
9. [You're About to Be Seeing a Lot of Spike Fearn, WhoWhatWear (2025)](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/celebrity/spike-fearn)
10. [Finding Emily review, The Irish Times (2026)](https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/20/finding-emily-review-manchester-romcom-undone-by-clunky-moments/)
11. [Spike Fearn, Tagmin profile](https://profile.tagmin.com/sk9tv26l3727433ql4s8n59176o0b1g894pu4)
12. [Screen reveals 2024 UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow, Screen Daily](https://www.screendaily.com/news/screen-reveals-2024-uk-and-ireland-stars-of-tomorrow/5194837.article)
13. [Spike Fearn: We Didn't Leave Earth, Or Leicestershire For That Matter, To Be Safe, Flaunt](https://www.flaunt.com/post/spike-fearn-close-encounters-issue)
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