Lorna Irvine looks at the latest talent from an acting dynasty.
Part of the Fox acting dynasty, there could have been no doubt as to this young man's credentials: his sister is Emilia and his father Edward, whose cheekbones he is lucky enough to have inherited.
Happily, the talent of a slow-burning intensity and mutable quality is also a genetic gift. He can do anything, from high camp to bitter machismo.
Bursting onto the small screen in 2010 Boy George biopic Worried About The Boy as George's glamorous cross-dressing friend Marilyn, he was sharp as a stiletto heel.
His character in last year's hit British comedy drama Pride was Jeff, a flamboyant, out and proud gay man who threw himself into the Gay Pride movement, seeing empathy as an outsider with Welsh miners, all united against the tyranny of Thatcherism.
A role as James Leighton-Master in the more divisive The Riot Club was the antithesis of Pride, focusing on the privilege (and empty nihilism) of white rich kids.
But currently he can be found gracing our TV screens in Russell T Davis' gay drama Cucumber and tandem piece Banana as the acerbic, bitchy and self-aware Freddie.
He's on his way--sometimes it's wise to follow in the family business; this young actor is definitely a Fox worth hunting...in the cinematic sense of the term, of course.
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