Edward Rowe

Edward is a writer, actor and comedian from a small village in the middle of Cornwall called Roche. Edward created the character ‘Kernow King’ in 2009, and has toured three stand-up shows extensively around Cornwall, the UK and Australia. As an actor, Edward played the lead, Martin Ward, in the BAFTA-winning film Bait, written and directed by Mark Jenkin. For his performance in Bait, Edward was longlisted for Most Promising Newcomer and Best Actor at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards.

Edward has appeared in several Christmas shows in Cornwall- Dick Whittington and the Mousehole Cat, Jack and the Beanstalk and Edward was nominated for Best Actor at The Great British Pantomime Awards in 2018 for his role as Kenwyn in Sleeping Beauty at the Hall for Cornwall. More recently, he performed in Cinderella at The NEw Theatre Cardiff, and toured A Cornish Carol, written by Simon Harvey and Richard Healey.

Edward’s writing often focuses on Cornish history, and over the last five years has written, produced and appeared in Trevithick!, Hireth, The Coliseum, and a trilogy of children’s shows, The Cornish Caretakers. Edward wrote and directed his short Cornish language film, Mab Hudel (Magical Son) in 2021.

As a voiceover artist, Edward has recorded several stories, including Michael Morpurgo’s Half a Man. He can also be heard on Kneehigh’s ‘Walk With Me’ app and appears as King Godfrey in the video game, Elden Ring. Other voiceovers include Tag Heuer watches, Chacewater Garden Centre, Wildanet and the Imperial War Museum.

Edward appears in Jenkin’s next film, Enys Men, as King Henselt in Netflix’s The Witcher, as PC Harry Elsom in Amazon’s Alex Rider, as Ser Howland Sharp in House of the Dragon and as Dave Polworth in Strike.

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