Is The Gold 星／主役にする Jack Lowden 始める，決める to be the next 社債? How the Scottish actor went from appearing in Irn-Bru adverts to starring in BBC 演劇s (and dating one of Hollywood's favourite 星／主役にするs!)

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Scottish actor Jack Lowden wowed テレビ視聴者s of the new BBC1 演劇 The Gold last night with his 描写 of Kenneth Noye.?

The Essex-born 星／主役にする, 32, plays the ambitious crook 伴う／関わるd in the biggest 武装した heist in British history ? the Brink’s-Mat gold bullion 強盗 in November 1983.

テレビ視聴者s have been so blown away by his 業績／成果, they have been left wondering if he could be tipped to play the next James 社債.?

It's been a slow rise to fame for Jack,?who once dreamed of becoming a footballer and …に出席するd 行う／開催する／段階 school in Edinburgh as a teen before 上陸 役割s in Irn Bru adverts and 地元の plays.

But after 上陸 his big break in 2016's War and Peace, he became a 世帯 指名する, appearing in Mary Queen of Scots in 2018, where he met his girlfriend Saoirse Ronan, and more recently appeared with Gary Oldman in the 演劇 Slow Horses.?

Scottish actor Jack Lowden is wowing テレビ視聴者s of new BBC1 演劇 The Gold with his 描写 of Kenneth Noye - with some even 推測するing he could be lined up to be the next 007?

Jack was born to Gordon and Jacquie Lowden, in Chelmsford in 1990, 述べるing himself as an 'IVF baby'.

The family moved to Scottish village Oxton when he was young, where his father worked for the Bank of Scotland - while his mother took on a host of different 職業s.

Speaking to the Evening 基準 in 2019, he 明らかにする／漏らすd: 'She did almost every 職業 under the sun, 含むing working at Edinburgh Zoo. I remember her dressing up as a rhino.'

と一緒に his brother Calum, Jack ended up …に出席するing Manor School of Ballet in Edinburgh.

However football was his one true love, and he dreamed of becoming a professional.

He explained: 'I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to be a footballer. It 絶対 broke my heart when I realised I wasn’t going to be one.’?

'If someone waved a 病弱なd and I was able to play football really 井戸／弁護士席, I’d bite their 手渡す off and do that, over this [事実上の／代理].'

While his brother went on to become a professional ballet ダンサー, Jack 追求するd other passions - with Gordon and Jacquie 入会させるing him in ??the Scottish 青年 Theatre.

He appeared on 行う／開催する／段階 for the first time as a 12-year-old, where he played?John in a Peter Pan pantomime at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh.??

The Scottish actor has been dating Saoirse Ronan since the two starred in the 2018 film Mary Queen of Scots together??

Jack decided to go professional after seeing the play 黒人／ボイコット Watch on its first run in 2007.

He juggled high school with trips to London each summer to 熟考する／考慮する at the 王室の 学院 of 劇の Arts in London.?

In 2009, he appeared in an advert for Irn Bru, something he would later call 'a 儀式 of passage' for Scottish actors.?

His 星／主役にする began to rise when he landed his first 役割 as the lead character on 行う／開催する／段階 in 黒人／ボイコット Watch in 2010.

His first 役割 was in a humble Irn Bru advert, where he danced and sang through the halls of a school (pictured)?

The play 小旅行するd 国祭的な, with 圧力（をかける） あられ／賞賛するing Jack for his 業績／成果 as 'charismatic', 'quirky' and 'a stand-out.'?

Jack received a BA in 事実上の／代理 from the 王室の Scottish 学院 of Music and 演劇 in Glasgow in 2011, and the に引き続いて year, appeared on 行う／開催する／段階 in Chariots of 解雇する／砲火／射撃.???

The play?opened at London's Hampstead Theatre and transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End in June 2012.

He began to look to TV work, appearing in 演劇s Mrs Biggs and The Tunnel.?

However he continued to work in theatre and in 2014, he received both the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting 役割, and also the Ian Charleson Award, for his 役割 in Ghosts.

In 2016, his big break （機の）カム when he appeared in BBC 演劇 War and Peace と一緒に Paul Dano and?Tuppence Middleton.

Jack decided to become an actor after seeing the pla y 黒人／ボイコット Watch, before 上陸 a lead 役割 in the 生産／産物 years later??

However it was his 業績／成果 in 2016's War and Peace which won him 世帯 acclaim and saw his 星／主役にする catapult?

After 役割s in a number of films, 含むing?Tommy's Honour and A 部隊d Kingdom, he?played a 主要な 役割 in Christopher Nolan's World War II movie Dunkirk.

With his 星／主役にする rising, Jack?portrayed Lord Darnley in Mary Queen of Scots in 2018, opposite Saoirse Ronan.

The 役割 saw Jack quickly become one of Britain's most sought-after actors, and he recently won 賞賛する from critics for his 役割 as a 秘かに調査する River Cartwright in TV 演劇 Slow Horses opposite Gary Oldman.???

His 業績／成果, と一緒に his 役割 in BBC 演劇 The Gold, have left many wondering if he could be lining up to be the next James 社債.

However speaking to Esquire, he said he hadn't auditioned for the 役割 as yet, 追加するing: 'Like everyone else, I’m still trying to get over the fact that Daniel Craig’s not doing it anymore.

The actor met his now long 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 girlfriend?Saoirse while playing her love 利益／興味 in Mary Queen of Scots?

While the two are tight-lipped about their 関係 in interviews, Jack often 株 snaps of his girlfriend on Instagram?

'I think he should still be doing it, to be honest, and he was my 社債. It’s very flattering to be asked about it, but I’m very much all about River Cartwright at the moment.'

一方／合間 he and A-lister?Saoirse also 攻撃する，衝突する it off.?Their on-審査する romance lead to a 関係 off-camera, and the two quickly began dating.?

The couple now?live together in London, but 分裂（する） their time between Ireland, Scotland, the US, London and the さまざまな places across the world that their work takes them.

While the couple rarely make comment about their 関係 公然と, they are often snapped out and about together - and Jack occasionally 株 pictures of Saoirse on his Instagram page.

However in one interview earlier this year, he couldn't help but 噴出する over his partner, telling iNews: 'My first love is actors. And when you’re given a Ferrari like her, it’s all about how you make everything good for the Ferrari to show off.

Jack has won 賞賛する of his 役割 in Apple+ スパイ 演劇 Slow Horses, where he 星／主役にするs opposite Gary Oldman?

'Don’t make a Ferrari do what a Renault Clio does. It’s a dreadful analogy but they’re like gold dust, good actors.

'When there’s someone like that, you just have to 容易にする them and you will get gold. And my God, did we.'

However he hinted that he preferred to keep his 関係 as 私的な as possible, 追加するing: 'I’m not an idiot...We’re hugely appreciative of the level of scrutiny we have… We’re 扱う／治療するd 井戸／弁護士席 but we don’t 捜し出す it either.?

'People have got it far worse. It’s also 明白に of our own making. Whatever ? as long as we’ve got each other, we’re alright with any of that.'

一方／合間 he also 明らかにする／漏らすd he 'is not 競争の激しい' with his girlfriend, telling the Big 問題／発行する: 'I’d lose. There is just 無 競争, because there is no 競争.”?

一方／合間 he often waxes lyrical about his love of Scotland in interviews, and is 声の about his プロの／賛成の-independence 姿勢?

While he may be 私的な about his love life, when it comes to politics, the プロの／賛成の-independence? 星／主役にする is far from it.?

He?定期的に tweets his support for Scottish independence, 地位，任命するing in 2019: 'It’s time for a fresh start ― to choose a different and better path. As an 独立した・無所属 country, Scotland’s 未来 will be in Scotland’s 手渡すs.'

He also told The Two 発射 Podcast that he 'tried to hide 存在 English as much as he can'.

一方／合間 speaking to Hunger, he said he felt a 責任／義務 to use his 壇・綱領・公約, 説: 'I think it’s brilliant when actors use their fame. Why waste it? I know people get p***** off because they think we just p*** about on a 行う／開催する／段階 for a couple of hours a night so why should they care what we think about Brexit.

' But don’t put a microphone in their 直面する then.'??

With 批判的に acclaimed 業績／成果s in Slow Horses and The Gold, some are now tipping Jack to be the next James 社債?