Angus William Jake Imrie (born 2 August 1994) is a British actor. He is known for playing the character Josh Archer in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama serial The Archers. In 2014, he won the casting agency Spotlight's Most Promising Actor Award at The Sunday Timess National Student Drama Festival. The son of the actors Celia Imrie and Benjamin Whitrow, he made his screen debut in the BBC film drama Station Jim, at the age of five.

Early life and education Imrie was born on 2 August 1994 on the Isle of Wight, the son of actors Celia Imrie and Benjamin Whitrow.

From 2001 to 2012, Imrie was educated at Dulwich College, a boarding and day independent school for boys in the south London suburb of Dulwich, followed by the University of Warwick, where he studied English Literature and Theatre Studies. From 2015 to 2017, he studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London.

Career Imrie has appeared in a range of stage, television and radio productions since he was a child. After his screen debut in the BBC One film drama Station Jim at the age of five, he appeared in the ITV drama series Kingdom in 2007, and the BBC One mini-series Restless in 2012. In the same year, he appeared in the BBC Two drama series The Hollow Crown, whilst in the following year, he appeared in the BBC One series Father Brown. Prior to attending LAMDA (2015–2017), he appeared at Shakespeare's Globe in London, playing Bagot in William Shakespeare's play Richard II (1595) and Ned Spiggett in Jessica Swale's play Nell Gwynn (2015). He has also appeared in a range of radio productions, including The Treasure Seekers, Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and John Mortimer's A Voyage Round My Father.

In 2014, Imrie joined the cast of the long-running BBC Radio 4 series The Archers, based on a rural farming community in the fictional village of Ambridge, to take the role of Josh Archer previously played by child actor Cian Cheesbrough, the teenage son of David and Ruth and one of the main members of the Archer family. In the same year, he played the part of cabin boy Pip in The White Whale at Leeds Dock.

In 2019, Imrie co-starred in the Joe Cornish–directed The Kid Who Would Be King as the young Merlin, with Patrick Stewart portraying Merlin's older self. He also starred in the independent feature Pond Life alongside Esmé Creed-Miles; the film was produced by Dominic Dromgoole, who is the former artistic director of the Globe. Between 2021 and 2024, Imrie voiced Zero, a main character on the Paramount+/Nickelodeon animated series Star Trek: Prodigy.

Personal life Imrie resides in Oxford. His first child was born in 2018.

Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 Kingdom Scott Millington Episode 3 2012 Restless Student Miniseries 2012 The Hollow Crown Edmund Plantagenet Episode: "The Wars of the Roses – Henry VI Part II" 2013 Father Brown Jago Pryde Episode: "Pride of the Prydes" 2015 Station Jim Schoolboy 2019 The Spanish Princess Arthur Tudor, Prince of WalesMiniseries 2019 Fleabag Jake 2 episodes 2020 The Crown Prince EdwardSeason 4 2020 Industry Digdog 1 episode 2021 War of the WorldsDylanSeason 2, episode 62021–2024Star Trek: ProdigyZero (voice)Main role2022We Hunt TogetherHenrySeason 2, 6 episodes2022Doc MartinMax ForemanSeries 10; Episode 22024 The Serpent QueenHenry IVSeason 22024 The Road Trip Rodney Main role 2025 Man vs BabySoren2 episodes

Film

Year Title Role Notes 2018 Pond Life Malcolm 2019 The Kid Who Would Be King Young Merlin 2020 Emma Bartholomew 2021 Back to the Outback Nigel (voice) 2025 Mickey 17 Shrimp Eyes 2026 InkBeverley Goodway 2026 Post-productionMartin HargroveFilming

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2022 Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova Zero (voice)

Web series Year Title Role Notes 2023 Star Trek: Very Short Treks Zero (voice) Episode: "Holograms All the Way Down"

Theatre Title Role Theatre Notes The White Whale Pip Leeds Dock Open-air staging of an adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, written by the award-winning playwright James Phillips Road Brink/Skin-Lad, Blowpipe, Soldier, Father's voice, and Barry Warwick Arts Centre at the University of Warwick A Warwick University Drama Society production, staged in 2014, of Jim Cartwright's multiple award-winning play, first staged in 1986 at the Royal Court Theatre in London. It is set in an anonymous road in a deprived, working class area of Lancashire during the Thatcher era, at a time of high unemployment in Northern England. Imrie won the casting agency Spotlight's Most Promising Actor Award for his roles in the play at The Sunday Times' National Student Drama Festival in 2014. Richard II Bagot Shakespeare's Globe Part of the Globe's "Justice and Mercy" season (2015) Nell Gwynn Ned Spigett Shakespeare's Globe Part of the Globe's "Justice and Mercy" season (2015) As You Like It Jaques POSK Theatre The Cherry Orchard Trofimov LAMDA Linbury Studio Uncle Vanya Vanya LAMDA Pogo (A Punk's Progress) Various The Rivals Jack Absolute 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Giovanni Motortown Lee

Rehearsed readings Title Role Theatre Director Nell Waiter Red Handed Theatre Company, London Jessica Swale The Piper Zum Finborough Theatre, London Fidelis Morgan

Radio TitleNotes Role The Archers Recurring Josh Archer Buddenbrooks Single drama Tom Buddenbrook People in Cars Single drama Ben A Voyage Round My Father Single drama Young son Great Expectations Main role Pip Whoosh!! Single drama Angus The Treasure Seekers Main role Oswald

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