Archie James Beale, known professionally as Archie Renaux, is an English actor. On television, he is known for his roles in the BBC One miniseries Gold Digger (2019), the Netflix series Shadow and Bone (2021–2023) and the Sky Atlantic series War (2026). His films include Upgraded and Alien: Romulus (both 2024).
Early life and education Archie James Beale, known professionally as Archie Renaux, is from Tolworth in Kingston upon Thames. His mother's side of the family is Anglo-Indian. He has two sisters and a brother. Renaux attended Richard Challoner School before going on to train at the Unseen, a drama school in London.
Career Renaux quit his 9–5 apprenticeship as an air conditioning engineer to become an actor.
He began his career in modelling, working for Topman, Nasir Mazhar, Moss Bros, and Men's Fashion Week.
In 2017, Renaux was cast in the dystopian film Zero. In 2019, he made his television debut with a guest role in the Amazon Prime series Hanna and, as announced in 2018, with a main role as Leo Day in the 2019 BBC One miniseries Gold Digger. Error in source: he turned 21, not 25. Renaux had small roles as Alex in the film Voyagers and Bobby in Marvel's Morbius.
In October 2019, it was announced Renaux would star as Malyen "Mal" Oretsev in the 2021 Netflix series Shadow and Bone, an adaptation of the overlapping fantasy book series Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. In 2022, Renaux appeared in the Amazon Prime medieval comedy film Catherine Called Birdy and the Apple TV+ biographical film The Greatest Beer Run Ever. In 2023 and 2024, he appeared in the films The Other Zoey, Upgraded, and Alien: Romulus.
Personal life Renaux announced through a post on Instagram in June 2020 that he and his girlfriend Annie O'Hara were expecting a child. Their daughter was born in October 2020. In August 2024, Renaux revealed he and O'Hara were engaged.
He is a Chelsea F.C. fan.
Filmography Film +Key Denotes works that have not yet been released Year Title Role Notes 2018 Feline David 2020 Body of Water Jamie 2021 Voyagers Alex 2022 Morbius Bobby Catherine Called Birdy Edward the Monk The Greatest Beer Run Ever Tommy Collins 2023 The Other Zoey Miles Maclaren 2024 UpgradedWilliam Alien: RomulusTyler
Television Year Title Role Notes2019 Hanna Feliciano 1 episode Gold Digger Leo Day Miniseries, 6 episodes 2021–2023 Shadow and Bone Malyen "Mal" Oretsev Main role 2024 The Jetty Simon "Hitch" Hitchson Main role 2026 War Jonathan "Johnny" Warre Main role
Music videos Song Year Artist Notes "Mayflies" 2016 Benjamin Francis Leftwich "Searching" 2017 Liv Dawson
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