EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed in-demand English actor Harry Melling for representation.
Soon, Melling will be seen starring opposite Alexander Skarsgård in the drama Pillion, marking Harry Lighton’s feature directorial debut, which premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released in the U.S. by A24. Most recently, he completed production on Kantemir Balagov’s film Butterfly Jam, opposite Barry Keoghan and Riley Keough.
Starring opposite Christian Bale in Scott Cooper’s Netflix pic The Pale Blue Eye, in the role of Edgar Allan Poe, Melling’s other recent credits include Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand; Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit with Anya Taylor-Joy; Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs with Liam Neeson; the Venice premiere Harvest; Michael Winterbottom’s Shoshana; The Devil All the Time with Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson; Please Baby Please with Andrea Riseborough; and The Old Guard with Charlize Theron and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
In television, Melling has been seen in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, the series from BBC and PBS Masterpiece. On stage, his credits include King Lear opposite Glenda Jackson at the Old Vic; Mother Courage and Her Children at the National Theatre; Harold Pinter’s The Hothouse; and the Olivier-nominated comedy Hand to God.
Melling continues to be represented by Sophie Holden at Curtis Brown Group, Lucy Popkin at Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, and ID.
