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Swindells in 2019
Born	Connor Ryan Swindells (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 (age 27) Lewes, East Sussex, England
Occupation	Actor, model
Years active	2015–present

Connor Ryan Swindells (born 19 September 1996) is an English actor and model. He gained prominence through his role as Adam Groff in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education (2019–2023). He has since starred in the BBC One historical drama SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022–present).

Early life

Swindells was born in Lewes, East Sussex. His mother died from bowel cancer when he was seven years old. After her death, he and his father went to live with Connor's paternal grandparents in West Chiltington until moving out to Billingshurst, both in the Horsham District of West Sussex. Swindells attended Rydon Community College and Steyning Grammar School.

Career

Swindells began acting when he saw an audition poster for a local play and his friend dared him to audition; he got the lead role. He then acted in two more local plays and signed with an agent at the end of the third play.

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In March 2017, Swindells was cast to replace Joe Alwyn as Donald in The Vanishing, a Scottish psychological thriller film directed by Kristoffer Nyholm, starring Gerard Butler and Peter Mullan. The film screened at the 2018 Sitges Film Festival before having a theatrical release on 4 January 2019. Swindells also starred as Adam in the 2018 drama film VS.

In 2019, Swindells began starring alongside Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Asa Butterfield, and Gillian Anderson in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education as Adam Groff, the headmaster's son, initially a bully who has a tense relationship with his father.

Swindells appeared in the films Emma (2020) and Barbarians (2021), and played Simon Hadlow in the 2021 BBC One crime drama Vigil led by Suranne Jones. The following year, he began starring in the lead role of David Stirling in the World War II series SAS: Rogue Heroes, also on BBC One.

Swindells appeared in Greta Gerwig's Barbie, reuniting with his Sex Education co-stars Ncuti Gatwa and Emma Mackey. He also has an upcoming role in the Netflix film Scoop.

Personal life

Swindells is in a relationship with actress Amber Anderson, who also appeared in the film Emma.

Filmography

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	VS.	Adam
2019	The Vanishing	Donald McArthur
2020	Emma	Robert Martin
2021	Barbarians	Dan
2023	Barbie	Aaron Dinkins
TBA	Scoop	Jae Donnelly	Post-production
	William Tell		Filming

Television

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Connor Swindells para niños