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Will Sharpe

William Tomomori Fukuda Sharpe (born 1986) is an English actor and filmmaker. After writing for comedy shows and appearing in the medical drama Casualty (2009–2010), he made his feature directorial debut with Black Pond (2011), for which he received a BAFTA nomination. He created, wrote, directed, and starred in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Flowers (2016–2018) and starred in the BBC Two series Defending the Guilty (2018–2019). His appearance in Giri/Haji (2019) earned him a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. Sharpe went on to direct the film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain and the Sky Atlantic miniseries Landscapers (both 2021). He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his appearance in the second season of The White Lotus (2022).

Infobox

Born
William Tomomori Fukuda Sharpe (1986-09-22) 22 September 1986 (age 39)London, England
Education
Winchester College
Alma mater
University of Cambridge
Occupations
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Years active
2008–present
Spouse
Sophia Di Martino
Children
2

Tables

Key · Filmography
†
Denotes works that have not yet been released
· Filmography › Film
2009
Cockroach
Role(s)
Kiyoshi
Notes
Short; also director and writer
2011
Black Pond
Role(s)
Tim Tanaka
Notes
Also co-director and writer
2016
The Darkest Universe
Role(s)
Zac Pratt
Notes
Also director and writer
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Role(s)
—
Notes
Director and writer
2022
The House
Role(s)
Elias (voice)
Notes
Segment: "III"
2024
A Real Pain
Role(s)
James
Emmanuelle
Role(s)
Kei
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2009
Cockroach
Kiyoshi
Short; also director and writer
2011
Black Pond
Tim Tanaka
Also co-director and writer
2016
The Darkest Universe
Zac Pratt
Also director and writer
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
—
Director and writer
2022
The House
Elias (voice)
Segment: "III"
2024
A Real Pain
James
Emmanuelle
Kei
· Filmography › Television
2008
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Role(s)
—
Notes
Writer
The Wrong Door
Role(s)
Various
Notes
3 episodes
2009–2010
Role(s)
Casualty
Notes
Yuki Reid
2011
Sirens
Role(s)
Student
Notes
Episode: "I.C.E."
2012
Sherlock
Role(s)
Corporal Lyons
Notes
Episode: "The Hounds of Baskerville"
Dirk Gently
Role(s)
David Cho
Notes
Episode #1.2
2014
The Life of Rock with Brian Pern
Role(s)
Himself
Notes
Episode: "Jukebox Musical"
Babylon
Role(s)
Rick
Notes
Episode: "Hackney Wick"
2016–2018
Role(s)
Flowers
Notes
Shun
2017
W1A
Role(s)
Michael Chung
Notes
3 episodes
2018–2019
Role(s)
Defending the Guilty
Notes
Will Packham
2019
Giri/Haji
Role(s)
Rodney Yamaguchi
Notes
8 episodes
2021
Landscapers
Role(s)
—
Notes
Miniseries; also director and writer
2022
The White Lotus
Role(s)
Ethan Spiller
Notes
Main role (season 2)
2025
Too Much
Role(s)
Felix
Notes
Main role
TBA
Role(s)
† Amadeus
Notes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TBA
Role(s)
† Prodigies
Notes
Ren
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2008
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
—
Writer
The Wrong Door
Various
3 episodes
2009–2010
Casualty
Yuki Reid
51 episodes
2011
Sirens
Student
Episode: "I.C.E."
2012
Sherlock
Corporal Lyons
Episode: "The Hounds of Baskerville"
Dirk Gently
David Cho
Episode
2014
The Life of Rock with Brian Pern
Himself
Episode: "Jukebox Musical"
Babylon
Rick
Episode: "Hackney Wick"
2016–2018
Flowers
Shun
12 episodes; also director and writer
2017
W1A
Michael Chung
3 episodes
2018–2019
Defending the Guilty
Will Packham
7 episodes
2019
Giri/Haji
Rodney Yamaguchi
8 episodes
2021
Landscapers
—
Miniseries; also director and writer
2022
The White Lotus
Ethan Spiller
Main role (season 2)
2025
Too Much
Felix
Main role
TBA
† Amadeus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lead role
TBA
† Prodigies
Ren
Lead role; also creator, director, and writer
· Awards and nominations
2012
2012
Year
2012
Association
Evening Standard British Film Awards
Category
Most Promising Newcomer – shared with Tom Kingsley
Project
Black Pond
Result
Won
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Film Award
Year
BAFTA Film Award
Association
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Category
Black Pond
Project
Nominated
2017
2017
Year
2017
Association
BAFTA Television Award
Category
Best Scripted Comedy
Project
Flowers
Result
Nominated
2020
2020
Year
2020
Association
Best Supporting Actor
Category
Giri/Haji
Project
Won
2022
2022
Year
2022
Association
Best Director – Fiction
Category
Landscapers
Project
Nominated
Mini-Series
Mini-Series
Year
Mini-Series
Association
Nominated
Saraqusta Film Festival
Saraqusta Film Festival
Year
Saraqusta Film Festival
Association
Best Script
Category
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Project
Won
2023
2023
Year
2023
Association
BAFTA Television Award
Category
Best Supporting Actor
Project
The White Lotus
Result
Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
Year
Primetime Emmy Awards
Association
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Category
Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Association
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series
Category
Won
Year
Association
Category
Project
Result
2012
Evening Standard British Film Awards
Most Promising Newcomer – shared with Tom Kingsley
Black Pond
Won
BAFTA Film Award
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Black Pond
Nominated
2017
BAFTA Television Award
Best Scripted Comedy
Flowers
Nominated
2020
Best Supporting Actor
Giri/Haji
Won
2022
Best Director – Fiction
Landscapers
Nominated
Mini-Series
Nominated
Saraqusta Film Festival
Best Script
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Won
2023
BAFTA Television Award
Best Supporting Actor
The White Lotus
Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series
Won

References

  1. telegraph.co.uk
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/will-sharpe-interview-a-real-pain/
  2. Evening Standard
    https://www.standard.co.uk/esmagazine/will-sharpe-white-lotus-jennifer-coolidge-london-camden-acting-b1043769.html
  3. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/arts/television/will-sharpe-too-much.html
  4. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/apr/24/channel-4-comedy-flowers-olivia-colman-will-sharpe
  5. Flowers
    https://www.bustle.com/p/who-is-will-sharpe-flowers-returns-on-channel-4-dealing-with-mental-health-so-much-more-9354538
  6. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/arts/television/will-sharpe-too-much.html
  7. "Interview with Will Sharpe"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/girihaji/will
  8. Telly Binge
    https://web.archive.org/web/20210901200236/http://tellybinge.co.uk/interviews/arthur-sharpe-interview-flowers/
  9. Financial Times
    https://www.ft.com/content/f545ca12-6e2b-11e8-8863-a9bb262c5f53
  10. Channel 4
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180726214601/http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/interview-with-will-sharpe-flowers
  11. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/will-sharpe-flowers-one-green-bottle-japanese-comedy-translation-soho-theatre-a8318706.html
  12. i
    https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/will-sharpe-flowers/
  13. "BBC One Casualty – Yuki Reid character page – actor Will Sharpe"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/casualty/aps/yuki_reid.shtml
  14. Flowers
    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/undefined/s02
  15. 'Baftas reward diversity and longevity in a post-Covid era' The Guardian website, 31 July 2020, Retrieved 1 August 2020
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/31/baftas-reward-diversity-and-longevity-in-a-post-covid-era
  16. 'Why Giri/Haji is the most underrated television drama of 2019' Archived 16 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine The Indepen
    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/giri-haji-bbc-takehiro-hira-will-sharpe-kelly-macdonald-a9231366.html
  17. Deadline Hollywood
    https://deadline.com/2019/07/benedict-cumberbatch-claire-foy-to-star-in-movie-louis-wain-for-studiocanal-sunnymarch-shoebox-film4-amazon-1202651267/
  18. Digital Spy
    https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a34819199/benedict-cumberbatch-louis-wain-movie-claire-foy/
  19. Deadline
    https://deadline.com/2022/02/the-white-lotus-theo-james-meghann-fahy-will-sharpe-leo-woodall-sicily-second-installment-1234930889/
  20. Emmys
    https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2023/outstanding-supporting-actor-in-a-drama-series
  21. People Magazine
    https://people.com/movies/the-white-lotus-will-sharpe-to-direct-crying-in-h-mart-film-adaptation-exclusive/
  22. Vulture
    https://www.vulture.com/2025/02/white-lotus-will-sharpe-crying-in-h-mart-movie.html
  23. podcasts.apple.com
    https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/extrasensory/id1769027640
  24. Mind
    https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/your-stories/how-we-went-about-portraying-mental-health-in-flowers/
  25. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jun/08/flowers-mental-health-julian-barratt-channel-4
  26. Essential Journal
    https://essentialjournal.co.uk/in-bloom-with-sophia-di-martino
  27. AnOther
    https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/15192/the-white-lotus-star-will-sharpe-interview
  28. The Hollywood Reporter
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/loki-sophia-di-martino-disney-plus-costume-designer-breastfeeding-1234976855/
  29. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/27/will-sharpe-interview-landscapers-electrical-louis-wain-flowers-giri-haji
  30. Deadline
    https://deadline.com/2023/12/emmanuelle-erotic-movie-naomi-watts-will-sharpe-noemie-merlant-audrey-diwan-1235671469/
  31. Deadline
    https://deadline.com/2024/02/white-lotus-will-sharpe-sky-mozart-1235831501/
  32. apple.com
    https://www.apple.com/uk/tv-pr/news/2025/04/apple-tv-announces-new-romantic-comedy-prodigies-starring-will-sharpe-and-ayo-edebiri/
  33. Curtis Brown
    https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/news/will-sharpe-wins-evening-standard-award
  34. Mr. Wain
    https://saraqustafilmfestival.com/mr-wain-y-el-kaiser-de-la-atlantida-mejor-largometraje-y-mejor-documental-de-ii-saraqusta-film-festival//
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