Anson Boon

2000-02-15 · Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Anson Boon (born 15 February 2000) is an English actor. Boon was born in Peterborough. His father is an amateur DJ, originally from a farming family, and his mother is from a working-class London family. He has a younger brother. He dropped out of college to pursue acting professionally, choosing not to attend drama school. Boon made his professional acting debut in the children's sitcom All at Sea in 2014. In 2019, he had roles in the films Blackbird and 1917, and was named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow. The following year, he starred in his first lead role in the mystery drama film The Winter Lake alongside Emma Mackey In 2022, he played Johnny Rotten in the biographical miniseries Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.