The Fifth Step

Jack Lowden is an acclaimed Scottish actor who trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He first worked with National Theatre of Scotland early in his career, when he took on the lead role of Cammy in the 2010-11 revival tour of the Olivier-award winning play Black Watch.

He has won numerous awards including BAFTA Scotland awards for Best Actor in British film Calibre and for his role as Siegfried Sassoon in Benediction, and an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor in Ghosts at The Almeida. He has appeared in many films including Fighting With My Family, Mary Queen of Scots and Dunkirk. 

TV shows include his breakout role in BBC’s War and Peace, and most recently BBC’s The Gold and Apple TV’s Slow Horses.

He previously worked with National Theatre of Scotland in 2020, in Janey Godley’s short film Alone II, part of the Scenes for Survival series created in lockdown. His other stage work includes Chariots of Fire (Hampstead and Gielgud Theatres), Electra (Old Vic) and most recently Measure for Measure at the Donmar Warehouse.

Martin Freeman is an Emmy and BAFTA award-winning actor with an illustrious career spanning film, television and stage. His versatility and ability to excel in his craft, regardless of the genre, have led him to be considered as one of the industry’s most revered talents.

Martin recently reprised his BAFTA TV ‘Leading Actor’ nominated role as police officer Chris in the critically acclaimed BBC drama The Responder for BBC, for which he won an International Emmy for Best Actor in 2024.

Other television credits include upcoming The Seven Dials Mystery for Netflix, four seasons of Breeders for FX/Sky, ITV 6 part drama A Confession, Start Up for Crackle and most notably BBC’s Sherlock, for which Martin won Best Supporting Actor at both BAFTA TV and Emmy awards; the award-winning Coen brothers’ television adaptation of Fargo, garnering nominations for Best Actor at the Golden Globe, Emmy and Critics Choice Awards for his role as ‘Lester Nygaard’; and British cult hit show The Office, for which he was BAFTA nominated for Best Comedy Performance. 

Martin’s film credits are extensive and he has appeared in many blockbuster hits such as Marvel’s Black Panther, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Captain America: Civil War as agent ‘Everett Ross’; Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy playing ‘Bilbo Baggins’ and and as lead ‘Arthur Dent’ in The Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy. Recent film projects include director Jamie Adams’ independent film Let’s Love, fantasy novel adaptation Momo from RatPack/Constantin Film and family film Flavia for Sky.

Martin’s stage credits include: Dumb Waiter as part of the ‘Pinter at the Pinter’ season, presented by The Jamie Lloyd Company, James Graham’s comedy Labour of Love at the Noel Coward Theatre, Jamie Lloyd’s Richard III at Trafalgar Studios, Clybourne Park and Kosher Harry at the Royal Court Theatre and Blue Eyes & Heels at the Soho Theatre.