Billy Howle

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Summary

Billy Howle is an English actor known for Glue, On Chesil Beach, The Serpent, and Under the Banner of Heaven. His work often explores troubled relationships, moral conflict, and darker aspects of human behavior. He has described his upbringing as atheistic and progressive. In 2025, he signed an open letter criticizing the film industry’s response to Gaza and a Film Workers for Palestine pledge to avoid working with Israeli film institutions the pledge describes as implicated in genocide and apartheid.