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==Career==
[[File:Alfred Enoch 1.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Enoch at the 2011 [[London Film and Comic Con]]]]
In 2001, Enoch made his acting debut as [[Dean Thomas (Harry Potter)|Dean Thomas]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''. At first, Enoch was reluctant to audition, as he was unable to think of very many black Harry Potter characters. He did, however, and he played the character throughout the entire franchise.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mistlin |first=Sasha |date=2021-09-21 |title=From Hogwarts to inter-galactic space: how Alfred Enoch’s career rocketed |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/sep/21/hogwarts-space-alfred-enoch-harry-potter-foundation-isaac-asimov-how-to-get-away-with-murder |access-date=2024-06-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He also voiced the character in several of the Harry Potter video games.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-27 |title=Alfred Enoch Has Landed His First Rom-Com Role & We’re Here For It |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/what-is-alfred-enochs-net-worth |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Bustle |language=en}}</ref>
In 2001, he was cast as Dean Thomas in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''. He appeared in seven of the eight ''Harry Potter'' films. He also voiced the character in video games.
 
After the ''Harry Potter'' films, Enoch appeared in a number of plays throughout London including ''[[Coriolanus (2013 play)|Coriolanus]]'', ''[[Timon of Athens]]'', ''[[Antigone (Sophocles play)|Antigone]]'', and ''[[Happy New Year (musical)|Happy New]].''<ref name="Donmare1">{{cite web |title=''Coriolanus'' |url=http://www.donmarwarehouse.com/whats-on/donmar-warehouse/2013/coriolanus|publisher=[[Donmar Warehouse]]|title=''Coriolanus''|accessurl-datestatus=13dead November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112204547/http://www.donmarwarehouse.com/whats-on/donmar-warehouse/2013/coriolanus |archive-date=12 November 2014 |urlaccess-statusdate=dead}}</ref>13 ''November 2014 |publisher=[[TimonDonmar of AthensWarehouse]]'',}}</ref><ref name= "London Play">{{cite news |last=Mason |first=Paul |date=20 July 2012 |title=Timon of Athens: The Power of Money |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/jul/20/timon-of-athens-paul-mason|title=Timon of Athens: The Power of Money|work=The Guardian|last=Mason|first=Paul|date=20 July 2012|accessurl-datestatus=13live November 2014|archive-date=2 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802171041/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/jul/20/timon-of-athens-paul-mason |urlarchive-statusdate=live2 August 2017 |access-date=13 November 2014 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite ''[[Antigoneweb (Sophocles|title=Introducing&#8230; Alfred Enoch play)|Antigone]]'',url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/introducing-alfred-enoch-148242/ ''[[Happy|access-date=2024-06-21 New|website=Official YearLondon Theatre (musical)|Happylanguage=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite New]]web |title=Alfred Enoch {{!}} Shakespeare&#039;s Globe |url=https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/bio/alfred-enoch/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Shakespeare''s Globe |language=en-GB}}</ref> He playedmade a guest appearance as Stephen Bainbridge, the Bloody Guardsman, in the ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' episode, "[[The Sign of Three]]".<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2781042/characters/nm0257917 |title="Sherlock" The Sign of Three (TV Episode 2014) - IMDb |access-date=2024-06-21 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> In 2014, Enoch began starring as [[Wes Gibbins]] in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] legal thriller series ''[[How to Get Away with Murder]]'', produced by [[Shonda Rhimes]].<ref name="Murder">{{cite web|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/05/abc-picks-up-shonda-rhimes-how-to-get-away-with-murder-anthony-anderson-american-crime/|title=ABC New Series Pickups: 'Selfie', 'Forever', Galavant', 'Whispers', 'How To Get Away With Murder', 'American Crime', 'Black-ish', Jeff Lowell Comedy|publisher=Deadline.com|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=8 May 2014|access-date=12 May 2014|archive-date=13 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713050410/http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/abc-picks-up-shonda-rhimes-how-to-get-away-with-murder-anthony-anderson-american-crime/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Murder1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/q-and-a/a31716/how-to-get-away-with-murder-alfred-enoch-interview/|title="How to Get Away With Murder" Star Alfred Enoch on Abandoning His British Accent, Emma Watson, and "Legally Blonde" "That should have been my research."|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]|work=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]|last=Greco|first=Patty|date=2 October 2014|access-date=13 November 2014|archive-date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119105655/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/q-and-a/a31716/how-to-get-away-with-murder-alfred-enoch-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In 2014, Enoch began starring as [[Wes Gibbins]] in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] legal thriller series ''[[How to Get Away with Murder]]'', produced by [[Shonda Rhimes]].<ref name="Murder">{{cite web|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/05/abc-picks-up-shonda-rhimes-how-to-get-away-with-murder-anthony-anderson-american-crime/|title=ABC New Series Pickups: 'Selfie', 'Forever', Galavant', 'Whispers', 'How To Get Away With Murder', 'American Crime', 'Black-ish', Jeff Lowell Comedy|publisher=Deadline.com|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=8 May 2014|access-date=12 May 2014|archive-date=13 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713050410/http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/abc-picks-up-shonda-rhimes-how-to-get-away-with-murder-anthony-anderson-american-crime/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Murder1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/q-and-a/a31716/how-to-get-away-with-murder-alfred-enoch-interview/|title="How to Get Away With Murder" Star Alfred Enoch on Abandoning His British Accent, Emma Watson, and "Legally Blonde" "That should have been my research."|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]|work=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]|last=Greco|first=Patty|date=2 October 2014|access-date=13 November 2014|archive-date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119105655/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/q-and-a/a31716/how-to-get-away-with-murder-alfred-enoch-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
[[File:Alfred Enoch 2014 NAACP Image Awards (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Enoch at the [[46th NAACP Image Awards]] in 2015]]
In 2016, Enoch played Edgar/Poor Tom in the well-received [[Talawa Theatre Company]] and [[Manchester Royal Exchange]] co-production of ''[[King Lear]]'', for which he garnered much praise for his characterisation and the physicality he brought to the roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.talawa.com/articles/king-lear-reviewed/|title=''King Lear'' Reviewed|work=talawa.com|access-date=9 May 2016|archive-date=25 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425071452/http://www.talawa.com/articles/king-lear-reviewed/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/don-warringtons-king-lear-is-a-heartbreaking-tour-de-force/|title=Don Warrington's ''King Lear'' is a heartbreaking tour de force|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731123853/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/don-warringtons-king-lear-is-a-heartbreaking-tour-de-force/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/king-lear-review-at-the-royal-exchange-theatre-manchester/|title=''King Lear'' review at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester|work=thestage.co.uk|access-date=9 May 2016|archive-date=19 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419104108/https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/king-lear-review-at-the-royal-exchange-theatre-manchester/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/king-lear-royal-exchange-12733|title=Theatre review: ''King Lear'' at Royal Exchange Theatre|work=britishtheatreguide.info|date=April 2016 |access-date=9 May 2016|archive-date=1 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201152524/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/king-lear-royal-exchange-12733|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Enoch returned to the [[West End theatre|West End]] in the 2018 revival of ''[[Red (play)|Red]]'' at [[Wyndham's Theatre]], starring alongside [[Alfred Molina]].<ref>{{cite web|title=''Red'' review – Alfred Molina's portrait is as layered as a Rothko canvas|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/may/15/red-review-rothko-wyndhams-london-michael-grandage-alfred-molina|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Michael Billington|date=15 May 2018|author-link=Michael Billington (critic)|access-date=6 June 2018|archive-date=6 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606004812/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/may/15/red-review-rothko-wyndhams-london-michael-grandage-alfred-molina|url-status=live}}</ref> AndThat alsosame in 2018year, he played [[Aeneas]], in the [[BBC One|BBC ONE]] & [[Netflix|Netflix TV]] miniseries ''[[Troy: Fall of a City]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One - Troy: Fall of a City - Aeneas |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/Z40t0S1xC8f7jMHFvNNx7d/aeneas |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> The following year, Enoch took the leading role 'Jamie McCain' in BBC drama [[Trust Me (British TV series)|''Trust Me'', series 2]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-15 |title=Exclusive: Trust Me's Alfred Enoch talks taking over from Jodie Whittaker |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a27149184/exclusive-trust-me-alfred-enoch-pressure-taking-over-jodie-whittaker/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 
In 2020, Enoch returned for two episodes of ''How to Get Away with Murder''{{'}}s [[How to Get Away with Murder (season 6)|sixth season]] but in the separate role of the adult version of Christopher Castillo, Wes' son.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tsintziras |first=Aya |last2=Lealos |first2=Shawn S. |date=2023-01-17 |title=How To Get Away With Murder: Why Alfred Enoch’s Wes Was Killed In Season 3 |url=https://screenrant.com/htgawm-why-alfred-enoch-wes-season-3-killed/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref> That same year, he played Antônio in [[Executive Order (film)|Executive Order]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Cath |date=2022-07-11 |title=Executive Order review – hostile environment hits Brazil in chillingly believable dystopia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/11/executive-order-review-hostile-environment-hits-brazil-in-chillingly-believable-dystopia |access-date=2024-06-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and Ryan in [[Tigers (2020 film)|Tigers]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ide |first=Wendy |date=2022-07-03 |title=Tigers review – gripping true-life tale of a troubled Swedish football prodigy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/03/tigers-review-martin-bengtsson-ronnie-sandahl-gripping-true-life-tale-of-a-troubled-swedish-football-prodigy |access-date=2024-06-21 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
The following year, Enoch took the leading role 'Jamie McCain' in BBC drama [[Trust Me (British TV series)|''Trust Me'', series 2]].
 
In 2021, he played [[Romeo]] in a production of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' at [[Shakespeare's Globe|the Globe Theatre]] in London,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Romeo & Juliet {{!}} Summer 2021|url=https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/romeo-and-juliet-2021/|access-date=2021-10-01|website=Shakespeare's Globe|language=en-GB|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001103329/https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/romeo-and-juliet-2021/|url-status=live}}</ref> Raych Seldon in [[Apple TV+]] science fiction series ''[[Foundation (TV series)|Foundation]],''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Foundation's Alfred Enoch on His Character's Role in the Sci-Fi Saga|url=https://gizmodo.com/foundations-alfred-enoch-on-his-characters-complicated-1847684520|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Gizmodo|date=27 September 2021 |language=en-us|archive-date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116134011/https://gizmodo.com/foundations-alfred-enoch-on-his-characters-complicated-1847684520|url-status=live}}</ref> and Harry Wotton in a 2021 adaption of ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]''.<ref>{{Citation |last=Harvey |first=Tamara |title=The Picture of Dorian Gray |date=2021-03-16 |type=Drama, Thriller |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14157114/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |others=Fionn Whitehead, Alfred Enoch, Joanna Lumley |publisher=Lawrence Batley Theatre, New Wolsey Theatre, Oxford Playhouse}}</ref>
In 2020, Enoch returned for two episodes of ''How to Get Away with Murder''{{'}}s [[How to Get Away with Murder (season 6)|sixth season]] but in the separate role of the adult version of Christopher Castillo, Wes' son.
 
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In 2023, Enoch returnedplayed toPete in the specialTV featuringseries ''[[HarryThe PotterCouple 20thNext Anniversary: Return to HogwartsDoor]]'' in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=RadulovicGoldbart |first=PetranaMax |date=20212023-1203-2029 |title=HarryStarz Potter& castChannel members4 reuniteGreenlight inPsychological theThriller first‘The trailerCouple forNext theDoor’ With Eleanor Tomlinson & 20thSam anniversaryHeughan special|url=https://www.polygondeadline.com/228464942023/harry03/starz-potterchannel-20th4-anniversarygreenlight-trailerpsychological-hbothriller-maxthe-couple-next-door-with-eleanor-tomlinson-sam-heughan-1235312364/ |access-date=20222024-0106-0121 |website=PolygonDeadline |language=en-US}}</ref> and Tom in [[The Critic (2023 film)|archive-date''The Critic'']].<ref>{{Cite news |last=1Lee January|first=Benjamin 2022|archivedate=2023-09-12 |title=The Critic review – a devious Ian McKellen anchors uneven thriller |url=https://webwww.archivetheguardian.orgcom/webfilm/202201011728592023/https:sep/11/www.polygon.com/22846494/harrythe-pottercritic-20threview-anniversaryian-trailermckellen |access-hbodate=2024-max06-21 |urlwork=The Guardian |language=en-statusGB |issn=live0261-3077}}</ref> He willplayed also be embarkingGabe on a new career exploration as the DramaturgBBC for ''Shadesaudio ofdrama Blue'' at [[Sadler'sPeople WellsWho Theatre|Sadler'sKnew WellsMe]]'' inthat Maysame 2022year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SHADESBBC Sounds - People Who Knew Me - OFAvailable BLUEEpisodes |url=https://www.matsenaproductionsbbc.comco.uk/shadesofbluesounds/brand/p0fds1bs |access-date=20222024-0306-0921 |website=Matsena Productions |language=en |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://webwww.archivebbc.org/web/20220309145815/https://wwwco.matsenaproductions.com/shadesofblueuk |urllanguage=en-status=live GB}}</ref>
 
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