Edward Rowe (actor)

Edward Rowe is a Cornish actor, known for the lead role as a struggling fisherman in the BAFTA-winning film Bait and for the Kernow King character.

Early life

Rowe is from Roche in Cornwall[1] where he started his standup routine and YouTube video series.[2] He attended Poltair School from the age of 11 to 16.

Career

His Kernow King character features a strong Cornish identity and speaks in a strong Cornish accent. In mid 2010 he produced a series of short comedy videos on Cornish themes, often in the spoof documentary format. Examples include the Camborne Maid's song remake of musician Billy Joel’s "Uptown Girl".[3] This led to 2014 a standup tour, Splann!.[4]

In 2015, he starred in Kernow King's sex tape, an educational film produced by Cornwall Council's Health Promotion Service. This was nominated for the UK Sexual Health Awards.[5] Rowe was made a bard of Gorsedh Kernow in 2015 "for his work as an ambassador for the Cornish identity".[6]

In 2017, he starred in the Hall for Cornwall's Christmas show, Sleeping Beauty.[7]

In 2018, he wrote and starred in the play Hireth about a Cornish miner[8] and starred in "Trevithick!" a biographical comedy about Richard Trevithick directed by Kneehigh Theatre's Simon Harvey.

He voiced the character Godfrey/Hoarah Loux in the 2022 video game Elden Ring.

References
  1. "Edward Rowe". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. Trewhela, Lee (4 August 2019). "A Cornish film could turn Kernow King into an international star". cornwalllive. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  3. Iivonen-Gray, Katri (8 July 2013). "'Camborne Maids' is Kernow King's latest internet hit with 40k views". cornwalllive. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. "Kernow King - Lane Theatre". Newquay. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  5. Wallis, Andrew (23 February 2015). "Kernow King's Sex Tape a finalist in the UK Sexual Health Awards". Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  6. "Press Release – Gorsedh Kernow names 20 new Bards". Gorsedh Kernow. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  7. Trewhela, Lee (6 December 2017). "Kernow King triumphs in filthy yet family-friendly Hall For Cornwall panto". cornwalllive. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  8. Trewhela, Lee (1 October 2018). "This is why comedian Kernow King is getting serious". cornwalllive. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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