Oliver Savell
Oliver Savell | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actor |
| Television | Changing Ends |
Oliver Savell (born 2009) is a child actor. He has been nominated for a BAFTA and won Best Male Comedy Performance at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards for his performance in the ITVX sitcom Changing Ends (2023–).
Career
[edit]He made his professional stage debut in Appropriate in 2019, and later played Harry in Force Majeure at the Donmar Warehouse.[1] He appeared as Ronnie Boyd in Kenneth Branagh film Belfast in 2021.[2] He appeared in the 2023 horror film The Piper alongside Julian Sands.[3]
He was cast the lead role of a young Alan Carr in Carr's Northamptonshire-set biographical comedy series Changing Ends in 2022.[4] Carr discussed looking at 450 audition tapes for the role but described Savell’s audition saying that he "was spot on with the intelligence, the timing and everything. We closed the door, jumped for joy, and we said, 'We got him'."[5] The first series was broadcast in 2023.[6] He reprised the role for a second series in 2024.[7] For his "star-making performance" he was described as a "remarkable talent" by The Daily Telegraph,[8] and having a "preternatural gift for performance" by The Independent,[9] with The Guardian calling his performance "fantastic" and that he "manages to embody the real Carr without it seeming like an impersonation".[10] ITV reported that the first two series had been streamed thirteen million times from ITVX and was renewed for third and fourth series in November 2024.[11] He won for Best Comedy Performance at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards in March 2025.[12][13] In March 2025, he was also nominated at the 2025 British Academy Television Awards.[14]
Personal life
[edit]Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Belfast | Ronnie Boyd | Feature film |
| 2023 | The Piper | Colin | Film |
| 2023-present | Changing Ends | Young Alan Carr | Lead role |
References
[edit]- ^ "Oliver Savell". Tresamagazine. June 30, 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Cormack, Morgan; Moss, Molly (12 July 2024). "Changing Ends cast: Meet the stars of Alan Carr's ITV comedy". Rsdio Times. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE CLIP: TERROR ON THE BUS IN "THE PIPER"". Rue-Morgue. March 5, 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Whitlock, Jesse (11 November 2022). "ITV Lines Up Autobiographical Alan Carr Comedy 'Changing Ends' With 'Belfast's Oliver Savile Playing Comedian's Younger Self". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Holland, Kris (23 May 2023). "Changing Ends: Alan Carr 'jumped for joy' after casting younger self". BBC News. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Cormack, Morgan (30 May 2023). "Alan Carr and Oliver Savell star in first trailer for Changing Ends". Radio Times. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Dessau, Bruce (13 July 2024). "Interview: Oliver Savell Who Plays Young Alan In Changing Ends". Beyond the Joke. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Watson, Keith (13 July 2024). "Changing Ends, series 2, review: wonderkid Savell makes Alan Carr's second season a winner". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ O'Grady, Sean (2 June 2023). "Changing Ends review: Alan Carr's ITV sitcom is the making of a national treasure". The Independent. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Nicholson, Rebecca (1 June 2023). "Changing Ends review – Alan Carr's childhood makes for relentlessly funny TV". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "Alan Carr sitcom Changing Ends returning for two more series". Comedy.co.uk. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "Nominations for the RTS Programme Awards 2025 announced". 11 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "James Corden & Ruth Jones win RTS Judges' Award". Comedy.co.uk. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ "Bafta TV awards 2025 nominations: full list". The Guardian. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Cook, Sam (2 June 2023). "ITV Changing Ends: Plot, cast, how to watch and what young Alan actor had to say about starring". Walesonline. Retrieved 17 March 2025.