Adam Hugill

Adam Hugill is an awardwinning actor from Yorkshire who starred in the BAFTAwinning 2022 BBC drama series Sherwood opposite David Morrissey and Adeel Akhtar He played Scott Rowley a serial killer who terrorised a Nottinghamshire village with a crossbow He reprised the role in the acclaimed second series in 2024 He gained industry recognition when winning Best Actor in a Musical at The Stage Debut Awards for Standing at the Skys Edge when it premiered at the Sheffield Crucible in 2019 More recently on stage he played Harry Maguire in the National Theatres 2024 production of Olivier Awardwinning play Dear England by James Graham as well as major roles in awardwinning historical play 1536 at The Almeida in 2025 and in Reykjavik at the Hampstead Theatre in late 2024 His breakthrough role was in 2019 when he landed the role of Private Atkins in Sam Mendes epic war film 1917 which went on to win 3 Academy Awards 2 Golden Globes and 7 BAFTAs The British film also starred Colin Firth George Mackay and Andrew Scott 2025 saw him in a major role in the BBC One adaptation of Agatha Christies Towards Zero which also starred Anjelica Houston Oliver JacksonCohen and Matthew Rhys He played Mac the mysterious gentlemans valet to Oliver JacksonCohens character Other film credits include How to Stop a Recurring Dream which won a number of awards on the independent film circuit and the gothic horror film The Banishing In 2022 he was the voice of Rintrah a minotaurlike being in Marvel Studios superhero film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness which starred Benedict Cumberbatch In 2021 he starred as leading character Constable Carrot Ironfoundersson in BBC Americas actionfantasy series The Watch based on the book by Terry Pratchett Additional TV credits include BBC drama series World on Fire and DC Comics crime action series Pennyworth Adam hails from Doncaster and speaks with a light South Yorkshire accent which he can strengthen or lose as required He is comfortable with most Northern accents in particular East Yorkshire Manchester and other accents in his repertoire include Scottish General American London and West Country He uses a neutral or RP accent in much of his acting and has an excellent Nottingham accent which he learned for his role in Sherwood