Lucien Laviscount

Laviscount was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and raised in the nearby village of Read, Ribble Valley in Lancashire. His father, Eugene Laviscount, is a former body builder of Antiguan heritage, and his mother, Sonia Laviscount, is of English descent.^[2] He has an older brother, Louis, and a younger brother, Jules.^[3] He attended Ribblesdale High School in Clitheroe, where he was awarded 10 GCSEs.^[4] From a young age, Laviscount took an interest in performance and trained at Carol Godby’s Theatre Workshop in Bury,^[5] a drama school that has produced several British television actors.

At the age of ten, Laviscount appeared in an advertising campaign for Marks & Spencer.^[6] He went on to secure guest roles in television programmes such as Clocking Off and Johnny and the Bomb before becoming a series regular in the BBC One drama Grange Hill.^[7] Laviscount was later cast as Ben Richardson a religious swimmer, in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. He later appeared as Jonah Kirby, a school pupil, in the TV show Waterloo Road.^[8][9]

In 2012, Laviscount signed with SK Records and released his debut single, Dance With You, featuring American rapper MANN.^[10]. Two years later, he was announced as the lead in Supernatural: Bloodlines, a spin-off of The CW series Supernatural. He appeared in the backdoor pilot episode, though the series was ultimately not commissioned. Laviscount gained wider recognition in the United States when he played Earl Grey in the first season of the FOX horror comedy Scream Queens.^[11] He continued to build his career in both the UK and US, appearing in Sony Crackle’s crime comedy-drama Snatch (2017–18), and as Alexander Cabot in The CW series Katy Keene.^[12]

In 2021, Laviscount joined the cast of the Netflix romantic comedy series Emily in Paris^[13], playing Alfie, a British banker and the love interest of Emily Cooper (Lily Collins). His role continued through the show’s second and third seasons. He also starred in the BBC Three comedy Peacock (2022).^[14][15] In 2024, Laviscount appeared in the romantic comedy film This Time Next Year, based on the novel of the same name, and featured as the love interest in the music video for Puntería by Shakira and Cardi B.^[16][17] He is set to appear in the upcoming thriller Safe House, scheduled for release in 2025, and has also been cast in Tinseltown and the film adaptation of Emily Henry’s best-selling novel People We Meet on Vacation (2026). Alongside these projects, Laviscount has a number of additional film and television roles currently in development.

With Zac Lichman, Laviscount opened two Kensal Rise joints: The Shop NW10, a cocktail bar and café, in 2018 and The Wealthy Beggar, a dive bar with food from Gareth Drew, in 2022.^[18][19]