There is a specific smile that David Jonsson has in his repertoire: head slightly bowed, eyes looking upwards, mouth lopsided at the corners. It is shy but suave; friendly but full of secrets. He is an actor who can be relied upon to bring a strange other-worldliness to every role he plays.

At 31, Jonsson is best known as old-Etonian investment banker Gus in the zeitgeist-y HBO series Industry , south London “sad-boi” Dom in 2023’s much-beloved romcom Rye Lane , and Andy, an AI ‘stimulant’ with more heart than most humans, in Alien: Romulus . Such character types might have felt over-familiar in another actor’s hands, but through Jonsson’s rare qualities, they are reinvigorated almost beyond recognition.

This February, audiences declared themselves smitten, honouring him w

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