Edward Rowe

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.

Rowe is from Roche in Cornwall[1] where he started his standup routine and YouTube video series.[2]

Edward Rowe attended Poltair School from the ages of 11-16.

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]

In 2017, he starred in the Hall for Cornwall’s Christmas show, Sleeping Beauty.[6]

In 2018, he wrote and starred in the play Hireth about a Cornish miner[7] 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.