In 2016 he starred as Slean on the TV mini-series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands. Ed Speleers also had recurring roles on the TV mini-series Wolf Hall as Edward Seymour in 2015 and on the TV mini-series Partners in Crime as Carl Denim in 2015. He has also starred in the films A Lonely Place to Die, Love Bite, Plastic, Howl, Remainder, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and Breathe. Ed Speleers won a Golden Globe Award in 2012 and an Emmy Award in 2014 for Downton Abbey.