Pistol

Louis Partridge stars as Sid Vicious, the Sex Pistols’ bass guitarist. By turns charismatic, sweet, funny, child-like and shockingly violent, Sid is brought into the band at the height of the Pistols’ fame. Completely out of his depth, Sid becomes the doomed emblem of the most extreme aspects of punk.

Career Highlights

Partridge is arguably best known for his role as “Viscount Tewkesbury” in Netflix’s Sherlock Holmes adaptation Enola Holmes. Based on the book of the same name, the series follows the famed detective’s sister, “Enola” (Millie Bobby Brown), as she sets out to find her missing mother. Along the way, she forms a fast friendship with Viscount (Partridge). Partridge will return for the sequel, Enola Holmes 2.He will next star in in the role of “Peter Pan” opposite Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson in the upcoming film The Lost Girls based on the novel by the same name by Laurie Fox.His additional credits include Netflix’s Medici: The Magnificent as “Piero de Medici”; the BAFTA®-nominated Paddington 2 playing the role of “G-Man” alongside Hugh Grant and Michael Gambon; Warner Bros.’s Pan; and the drama Amazon Adventure in the role of the young “Henry Bates.”Louis Partridge’s theater credits include the 2013 production of Emil and the Detectives at the National Theatre.

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By turns charismatic, sweet, funny, child-like and shockingly violent, Sid is brought into the band at the height of the Pistols’ fame.

Louis Partridge headshot wearing a necklace with a lock and a vest

Louis Partridge as Sid Vicious | Pistol on FX

Pistol

Louis Partridge

Career Highlights

Sydney Chandler
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Christian Lees
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Talulah Riley
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Louis Partridge as Sid Vicious | Pistol on FX

Louis Partridge

Christian Leesas Glen Matlock

Talulah Rileyas Vivienne Westwood

Christian Lees
as Glen Matlock

Talulah Riley
as Vivienne Westwood