It's been quite the year for 20-year-old actor Jack Rowan – and he's just getting started.

The rising star won huge acclaim for his turn as Sam, a teenager with psychotic tendencies, in Channel 4's tense thriller Born to Kill.

Now he's signed up for a role in BBC Two's superb Peaky Blinders, currently filming its fourth series ahead of transmission later in 2017.

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"I'm absolutely over the moon to have joined the cast of Peaky Blinders," Rowan told Digital Spy. "It's a show I've enjoyed watching from the very beginning so to now be a part of that world and act alongside some of my acting idols is just unreal."

He'll be appearing opposite Peaky series veterans Cillian Murphy (Tommy Shelby) and Helen McCrory (Polly Shelby), as well as new cast additions Adrien Brody and Aiden Gillen.

Rowan's co-star in Born to Kill, Romola Garai, had nothing but good things to say about the young star, in an exclusive excerpt from the show's DVD extras.

Born to Kill is out on DVD on June 12. Extras include: 'The Making Of' background to the storyline with the cast and crew, 'Casting –Romola' which sees the cast and crew discuss Garai's character Jenny and 'Casting – Jack' that also features interviews with the cast and crew on Rowan's character Sam.

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