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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 25, 1988
Place of Birth:
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Jonathan Bailey
Biography
Jonathan Stuart Bailey (born 25 April 1988) is an English actor known for his dramatic, comedic, and musical roles on stage and screen. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Bailey began his career as a child actor in Royal Shakespeare Company productions, and by eight, he was performing as Gavroche in a West End production of Les Misérables. He has since starred in contemporary plays such as South Downs in 2012, The York Realist in 2018, and Cock in 2022; in classical plays like the Royal National Theatre's Othello in 2013 and Chichester Festival Theatre's King Lear in 2017; as well as in musicals, namely the London revival of The Last Five Years in 2016 and the West End gender-swapped revival of Company, for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical in 2019.
On screen, Bailey starred in the action-adventure series Leonardo (2011–2012) and the musical-comedy Groove High (2012–2013) before becoming known for his roles in the crime drama Broadchurch (2013–2015), the satire W1A (2014–2017), and the comedy Crashing (2016). He gained international recognition for his starring role in the Regency romance series Bridgerton (2020–present). Bailey's role in the romantic drama miniseries Fellow Travelers (2023) won him a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor. He has since played Fiyero in the musical fantasy film Wicked (2024).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wicked: For Good | Fiyero Tigelaar |
| 2025 | Jurassic World Rebirth | Dr. Henry Loomis |
| 2024 | Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked | Self |
| 2024 | Wicked | Fiyero |
| 2024 | Up the Catalogue | Jeremy |
| 2024 | Making Wicked | Self |
| 2023 | An Audience with Kylie | Self |
| 2018 | The Mercy | Ian Wheeler |
| 2016 | The Young Messiah | Herod |
| 2015 | Testament of Youth | Geoffrey |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: Othello | Cassio |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Cassio |
| 2007 | Permanent Vacation | Max Bury |
| 2007 | St. Trinian's | Bedales Pupil 2 |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Courtier |
| 2007 | Walk Away and I Stumble | Justin |
| 2004 | Five Children and It | Cyril |
| 2003 | Ferrari | Alfredo Ferrari |
| 1998 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Lewis |
| 1997 | Bright Hair | Ben Devenish |
| Maria | Eddy |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Fellow Travelers | Tim Laughlin |
| 2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World | Self - Guest Judge |
| 2022 | Heartstopper | Jack Maddox |
| 2021 | The Netflix Afterparty | Self |
| 2020 | Bridgerton | Lord Anthony Bridgerton |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2019 | Today with Hoda & Jenna | Self |
| 2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Lance Miller |
| 2016 | Crashing | Sam |
| 2016 | Hooten & The Lady | Edward |
| 2015 | Chewing Gum | Ash |
| 2014 | W1A | Jack Patterson |
| 2014 | Doctor Who Extra | Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2013 | Broadchurch | Olly Stevens |
| 2012 | Me and Mrs Jones | Alfie |
| 2012 | Groove High | Tom Mason |
| 2011 | Campus | Flatpack |
| 2011 | Leonardo | Leonardo |
| 2009 | Off the Hook | |
| 2007 | Lewis | Titus Mortmaigne |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Psi |
| 2003 | Ferrari | Alfredo Ferrari |
| 2001 | Baddiel's Syndrome | Josh |