Jonathan Bailey is an English actor, known for his roles in the British television series Leonardo (2011), Broadchurch (2013), Doctor Who (2014), W1A (2014–17) and Crashing (2016). He is also known for his roles in the plays King Lear and Company.
Wiki/Biography
Jonathan Bailey was born on Monday 25 April 1988 (32 years old in 2020) in Benton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. His star sign is Taurus. He attended the local C of E primary school in Benton.
appearance
Height: 5′ 11″
Eye Color: Brown
Hair color: Brown (dyed blonde)
Family and Race
His mother is an audiologist and his father, Stuart Bailey, is a former DJ who also worked at the Rowse Honey Factory. Jonathan has three older sisters.
Jonathan Bailey and his family
He is a homosexual.
Profession
In the theater
He began acting at a very young age, appearing in A Christmas Carol at the Barbican Centre in London at the age of 7. In 1997, he appeared in Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre in London as Gavroche.
He has appeared in many theatre productions such as King John (2003), A Beautiful Thing (2006), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2008), South Downs (2011), Othello (2013), King Lear (2017) and Company (2018-19).
Jonathan Bailey in a scene from King Lear
TV and Movies
In 1997, he made his debut in the BBC television series Bright Hair as “Ben Devilish”.
He has appeared in many TV series such as Baddiel Syndrome (2001), The Doctors (2007), Campus (2011), Leonardo (2011), Me and Mrs Jones (2012), Broadchurch (2013), Doctor Who (2014), W1A (2014-17), Hooton and the Lady (2016), Crashing (2016) and Gumball (2017). In 2018, he made his network debut in the American TV series Jack Ryan as “Lance Miller”, which premiered on Amazon Prime.
Jack Ryan (2018)
In 2020, he played the role of “Anthony Bridgerton” in Netflix’s “Bridgerton”. He made his debut in the film industry in “Five Kids and It” (2004) as “Cyril”.
He has acted in several films, including the British films Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Permanent Holiday (2009), Proof of Youth (2014) and Mercy (2018), and the American film The Young Messiah (2016).
Other works
He has voiced characters for many radio shows, such as The Forsytes (2016), The Saviors (2016), One Damned Thing After Another (2017), and Homefront (2018). He has also voiced characters for the video games Rapture (2015), Squadron 42 (2017), Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood (2018), and Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (2019).
Favorite things
- Playwrights: David Hare, Duncan MacMillan, Simon Stephens, April De Angelis
- Drama: The Dancing Queen by Terence Rattigan, Lungs by Duncan MacMillan, Light in the Dark by Jamie Wellerstein
- Musicals: Lionel Bart’s Oliver!, Dennis Kelly’s Matilda the Musical
- Book: Regeneration by Pat Barker
- Travel destinations: Tanzania, Morocco, Cape Town
Facts/Trivia
- He enjoys bartering, traveling, reading, and hiking.
- He was affectionately called Jono by his family and close friends.
- When he was a child, he watched the play Oliver Twist with his grandmother and decided to become an actor.
- At the age of eleven, he began practicing ballet.
- He won the 2019 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the musical with the Gielgud Theatre Company.
Jonathan Bailey wins Olivier Award
- According to him, if he wasn’t an actor, he would be a pilot or a musician.
- He loves dogs very much and has a dog named “Blumin”.
Jonathan and his pets
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