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Jonathan Bailey
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn April 25, 1988 (37 years)
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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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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Filmography
| 2025 | Wicked: For Good · as Fiyero |
| 2025 | Jurassic World: Rebirth · as Dr. Henry Loomis |
| 2024 | Wicked · as Fiyero |
| 2023 | Fellow Travelers (TV Series) · as Tim Laughlin |
| 2022 | Heartstopper (TV Series) · as Jack Maddox |
| 2021 | Best Birthday Ever · as Father |
| 2020 | Bridgerton (TV Series) · as Lord Anthony Bridgerton |
| 2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (TV Series) · as Lance Miller |
| 2018 | |
| 2016 | Hooten & the Lady (TV Series) · as Edward |
| 2016 | The Young Messiah · as Herod |
| 2016 | Crashing (TV Series) · as Sam |
| 2015 | Chewing Gum (TV Series) · as Ash |
| 2014 | Testament of Youth · as Geoffrey |
| 2014 | W1A (TV Series) · as Jack Patterson |
| 2013 | Fifty Years on Stage · as Cassio |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: Othello · as Cassio |
| 2013 | Broadchurch (TV Series) · as Olly Stevens |
| 2012 | Groove High (TV Series) · as Tom Mason |
| 2012 | Some Girls (TV Series) · as Nick The Counsellor |
| 2012 | Me and Mrs Jones (TV Series) · as Alfie |
| 2012 | Pramface (TV Series) · as Glynn |
| 2011 | Leonardo (2011) (TV Series) · as Leonardo |
| 2009 | Campus (2011) (TV Series) · as Flatpack |
| 2008 | Off the Hook (TV Series) |
| 2007 | St. Trinian's · as Bedales Pupil 2 |
| 2007 | Permanent Vacation · as Max Bury |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age · as Courtier |
| 2006 | Lewis (TV Series) · as Titus Mortmaigne |
| 2005 | Walk Away and I Stumble · as Justin |
| 2005 | The Golden Hour (TV Series) · as Stephen Martin |
| 2005 | Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Psi |
| 2004 | Five Children and It · as Cyril |
| 2003 | Ferrari · as Alfredo Ferrari |
| 2003 | Ferrari (TV Series) · as Alfredo Ferrari |
| 2001 | Baddiel's Syndrome (TV Series) · as Josh |
| 2000 | Doctors (TV Series) · as Johnno Mitchum |
| 1998 | Alice Through the Looking Glass · as Lewis |
| 1997 | Bright Hair · as Ben Devenish |
| 1995 | |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Chris Villiers |