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Dominic Sherwood
Sherwood at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Dominic Anthony Sherwood

(1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 (age 34)
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2010–present

Dominic Anthony Sherwood (born 6 February 1990) is an English actor and model, best known for his roles as Christian Ozera in the teen vampire film Vampire Academy (2014), Jace Wayland on the Freeform fantasy series Shadowhunters (2016-2019), Kurt in the series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020) and Jeff Murphy in the Netflix legal drama Partner Track (2022).

Early life

Sherwood was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.[1] He attended Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone for his secondary school education. After studying drama and theatre in Maidstone and Sevenoaks, he left to work abroad, starting in Kenya and working for six months before moving to London.[citation needed]

Career

Sherwood's first acting role came in 2010, with his appearance as Jack Simmons in the third season of The Cut.[2] The following year, he guest starred as a waiter named Tom in the Sadie J episode "Cherylistic". In 2012, he had a small role in the drama film Not Fade Away as a young Mick Jagger.[3] He landed his first notable role in 2014, as Christian Ozera in the satirical horror film Vampire Academy, based on the novel by Richelle Mead.[4]

In February 2015, he became known for his appearance in Taylor Swift's music video for her single "Style", which was directed by Kyle Newman.[5] On 20 April 2015, it was announced he was chosen to play Jace Herondale in the Freeform fantasy drama series Shadowhunters, an adaptation of Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments book series.[6] He also co-starred alongside Ed Westwick and Jeremy Sumpter in the thriller film Billionaire Ransom,[7] and will appear in the horror-thriller film Don’t Sleep with Drea de Matteo and Cary Elwes.[8]

In 2020, Sherwood starred in the dark fantasy TV series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, which was cancelled after one season.

On 13 September 2021 it was reported that Sherwood will be starring in a reboot of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1996 film Eraser titled Eraser: Reborn which is currently in post-production and is scheduled to be released in 2022.[9][10] It was reported on 15 March 2022 that the movie will be released on Digital, Blu-ray & DVD on 7 June 2022, and will also be available for streaming on HBO Max in autumn 2022.[11]

Sherwood will also be starring in the upcoming Netflix series Partner Track based on Helen Wan's novel of the same name.[12][13][14] Principle production for the series began in September 2021 and ended in late February 2022 in New York.[15] On 30 July Netflix released the official trailer for Partner Track confirming that the series will be released on 26 August 2022.[16]

On 11 April 2022 he is set to begin hosting a Shadowhunters rewatch podcast with co-star Katherine McNamara called Return to the Shadows.[17]

Personal life

Sherwood dated his Vampire Academy and Shadowhunters co-star Sarah Hyland from 2015 to 2017. Since 2021 Sherwood has been dating actress Decker Sadowski.

Sherwood has sectoral heterochromia; one of his eyes is blue while the other is half blue-half brown.[18]

He currently resides in Kent as of July 2022, which he confirmed in the Return to the Shadows Podcast.

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Not Fade Away Mick Jagger Supporting role
2014 Vampire Academy Christian Ozera Main role
2016 Billionaire Ransom James Herrick Main role
2017 Don't Sleep Zach Bradford Main role
2022 Eraser: Reborn Mason Pollard Main role
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2010 The Cut Jack Simmons Recurring role; 11 episodes
2011 Sadie J Tom Episode: "Cherylistic"
2013 Mayday Louis Episode: "1.1"
2016–2019 Shadowhunters Jace Herondale Main role
Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor (2018)
Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor (2019)
2016 Modern Family James Episode: "Crazy Train"
2020 Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Kurt Recurring role
2022 Partner Track Jeff Murphy[19] Main role
Music video roles
Year Title Artist
2013 "I Want You to Know" Tchengiz
2015 "Style" Taylor Swift
2017 "Au Revoir" Katie Welch

References

  1. ^ "Personal Details for Dominic Anthony Sherwood, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"". FamilySearch. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. ^ "The Cut - Jack Simmons". BBC.
  3. ^ Freeman, Molly (12 January 2016). "Dominic Sherwood's A 'Shadowhunters' Triple Threat". Bustle. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. ^ Patten, Dominic (18 May 2013). "'Vampire Academy' Adds 'Modern Family's' Sarah Hyland, Gabriel Byrne & More To Cast". Deadline Hollywood.
  5. ^ Harris, Kristin (13 February 2015). "Meet The Ridiculously Hot Actor From Taylor Swift's "Style" Video". BuzzFeed.
  6. ^ Ge, Linda (20 April 2015). "ABC Family's 'Shawdowhunters' casts 'Vampire Academy' star Dominic Sherwood". TheWrap.
  7. ^ Hopewell, John (14 May 2014). "Ed Westwick, Dominic Sherwood Join Jim Gillespie's 'Take Down' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  8. ^ McNary, Dave (5 January 2015). "Dominic Sherwood, Jill Hennessy to Star in Horror Movie 'The Other'". Variety.
  9. ^ "'Shadowhunters' Star Dominic Sherwood Leads Warner Bros Reboot Of Arnie Action Pic 'Eraser'". Deadline Hollywood. 13 September 2021.
  10. ^ "'Shadowhunters' Dominic Sherwood Cast in 'Eraser' Reboot of Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie". Collider.com. 13 September 2021.
  11. ^ "'Eraser: Reborn' – Reboot of the Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie Releasing in June". Bloody-disgusting.com. 15 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Netflix Orders Adaptation of Helen Wan's 'Partner Track' Starring Arden Cho". Variety.com. 14 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Arden Cho Leads Cast Of 'Partner Track' Netflix Series From Georgia Lee Based On Helen Wan's Book; Julie Anne Robinson To Direct". Deadline Hollywood. 14 September 2021.
  14. ^ "'Partner Track' Netflix Series: What We Know So Far". Whats on Netflix. 17 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Arden Cho announces filming for 'Partner Track' has ended". Instagram. 22 February 2022.
  16. ^ "'Partner Track' official trailer". YouTube. 30 July 2022.
  17. ^ Highfill, Samantha (4 April 2022). "Katherine McNamara and Dominic Sherwood reunite for 'Shadowhunters' rewatch podcast". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  18. ^ Ryder, Taryn (13 February 2015). "7 Things to Know About Taylor Swift's 'Style' Hottie Dominic Sherwood". Yahoo! News.
  19. ^ Iannucci, Rebecca (14 September 2021). "Partner Track Adaptation, Starring Teen Wolf's Arden Cho, Ordered at Netflix". TVLine. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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