Jack McMullen

Jack McMullen
Jack McMullen performing The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner at the Pilot Theatre in 2012
Born	Jack Michael McMullen (1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Occupations	Actor writer
Years active	2001–present
Television	Brookside Grange Hill Waterloo Road Little Boy Blue The First Team

Jack Michael McMullen (born 22 February 1991) is an English actor and writer. He played the role of Finn Sharkey in Waterloo Road, and appeared in Brookside and Grange Hill.

Career

McMullen made his television debut as Josh McLoughlin on the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, playing the role from 2002 until the show's final episode in November 2003. He won two British Soap Awards for his role in the show; the first for Best Newcomer, and the second for Best On-Screen Partnership with co-star Sarah White. McMullen went on to appear as Timothy "Tigger" Johnson in the long-running BBC One children's television serial, Grange Hill, appearing from 2004, initially in a guest role, and later a regular cast slot until 2008.

He was in an episode of the BBC One drama series The Street, then appeared in The Bill. Next, he starred in BBC Switch's Proper Messy. He was in an episode of the BBC One medical soap opera Doctors as half of a young gay couple who run away from their homes. He then starred in another BBC One drama, appearing in an episode of Moving On.

From 2010 to 2012, he played troublemaker Finn Sharkey in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road. On 4 June 2011 he appeared in the BBC One medical drama series Casualty, as Ethan, the friend of a patient. On 27 December 2011, McMullen appeared in Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me, as the main role Freddie Copeland.

In 2013, the film The Knife That Killed Me was released. Jack played the lead role of 16-year-old Paul Varderman.

McMullen has appeared on stage in productions of Carthage (2014) at the Finborough Theatre and Kill Me Now (2015) at the Park Theatre.

In May 2017, McMullen appeared in the ITV drama series, Little Boy Blue, portraying Dean Kelly, one of the gang members involved in the murder of Rhys Jones in 2007.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Seamonsters	Sam
2014	The Quiet Hour	Tom Connelly
	The Knife That Killed Me	Paul
2015	Urban Hymm	Dean
2016	The Works	Edmund	Short film
	Rue Boy	Flukey Dave
	Brotherhood	Drew
	The Hatching	Russell
2019	The Souvenir	Jack
	Ford v Ferrari	Charlie Agapiou

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2003	Brookside	Josh McLoughlin	Regular role; 77 episodes
2004–2008	Grange Hill	Timothy "Tigger" Johnson	Regular role; 65 episodes
2006	Casualty	Simon Aspen	Episode: "The Truth Game"
	Doctors	Will Hurran	Episode: "Daddy Cool"
2007	The Street	Aran Jennerson	Episode: "Twin"
2008	The Bill	Andy Donnelly	Episodes: "Forgotten Child: Parts 1 & 2"
2009	Doctors	Jack Walters	Episode: "Bad Blood"
	Moving On	Daniel	Episode: "Dress to Impress"
	Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen	Tommy	Television film
2010–2012	Waterloo Road	Finn Sharkey	Regular role; 56 episodes
2011	Casualty	Ethan Miles	Episode: "The Gift of Life"
	Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me	Freddie	Television film
2014	Common	Colin McCabe
2015	Together	Warner	Episode: "The Lovers"
2016	Maigret Sets a Trap	Mazet	Television film
2017	Little Boy Blue	Dean Kelly	TV mini-series; 3 episodes
2020–present	The First Team	Jack Turner	Regular role; 6 episodes
2021	Time	Daniel	3 Episodes

External links

• Jack McMullen at IMDb