Jack McMullen

Jack McMullen
Jack McMullen
	Jack McMullen performing The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner at the Pilot Theatre in 2012
Born	Jack Michael McMullen; 22 February 1991 (age 33); Liverpool, England
Occupations	Actor; writer;
Years active	2002–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 is best known for his role as Finn Sharkey in Waterloo Road, as well as other appearances in Brookside and Grange Hill.

Career

McMullen debuted as Josh McLoughlin on the long-running Channel 4 drama 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 Grange Hill from 2004, initially in a guest role, and later a regular cast slot until 2008.

He was in an episode of the BBC drama The Street, then appeared in The Bill.^[1] Next, he starred in BBC Switch's Proper Messy.^[2] He was in an episode of the BBC medical soap opera, Doctors as half of a young gay couple who run away from their homes. He then starred in another BBC drama, appearing in an episode of Moving On.

From 2010 to 2012, he played troublemaker Finn Sharkey in the BBC school-based drama series, Waterloo Road.^[3] On 4 June 2011, he appeared in the BBC One medical drama 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
2014	The Knife That Killed Me	Paul
2015	Urban Hymm	Dean
2016	The Works	Edmund	Short film
	Rue Boy	Flukey Dave	Short film
	Brotherhood	Drew
	The Hatching	Russell
2019	The Souvenir	Jack
2019	Ford v Ferrari	Charlie Agapiou

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2003	Brookside	Josh McLoughlin	Regular role; 77 episodes
2004–2008	Grange Hill	Tigger Johnson	Regular role; 65 episodes
2006	Casualty	Simon Aspen
2006	Doctors	Will Hurran
2007	The Street	Aran Jennerson
2008	The Bill	Andy Donnelly	2 episodes
2009	Doctors	Jack Walters
	Moving On	Daniel
	Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen	Tommy	Television film
2010–2012	Waterloo Road	Finn Sharkey	Regular role; 51 episodes
2011	Casualty	Ethan Miles
2011	Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me	Freddie	Television film
2014	Common	Colin McCabe	Television film
2015	Together	Warner
2016	Maigret Sets a Trap	Mazet	Television film
2017	Little Boy Blue	Dean Kelly
2020–	The First Team	Jack Turner	Regular role; 6 episodes

References

^ "Jack McMullen : Actor – Films, episodes and roles". Uk-tv-guide.com. 22 February 1991. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^ "Switch – Proper Messy". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^ [1] Archived 4 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[TVGuide-1] "Jack McMullen : Actor – Films, episodes and roles". Uk-tv-guide.com. 22 February 1991. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

[propermessycast-2] "Switch – Proper Messy". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

[Waterlooroad-3] [1] Archived 4 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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