Jonathan Bailey
Jonathan Bailey | |
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 Bailey in 2015 | |
| Born | 25 April 1988 Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Known for | Broadchurch, W1A and Company |
Jonathan Bailey (born 25 April 1988)[1] is a British actor, best known for the ITV drama Broadchurch, the BBC's Doctor Who, W1A and Leonardo, and Channel 4 comedy Campus. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his portrayal of Jamie in the 2018 West End revival of Company.[2]
Career
In 2011, he was cast as Leonardo da Vinci in the BBC series Leonardo and went on to play opposite Sarah Alexander in the BBC comedy Me and Mrs. Jones.[3]
He was nominated for the award for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2012 for his performance in David Hare's South Downs.[4]
Bailey has played the role of Tim Price[5] in the musical American Psycho alongside Matt Smith at London's Almeida Theatre in 2013.[6]
In September 2014, he played the character Psi in the Doctor Who series 8 episode "Time Heist".[7]
Bailey portrayed reporter Olly Stevens in the ITV series Broadchurch.[8] He also had a recurring role as Jack Patterson in BBC Two comedy W1A appearing in all three series of the show. He's also had one of the lead roles in Crashing and had a guest role in Chewing Gum.
In 2017, Bailey appeared alongside Ian McKellen, Sinéad Cusack and Dervla Kirwan in King Lear at the Chichester Festival Theatre.[9]
In 2018, Bailey was cast in the second West End revival of Company, playing Jamie (originally written as a female character, Amy).[10] For his portrayal, Bailey won the 2019 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical.[2]
Personal life
Bailey was born in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, and has three older sisters. He decided that he wanted to be an actor at age 5 after seeing a stage production of Oliver![1]
In 2018, Bailey spoke about being gay in interviews with The Times and Attitude Magazine.[11][12]
Stage credits
| Year | Title | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–1998 | Les Miserables | Gavroche | Palace Theatre, London |
| 2003 | King John | Prince Arthur | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 2006 | Beautiful Thing | Jamie | Sound Theatre |
| 2007 | Pretend You Have Big Buildings | Leon | Manchester Royal Exchange |
| 2008 | The Mother Ship | Elliot | Birmingham Rep Theatre |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | Pieter | Cambridge Arts Theatre and Theatre Royal Haymarket | |
| 2009 | House of Special Purpose | Alexi | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 2011 | South Downs | Duffield | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 2012 | South Downs | Duffield | Harold Pinter Theatre |
| 2013 | Othello | Cassio | Royal National Theatre |
| American Psycho | Tim Price | Almeida Theatre | |
| 2016 | The Last Five Years | Jamie | St. James Theatre, London |
| 2017 | King Lear | Edgar | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 2018 | The York Realist | John | Donmar |
| 2018–2019 | Company | Jamie | Gielgud Theatre |
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 Children and It | Cyril | |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Courtier | |
| St Trinian's | Caspar | ||
| 2009 | Permanent Vacation | Max | |
| 2014 | Testament of Youth | Geoffrey Thurlow | |
| 2016 | The Young Messiah | Herod | |
| 2018 | The Mercy | Wheeler |
Television
| Year | Title | Episodes | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Bright Hair | All | Ben Devenish | BBC |
| Bramwell | Series 3 Episode 6 | William Kilshaw | ITV | |
| 1998 | Alice through the Looking Glass | TV movie | Lewis | Channel 4 |
| Bramwell | "Our Brave Boys" | — | ITV | |
| 2001 | Baddiel's Syndrome | All | Josh | Sky 1 |
| 2005 | Walk Away and I Stumble | All | Justin | ITV |
| The Golden Hour | 4 (untitled) | Stephen Martin | ITV | |
| 2007 | Doctors | "See You in the Morning" | Johnno Mitchum | BBC One |
| 2008 | The Bill | "The Hit" | Chris Villiers | ITV1 |
| 2009 | Off the Hook | All | Danny | BBC Three |
| 2010 | Lewis | "The Dead of Winter" | Titus Mortmaigne | ITV1 |
| 2011 | Campus | All | Flatpack | Channel 4 |
| 2011–2012 | Leonardo | All | Leonardo da Vinci | CBBC |
| 2012 | Me and Mrs. Jones | All | Alfie | BBC |
| Groove High | All | Tom Mason | Disney Channel | |
| Pramface | Episode 3: "Edinburgh... In Scotland" | Glynn | BBC Three | |
| 2013 | Some Girls | Series 2 Episode 1 | Nick the Counsellor | BBC Three |
| 2013, 2015 | Broadchurch | 16 episodes | Olly Stevens | ITV1 |
| 2014 | Doctor Who | Series 8, Episode 5: "Time Heist" | Psi | BBC One |
| 2014–2017 | W1A | All | Jack Patterson | BBC Two |
| 2016 | Crashing | All | Sam | Channel 4 |
| Hooten & the Lady | 6 episodes | Edward | Sky1 | |
| 2017 | Chewing Gum | 1 episode | Ash | E4 |
| 2018 | Jack Ryan | 3 episodes | Lance Miller | Amazon Video |
| 2020 | Bridgerton | Series regular | Anthony Bridgerton | Netflix |
Audio / Radio
| Year | Title | Role | Radio Station |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Forsytes | Jon | BBC Radio 4 |
| Deliverers | Lee | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2017 | Just One Damned Thing After Another | David Sussman | audiobook |
| 2018 | Home Front | Daniel Marriott | BBC Radio 4 |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Everybody's Gone to the Rapture | Rhys Shipley | |
| 2017 TBC | Squadron 42 | TBC | |
| 2018 | Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood | Enigmatic Figure | |
| 2019 | Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers | G'raha Tia |
References
- ^ a b "20 Questions with ... South Downs' Jonathan Bailey". What's One Stage. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ a b Olivier Awards (7 April 2019). "The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical goes to… @JonnyBailey for @companywestend! #OlivierAwards ". Twitter.
- ^ "Me and Mrs Jones: A new romantic comedy for BBC One". BBC. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ "London Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2012 — Longlist revealed". Evening Standard. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ "American Psycho Cast". almeida.co.uk. Almeida Theatre. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "Doctor Who's Matt Smith set to regenerate … as American Psycho". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ DWTV (24 February 2014). "Series 8: Meet Danny Pink - Doctor Who TV".
- ^ Earnshaw, Jessica (6 January 2015). "Broadchurch star Jonathan Bailey 'runs away' when pestered for series two plot details". Daily Express.
- ^ Mark Shenton (30 September 2017). "King Lear starring Ian McKellen review at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester – 'intensely moving'". The Stage.
- ^ Johnson, Robin (12 July 2018). "Jonathan Bailey & Alex Gaumond join Company revival". Official London Theatre. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Former 'Broadchurch' star Jonathan Bailey 'drew on own experiences' for new gay stage role". Attitude. 14 September 2018.
- ^ Durrant, Nancy (31 October 2018). "From Broadchurch to the West End: the star of Sondheim's smash hit Company". The Times.
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