Acting
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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Also known as | Jonny Bailey |
Popular as | Acting |
Gender | MALE |
Birthday | April 25, 1988 (37 years old) |
Year | Movie & Role |
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2025 | Wicked: For Good as Fiyero |
2025 | Jurassic World Rebirth as Dr. Henry Loomis |
2024 | |
2024 | Wicked as Fiyero |
2024 | Up the Catalogue as Jeremy |
2023 | An Audience with Kylie as Self |
2018 | The Mercy as Ian Wheeler |
2016 | The Young Messiah as Herod |
2015 | Testament of Youth as Geoffrey |
2013 | National Theatre Live: Othello as Cassio |
2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Cassio |
2007 | Permanent Vacation as Max Bury |
2007 | St Trinian's as Bedales Pupil 2 |
2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Courtier |
2007 | Walk Away and I Stumble as Justin |
2004 | Five Children and It as Cyril |
2003 | Ferrari as Alfredo Ferrari |
1998 | Alice Through the Looking Glass as Lewis |
1997 | Bright Hair as Ben Devenish |
Maria as Eddy |