Jonathan Bailey
Born: 1988-04-25 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jonathan Stuart Bailey (born April 25, 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 two-part musical fantasy film Wicked (2024–25). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Bailey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Wicked: For Good as Fiyero
- Jurassic World Rebirth as Dr. Henry Loomis
- Wicked: One Wonderful Night as Self
- Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek as Self
- Wicked: The Official Podcast as Self
- Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era as Self
2024
- Wicked as Fiyero
- Making Wicked as Self
- Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked as Self
- Up the Catalogue as Jeremy
2023
- Fellow Travelers as Tim Laughlin
- An Audience with Kylie as Self
2022
- Heartstopper as Jack Maddox
- RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World as Self - Guest Judge
- The Best Birthday Ever as Father (voice)
2021
- The Netflix Afterparty as Self
2020
- Bridgerton as Lord Anthony Bridgerton
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Love Island as Self - Guest
- Today with Hoda & Jenna as Self
2018
- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan as Lance Miller
- The Mercy as Ian Wheeler
2016
- Quotidien as Self - Guest
- The Young Messiah as Herod
- Hooten & The Lady as Edward
- Crashing as Sam
2015
- Testament of Youth as Geoffrey
- Chewing Gum as Ash
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Chicken Shop Date as Self - Guest
- W1A as Jack Patterson
- Doctor Who Extra as Self
2013
- Broadchurch as Olly Stevens
- National Theatre Live: Othello as Cassio
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Cassio
2012
- Groove High as Tom Mason
- Me and Mrs Jones as Alfie
2009
- Off the Hook as Danny Gordon
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Lewis as Titus Mortmaigne
- Permanent Vacation as Max Bury
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Courtier
- St Trinian's as Bedales Pupil 2
- Walk Away and I Stumble as Justin
2005
- Doctor Who as Psi
- Dancing with the Stars as Self - Guest
2004
- Five Children and It as Cyril
2001
- Baddiel's Syndrome as Josh
1998
- Alice Through the Looking Glass as Lewis
1997
- Bright Hair as Ben Devenish