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Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey

Born: 1988-04-25 • Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

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).

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Filmography
Making Wicked: For Good poster
Making Wicked: For Good
2025 • Self
Wicked: For Good poster
Wicked: For Good
2025 • Fiyero / The Scarecrow
Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek poster
Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek
2025 • Self
Wicked: One Wonderful Night poster
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
2025 • Self
Jurassic World Rebirth poster
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025 • Dr. Henry Loomis
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era poster
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025 • Self
Making Wicked poster
Making Wicked
2024 • Self
Up the Catalogue poster
Up the Catalogue
2024 • Jeremy
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked poster
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024 • Self
Wicked poster
Wicked
2024 • Fiyero
An Audience with Kylie poster
An Audience with Kylie
2023 • Self
The Best Birthday Ever poster
The Best Birthday Ever
2022 • Father (voice)
The Mercy poster
The Mercy
2018 • Ian Wheeler
The Young Messiah poster
The Young Messiah
2016 • Herod
Testament of Youth poster
Testament of Youth
2015 • Geoffrey
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage poster
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 • Cassio
National Theatre Live: Othello poster
National Theatre Live: Othello
2013 • Cassio
St Trinian's poster
St Trinian's
2007 • Bedales Pupil 2
Permanent Vacation poster
Permanent Vacation
2007 • Max Bury
Elizabeth: The Golden Age poster
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 • Courtier
Walk Away and I Stumble poster
Walk Away and I Stumble
2007 • Justin
Five Children and It poster
Five Children and It
2004 • Cyril
Ferrari poster
Ferrari
2003 • Alfredo Ferrari
Alice Through the Looking Glass poster
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998 • Lewis
Bright Hair poster
Bright Hair
1997 • Ben Devenish
Maria poster
Maria
— • Eddy