Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Stuart Bailey born 25 April 1988 is an English film and stage actor Known for his comedic dramatic and musical roles on stage and screen he is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award and a Critics Choice Awards as well as nominations for Evening Standard Theatre and Screen Actor Guild Awards Bailey began his career as a child actor in Royal Shakespeare Company productions and by eight 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 Theatres Othello in 2013 and Chichester Festival Theatres King Lear in 2017 as well as in musicals namely the London revival of The Last Five Years in 2016 and the West End genderswapped 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 actionadventure series Leonardo 20112012 and the musicalcomedy Groove High 20122013 before becoming known for his roles in the crime drama Broadchurch 20132015 the satire W1A 20142017 and the comedy Crashing 2016 He gained international recognition for his portrayal of Anthony Viscount Bridgerton in the Regency romance series Bridgerton 2020present Bailey has since starred in the romantic drama miniseries Fellow Travelers 2023 for which he won a Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor