Julian Ovenden is starring in High Society at the Barbican Theatre in London.
Julian Ovenden is a star of stage and screen, including his Olivier Award winning performance in South Pacific at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in Summer 2022. He is widely know for his performances in Downton Abbey and Bridgerton.
Julian returned to London’s West End in 2025 performing his acclaimed solo concert Julian Ovenden in Concert at His Majesty’s Theatre.
Julian’s other recent stage credits include appearing in Little Dancer – A New Musical in Concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Power of Sail at the Menier Chocolate Factory and My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Julian Ovenden’s previous theatre roles
Julian’s extensive theatre credits include his best actor in a musical Olivier Award winning role in Chichester Festival Theatre’s South Pacific (Sadler’s Wells); Ivo van Hove’s All About Eve (Novello Theatre); The Treatment (Almeida Theatre); My Night With Reg (Apollo Theatre/Donmar Warehouse); Showboat (Lincoln Center); Sunday in the Park With George (Théatre du Châtelet, Paris); Finding Neverland (Curve, Leicester); Death Takes a Holiday (Roundabout Theatre, New York); Annie Get Your Gun (Young Vic); Marguerite, A Woman of No Importance (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Butley (Booth Theatre, New York); Grand Hotel, Merrily We Roll Along (Donmar Warehouse); King Lear (RSC).
Julian Ovenden’s TV and film roles
Julian’s TV roles include Trigger Point, Avenue 5, Bridgerton, Adult Material, Knightfall, The Crown, Major Crimes, Person of Interest, Death in Paradise, Downton Abbey, The Assets, Cosmos: A Space Odyssey, Smash, Any Human Heart, Foyle’s War, Charmed and The Forsyte Saga.
Julian’s film work includes Colonia (Roman) opposite Emma Watson and Daniel Bruhl, The Confessions with Daniel Auteuil, Toni Servillo and Connie Nielsen, and British indie war film, Allies. Also The People We Hate at the Wedding, The Lost Girls, Made in Italy, Christmas Survival, Head of Honey, Made in Italy, and First Night.
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