Jack Holden is an award-winning actor and writer.
Jack Holden recently starred in KENREX at The Other Palace theatre in London.
Jack has adapted Alan Hollinghurst’s novel The Line of Beauty for the stage, which recently premiered at the Almeida Theatre.
Jack Holden trained as an actor at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has participated in the Royal Court Young Writers Programme and the Channel 4 Screenwriting Course.
His debut play Cruise — a kaleidoscopic, musical odyssey through Soho and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, premiered at the Duchess Theatre in Summer 2021 to widespread critical acclaim, and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Play 2022. Its second sold-out run took place at the Apollo Theatre in August 2022, its regional premiere took place at HOME Manchester in August 2023, and it received its first international production in Johannesburg. Cruise has also premiered in Australia and Mexico, and a feature film of Cruise is currently in development.
Jack’s follow-up play, KENREX: A True Crime Thriller, opened to rave reviews at Sheffield Theatres in October 2024 and had a sell-out run at Southwark Playhouse in February 2025 and The Other Palace Theatre in 2025/2026. The show is also premiering off Broadway.
Jack is also developing screen projects with Working Title, Independent Entertainment, World Productions, MMXX, Turning Point, Green Acre, and Michael Grandage Company. He has taken part in development writers’ rooms for Joi Productions and Genial.
As an actor, Jack was most recently seen in John Morton’s Ten Percent (Amazon) and Stefan Golaszewski’s Marriage (BBC One). Jack has also starred in British independent films, in television drama for ITV, Channel 4 and Starz, and on stage at the National Theatre, the RSC, the Almeida, many regional theatres, and multiple times in the West End.
Jack has also produced award-winning short films. Blood Out of a Stone premiered at BFI Flare 2018; Near won Best UK Short at New Renaissance 2020; The Rev was backed by BFI Network and premiered at London Film Festival 2022; Under The Blue has been winning awards around the world since 2024.
In January 2025, Jack made his debut as writer-director with his short film Safari, produced by My Accomplice. Together, they are developing Jack’s debut writer-director feature film, Man Made.
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