Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey is an English actor known for his dramatic, comedic, and musical roles on stage and screen including Wicked: For Good, Bridgerton, Jurassic World Rebirth and British TV series W1A. He recently starred in Richard II at the Bridge Theatre in London

Jonathan Bailey has been on a fast-track to stardom for some time, but appearing in Company at the Gielgud Theatre and then in Shonda Rhimes drama Bridgerton on Netflix has consolidated what was already a meteoric rise. Then add in his starring role as Fiyero in the two new Wicked movies, Jurassic World Rebirth, and you have the makings of a superstar.

Outside acting, Bailey is involved in philanthropic activities with particular focus on the queer community. In 2024, he founded the LGBTQ+ charity The Shameless Fund.

Jonathan Bailey on stage

Jonathan Bailey won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his stand-out role in Marianne Elliott’s West End revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Company (2018-19) at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End. He portrayed the role of Jamie – the role of Amy in the original show – as part of the production’s first same-sex couple.

He also starred in Mike Bartlett’s queer drama COCK at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, also directed by Marianne Elliott.

Jonathan’s other theatre credits include King Lear at Chichester Festival Theatre starring Ian McKellen; plus The York Realist (Donmwar Warehouse / Crucible Sheffield), The Last Five Years (The Other Palace), American Psycho (Almeida Theatre), South Downs (Chichester, West End), The House of Special Purpose (Chichester), Girl with a Pearl Earring (Cambridge Arts Theatre, West End), The Mother Ship (Birmingham Rep), Pretend You Have Big Buildings (Royal Exchange Manchester), Beautiful Thing (Sound Theatre), King John (RSC at the Barbican), Les Miserables (West End), and Les Enfants du Paradis and A Christmas Carol (RSC at the Barbican).

Jonathan Bailey on TV

Jonathan Bailey is set to star in Season 3 of hit Netflix queer drama Heartstopper.

Jonathan plays Viscount Anthony Bridgerton in Netflix blockbuster period drama Bridgerton.

Bailey recently starred in Fellow Travelers (Paramount+ / Showtime) alongside Matt Bomer, for which he won a best supporting Critics’ Choice Television Award.

Jonathan Bailey’s breakthrough TV performance was as a teenage Leonardo Da Vinci in the BBC adventure series Leonardo (2011-12).

Further television roles include budding journalist Oliver Stevens in the BAFTA Winning ITV crime drama series Broadchurch (2015), alongside David Tennant and Olivia Colman; as Jack Patterson in the BBC comedy television series W1A alongside Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes; Lance Miller in Amazon Studio’s series Jack Ryan (2018), alongside John Krasinski and Abbie Cornish; Ash in Michaela Coel’s Chewing Gum (2017); Sam in the Channel 4 comedy Crashing (2016) alongside Phoebe Waller-Bridge; and appearing as the character of Psi in Doctor Who series 8, (2014) alongside Jenna Coleman and Peter Capaldi.

Other TV appearances and roles include Hot White Heist, Hooten and the Lady, Some Girls, Mr & Mrs Jones, Groove High, Pram Face, Campus, Lewis, Off the Hook, The Bill, Doctors, Golden Hour, Walk Away and I Stumble, Ferrari, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Bright Hair and Bramwell.

Jonathan Bailey on film

In film, Jonathan is starring in Jon M. Chu’s two new movies based on hit book and stage show Wicked, playing the role of Fiyero alongside Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. The first movie is released on 27 November 2024.

Jonathan Bailey is set to star in the next movie in the Jurassic Park reboot, Jurassic World 4, directed by British director Gareth Edwards, alongside Scarlett Johansson and Rupert Friend.

Jonathan has starred in James Marsh’s The Mercy alongside Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz, playing the key role of rookie reporter Wheeler, and in the adaptation of Anne Rice’s novel The Young Messiah, playing Herod alongside Sean Bean and Christian McKay.

Other film credits include Testament to Youth, Every Breath, St Trinians, Permanent Vacation and Five Children and It.

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Jonathan Bailey Press Interviews

InterviewGraham Norton interviews Jonathan Bailey on BBC's The Graham Norton Show, about playing Richard II at the Bridge Theatre in London, (Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show (BBC), 17 January 2025) - Read more

Interview‘I’m an actor, not a mouthpiece’: Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey on fame and the pressure to speak out (Michael Segalov, The Observer, 16 February 2025) - Read more