Jack Archer (actor)

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Jack Archer
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Archer at the Park Theatre
Education Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2019–present

Jack Archer is a British-Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Jamie Marshbrook in The Bay , [1] Michael Leeks in Call The Midwife [2] and Provence in Marie Antoinette , created by Deborah Davis of The Favourite . [3] [4]

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Education

Archer attended the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where he trained as an actor.

Career

Archer made his debut in the stage production Nivelli's War at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast which transferred to the New Victory Theater in New York. [5] [6] He received a 'Best Actor' nomination from The Stage Debut Awards for his performance as the lead role Ernst. [7] [8] Archer then played Hamilton in The Finborough Theatre's revival of Quaint Honour, staged once before in 1958, where he was nominated for the Offie for 'Best Male Performance in a Play. [9] [10] In 2020, he joined the lead cast of Torben Betts' Monogamy which toured the UK and went on to run at The Park Theatre in London. [11] Archer has also starred in various other productions in London including Confessional at the Southwark Playhouse, Blue at the Gate Theatre and When The Sea Swallows Us Whole at The Vault Festival. [12] [13] [14]

Archer made his screen debut as Jamie Marshbrook in the second series of The Bay on ITV. [15] He then starred as Joseph in the 2021 film The Haunting of Alice Bowles written and directed by Philip Franks. [16] He appeared in the tenth series of Call the Midwife as Michael Leeks, in a story following conversion therapy in Britain during the 1960s. [17] Since 2022, Archer has starred in a television adaptation of Marie Antoinette's life written by Deborah Davis. [18] Each 8-part series was part shot in Versailles, produced by Canal+ and Banijay, [19] and aired on the BBC, PBS and Disney+. [20] He plays the role of Count Louis-Stanislas-Xavier of Provence, who will become Louis XVIII after the French Revolution.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2021 The Bay Jamie MarshbrookSeries regular [21]
Call the Midwife Michael LeeksEpisode: "Series 10, Episode 4" [22]
2022– Marie Antoinette Provence Series regular [23]
2024 Franklin Thomas Grenville Recurring role [24]
2025 Virdee Alastair BoardmanRecurring role [25]
2026 Lynley Frazer MoranEpisode: "This Body of Death" [26]
MobLand FergusRecurring role [27]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2019ShawnShawnShort film [28]
All Your Good IntentionsEricShort film [28]
2020A Pound of FleshSmithShort film [29]
The Haunting of Alice BowlesJoseph [30]
2022The Pink PillBoyShort film [31]
2023NightsJPShort film [32]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet the Cast of The Bay". Radio Times. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Call the Midwife tackles conversion therapy in powerful new episode". Yahoo News. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Marie Antoinette' Series From 'The Favourite' Writer Underway For Canal+ & Banijay". Deadline. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "BBC Swoops on 'Marie Antoinette' From 'The Favourite' Writer Deborah Davis". Variety. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Review: Nivelli's War at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast". Irish News. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Nivelli's War, Inspired by True Story of Magician Herbert Levin, to Appear at New Victory Theater". Broadway World. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "The Stage Debut Awards Nominees in Full". London Theatre. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "The Stage Debut Awards Previous Winners". The Stage. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Quaint Honour by Roger Gellert". Finborough Theatre. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Quaint Honour". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Monogamy". Park Theatre. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "Confessional". Southwark Playhouse. 5 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  13. ↑ "Cast Credits". Park Theatre. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  14. ↑ "Reviews - When The Sea Swallows Us Whole". Stage Door App. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  15. ↑ "Meet the Cast of The Bay". Radio Times. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  16. ↑ "The Haunting of Alice Bowles". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  17. ↑ "Call the Midwife tackles conversion therapy in powerful new episode – Boris Johnson, meanwhile, continues to do nothing". Pink News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  18. ↑ "'Marie Antoinette' Drama Series From 'The Favourite' Writer Enters Production". Variety. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  19. ↑ "A Lavish New TV Series Will Offer A Feminist Take On Marie Antoinette's Life". Vogue. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  20. ↑ "BBC Boards 'Marie Antoinette'". Deadline. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  21. ↑ O'Grady, Sean (20 January 2021). "The Bay review: A major character is killed off five minutes into the show's cliche-ridden return". The Independent . Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  22. ↑ Morris, Lauren (9 May 2021). "What is a pilonidal cyst, as seen in Call the Midwife?". Radio Times . Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  23. ↑ Kettle, Emilia (29 December 2022). "BBC Marie Antoinette: Full cast list and how to watch". Ealing Times. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  24. ↑ Dubiel, Bill (12 April 2024). "Franklin Cast & Character Guide: Every Real Life Person Explained". Screen Rant . Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  25. ↑ Cormack, Morgan (10 February 2025). "Virdee cast: Meet the stars of BBC crime drama with Staz Nair". Radio Times . Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  26. ↑ Henry, Grace (19 January 2026). "The new Lynley cast 2026: Meet the characters and actors who play them, from Leo Suter to Daniel Mays". Cosmopolitan . Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  27. ↑ Eidell, Lynsey (18 September 2026). "Meet the New Characters Shaking Things Up in MobLand Season 2". People Magazine . Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  28. 1 2 "Jack Archer". Waring McKenna Ltd. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  29. ↑ "A Pound of Flesh". FilmFreeway . Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  30. ↑ Akbar, Arifa (18 December 2020). "The Haunting of Alice Bowles review – murder at a time of plague". The Guardian . Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  31. ↑ "The Pink Pill (2022)". Cassiah Joski-Jethi. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  32. ↑ "Nights - Behind The Scenes". National Film and Television School . Retrieved 4 April 2026.
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