Jack Farthing | |
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Born | North London, England | 14 October 1985
Nationality | British |
Education | Westminster School |
Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2010–present |
Jack Farthing (born 14 October 1985) is a British actor.
Farthing was born and raised in North London; the son of gastroenterologist Michael Farthing, [1] he attended two independent schools; The Hall School, Hampstead and Westminster School in central London. [2] He read History of Art at St Catherine's College, Oxford, before attending London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. [3]
He is notable for playing Freddie Threepwood in Blandings (2013–2014) and villain George Warleggan in the BBC One drama series Poldark (2015–2019). [4] [5] [6] He also appeared as George Balfour in The Riot Club (2014), Marc Fisher in the Netflix romantic comedy Love Wedding Repeat (2020) and Charles, Prince of Wales in the drama Spencer (2021). [7] [8] [9]
Farthing is in a relationship with actress and writer Hanako Footman, who also appeared in the film Official Secrets . [10]
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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2014 | The Riot Club | George Balfour | Lone Scherfig |
2015 | Burn Burn Burn | Dan | Chanya Button |
2016 | Wild | Andrew | James Macdonald |
2019 | Official Secrets | Andy Dumfries | Gavin Hood |
2020 | Love Wedding Repeat | Marc | Dean Craig |
2021 | The Lost Daughter | Joe | Maggie Gyllenhaal |
Spencer | Charles, Prince of Wales | Pablo Larraín | |
2024 | Electra | Milo | Hala Matar |
2025 | Islands | Dave | Jan-Ole Gerster |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Pramface | Mitchell | BBC Three series 1, episode 4 |
Silk | Patrick Telford | BBC One series 2, episode 3 | |
2013 | |||
Dancing on the Edge | Young Waiter | BBC Two miniseries, episode 3 | |
Da Vinci's Demons | Botticelli | Fox series 1, episode 4 | |
Agatha Christie's Poirot | Gerald Paynter | ITV series 13, episode 2 | |
2013–2014 | Blandings | The Hon. Frederick Threepwood | BBC One series 1 & 2 (13 episodes) |
2014 | Cilla | John Lennon | ITV miniseries, episodes 1 & 3 [11] |
2015–2019 | Poldark | George Warleggan | BBC One series 1–5 (43 episodes) |
2018 | The ABC Murders | Donald Fraser | BBC One miniseries, episodes 1–3 |
2020 | Unsaid Stories | Police Voice (voice) | ITV miniseries, episode 3 |
2022 | Chloe | Richard | BBC One series, episodes 1–6 |
2023 | Rain Dogs | Florian Selby | BBC One series, episodes 1–8 |
The Serial Killer's Wife | Tom | Paramount+ series, episodes 1–4 | |
TBA | † Towards Zero | Thomas Royde | Post-Production [12] |
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