Jack Holden (actor)

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Jack Holden
Born (1990-03-31) 31 March 1990 (age 33)
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, producer
Years active2011–present

Jack Holden (born 31 March 1990) is an English actor, writer and producer [1] from Tonbridge in Kent. He is best known for his roles in the television series Marriage [2] with Sean Bean and Nicola Walker and in Ten Percent . [3] Holden began his acting career starring in West End play War Horse .

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Education

Holden graduated from the Bristol Old Vic theater school in 2011. [4]

Career

After graduating from the Bristol Old Vic, Holden starred in the lead role in the West End play War Horse , [4]

In 2014, Holden played the role of Joe Bonham in the UK première of the play Johnny Got His Gun , based on the novel by Dalton Trumbo. His performance received a positive review from The Independent . [5]

His performance as Bobby in an adaptation of Awkward Conversations With Animals I've Fucked by Rob Hayes during the 2014-15 Edinburgh Fringe received critical acclaim. [6] Holden has also performed frequently with the Royal Shakespeare Company in such productions as The Shoemaker's Holiday by Thomas Dekker, [7] and in the world première of Tim Morton Smith's Oppenheimer [8] directed by Angus Jackson and starring John Heffernan as Robert Oppenheimer.

Holden recorded several episodes of the BBC Radio drama Home Front , [9] and played the part of Meus in the BBC Radio 4's broadcast premiere of Orson Welles' unproduced screenplay of Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness , starring James McAvoy. [10]

From February 2016, Holden appeared as Lysander in a national tour of Midsummer Night's Dream [11] which visited 12 venues including Belfast, Glasgow, Newcastle, Blackpool, Truro, the RSC's homes at the Barbican Centre and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. The BBC planned to film the production which involved actors from 12 different amateur theatre companies. [12] Holden also appeared in the 2017 film Journey's End . Holden was in the world première of Ink by James Graham at the Almeida Theatre from June to August 2017, [13] and in 2019 he was in the Bath Theatre Royal production of My Cousin Rachel (the play by Joseph O'Connor based on the Daphne du Maurier novel) with Helen George and Simon Shepherd.

As a writer, Holden's debut one-man play Cruise premiered at the Duchess Theatre, London in Summer 2021, reopening the West End to critical acclaim; [14] [15] it was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Play. Cruise music producer John Patrick Elliott won the Best Composer Award at The Stage Debut Awards 2022, which was accepted by Holden on Elliott's behalf. [16]

In 2022, Holden appeared as Kevin Barnes in Ten Percent , the English remake of the French original, Call My Agent! .

Personal life

Holden identifies as queer. [17]

Filmography

Actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Lewis Ben NewboundSeries 6 episode 2: Generation of Vipers
2013 National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage AlbertTelevision film; segment: War Horse
StrayAlanShort film
2016 The Levelling James
The Best Bottoms in the LandHimself/Lysander 3 episodes
2017 Journey's End Private Turner
What the Butler SawNicholas BeckettVideo
2019 Traitors Will Anderson2 episodes
2021The RevRev Neil MarlowShort film
Hiya JaniceDeclan
2022 Ten Percent Kevin Barnes4 episodes
Marriage Adam4 episodes
TBAGrimSamShort film

Producer

YearTitleNotes
2018Blood out of a StoneShort film
2021The Rev
2022Near
TBAUnder the BlueCo-producer; currently in post-production

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References

  1. ↑ "Jack Holden". IMDb. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Marriage (Drama), All3Media, The Forge, The Money Men, retrieved 21 March 2022
  3. ↑ Call My Agent (UK) (Comedy), BRON Studios, Headline Pictures, retrieved 21 March 2022
  4. 1 2 War Horse lead is a dream for actor. This is Kent (2011-10-08). Retrieved on 2011-12-11. Archived 10 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Taylor, Paul (2 June 2014). "Johnny Got His Gun, Southwark Playhouse, theatre review: 'Harrowingly poignant'". The Independent . London, England: Independent Print Ltd. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Needham, Alex (22 August 2014). "Interview. Rob Hayes, the man behind the play with the most shocking title in Edinburgh". Guardian newspaper. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Shoemaker's Holiday | Royal Shakespeare Company | Theatre". Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Oppenheimer | Royal Shakespeare Company | Theatre". www.rsc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Home Front".
  10. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Drama, Unmade Movies, Orson Welles' Heart of Darkness".
  11. ↑ "A Midsummer Night's Dream | Royal Shakespeare Company".
  12. ↑ "Royal Shakespeare Company finds UK's 'best Bottoms'". BBC News. 24 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ink".
  14. ↑ Wyver, Kate (21 May 2021). "Cruise review – a stunning return to lost gay London". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  15. ↑ Rufo, Yasmin (18 August 2022). "Cruise at the Apollo Theatre review: Jack Holden's ode to 80s queer culture is a one-man masterpiece". Evening Standard. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  16. ↑ Masso, Giverny (20 September 2022). "Cruise creator Jack Holden: Music should be part of a show's process from day one". The Stage. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  17. ↑ Wyver, Kate (5 July 2022). "'It's the Odyssey – the islands are Soho clubs': Jack Holden on his 80s drama Cruise". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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