Jacob Collins-Levy

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Jacob Collins-Levy
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Born (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 31)
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present

Jacob Collins-Levy (born 18 March 1992) is an Australian actor. On television, he is known for his role in the Starz series The White Princess (2017), and the Netflix series Young Wallander (2020) and The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022). His films include True History of the Kelly Gang (2019).

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Early life

Collins-Levy was born in Melbourne to an Australian mother and English father. [1] In 2012 and 2013, he took classes at the 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne. [2]

Career

After brief appearances in 2015, in Holding the Man [1] and Glitch , [3] Collins-Levy's first major appearance on the big screen came in 2016, as the heartless drug dealer "Saul" [4] in the film Joe Cinque's Consolation , which was selected for the 41st Toronto International Film Festival. [5] [6] Collins-Levy played Henry VII of England in the Starz television series The White Princess , set in the aftermath of the Wars of the Roses, with co-star Jodie Comer [7] as his wife Elizabeth of York. [8]

In 2019, Collins-Levy appeared in Justin Kurzel's film True History of the Kelly Gang . [3] He played Karl-Axel Munck in the first season of the 2020 Netflix crime drama Young Wallander , [3] and guest starred as Lord Byron in the Doctor Who series 12 episode "The Haunting of Villa Diodati". [3]

In 2022, he appeared in Netflix series The Witcher: Blood Origin where he played the villain, Eredin, in a cast which included Mirren Mack, Lenny Henry, and Michelle Yeoh. [7] The same year, he was cast in the Disney+ series Nautilus as Captain Youngblood. [9]

Collins-Levy performs on stage in his hometown of Melbourne. In 2021, he appeared in a performance of Lanford Wilson's Burn This at fortyfivedownstairs [10] and in 2023 portrayed Count Orlok in the Malthouse Theatre stage adaptation of Nosferatu . [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Holding the Man Andrew [1]
2016 Joe Cinque's Consolation Saul [5] [6]
2019 True History of the Kelly Gang Thomas Curnow

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Gallipoli Young ANZAC1 episode - "The Breakout" [3]
Glitch Rory Fitzgerald3 episodes [1]
2017 Barracuda ClydeEpisode - 2000 [1] [3]
The White Princess Henry VII, the King of EnglandMain role - 8 episodes [8] [3]
2019 Bloom Young Herb2 episodes - "The Kick Inside" and "Little Miracle"
Pure Benji1 episode [3]
2020 Doctor Who Lord Byron "The Haunting of Villa Diodati"
Young Wallander Karl-Axel Munck5 episodes
The Liberator Corporal Tucker2 episodes - "The Enemy" and "Home"
2021 Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries Laurence Osborn1 episode - "Blood Wedding"
2022 The Witcher: Blood Origin EredinMain role - 4 episodes [7]
2023 Nautilus Captain Youngblood10 episodes [9]

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