Jacob Collins-Levy | |
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Born | 18 March 1992 Melbourne, Australia |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2015–present |
Jacob Collins-Levy (born 18 March 1992) is an English-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).
Jacob Collins-Levy was born in Melbourne, to an Australian mother and an English father. [1] He has one younger brother.
In 2012 and 2013, he took classes at the 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne. [2]
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 the 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] in 2023 he portrayed Count Orlok in the Malthouse Theatre stage adaptation of Nosferatu , [11] and he played Hamlet in 2024. [12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Holding the Man | Andrew | [1] |
2016 | Joe Cinque's Consolation | Saul | [5] [6] |
2019 | True History of the Kelly Gang | Thomas Curnow | |
2025 | Leviathan | Chris | Post-Production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Gallipoli | Young ANZAC | Episode: "The Breakout" [3] |
Glitch | Rory Fitzgerald | 3 episodes [1] | |
2017 | Barracuda | Clyde | Episode: "2000" [1] [3] |
The White Princess | Henry VII of England | Main role [8] [3] | |
2019 | Bloom | Young Herb | Episodes: "The Kick Inside" and "Little Miracle" |
Pure | Benji | 1 episode [3] | |
2020 | Doctor Who | Lord Byron | Episode: "The Haunting of Villa Diodati" |
Young Wallander | Karl-Axel Munck | 5 episodes | |
The Liberator | Corporal Tucker | Episodes: "The Enemy" and "Home" | |
2021 | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Laurence Osborn | Episode: "Blood Wedding" |
2022 | The Witcher: Blood Origin | Eredin | Main role [7] |
2024 | Prosper | Jed Quinn | 8 episodes |
Nautilus | Captain Youngblood | 10 episodes [9] |
Year | Title | Role | Venue |
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2021 | Burn This | Burton | fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne |
2023 | Nosferatu | Count Orlok | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne |
2024 | Hamlet | Hamlet | fortyfivedownstairs with Melbourne Shakespeare Company |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2022 | The Diofield Chronicle | Isarion Colchester | English version, voice |