Jamie Ward (actor)

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Jamie Ward
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Jamie Ward is an Australian theatre, television and film actor

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Early life

He is from Yokine, Western Australia and was a Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts graduate from Perth, Australia. He moved to London, England in 2012. [1]

Career

Theatre

he had roles in his home country in the Sydney Theatre Company's Spring Awakening as Hanschen, and Gordon Frost's adaptation of Dr Zhivago as Young Yurii Zhivago. He also appeared with the Australian Opera Company. He made his West End theatre debut in London as Marius in Les Miserables in 2013. [2]

Film & Television

He had early roles in British television series The Durrells and starred in children’s television show Ride He appeared in zombie thriller The Rezort and filmed American drama Tyrant . He appeared in the film adaptation of the Dalia Sofer novel Septembers of Shiraz , in which he appears alongside Salma Hayek and Adrien Brody. [1]

He played Father Gomez in the final season of the television adaptation of His Dark Materials in 2022. [3] [4] In February 2023, he was cast as Romeo in the musical modern reimagining of the Shakespeare play Verona's Romeo & Juliet . [5]

He portrays Lorenzo in Stan original television series The Invisible Boys . [6] He was cast as Jesus Christ in Pinnacle Peak Pictures retelling of The Last Supper. [7]

Partial filmography

Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 The Rezort Mike
2015 Septembers of Shiraz Parviz Amin
2016 The Durrells Angel3 episodes
2016-2017 Ride Santiago3 episodes
2016 Tyrant Nabil5 episodes
2018 Monster Party Jeremy
2019 Cliffs of Freedom Young Demetri
2022 His Dark Materials Father Gomez6 episodes
2024 Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints Marcus
2025 Verona's Romeo & Juliet RomeoPost-production
2025The Invisible BoysLorenzo
TBAThe Last Supper Jesus Christ In production

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