Jojo Macari

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Jojo Macari is an English actor and musician, from London.

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Early life

Macari would work in his father’s guitar shop in Soho, London. His first theatre experience was in the Jermyn Street Theatre production of A Level Playing Field. [1] He dropped out of his A-levels in order to perform that role but was offered a deferred place to study actor musicianship at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup. He took a role in musical Desperate Measures, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Measure to Measure. [2]

Career

Macari had his first major acting role in BBC One series Hard Sun . [3] He joined the cast of Netflix miniseries Sex Education in series two and three as Kyle. [4] He appeared as Prince Henry in the third season of Harlots . He appeared as Mogwan in two episodes of the Netflix fantasy drama Cursed . He played Billy on the Netflix show The Irregulars . [5] Production on The Irregulars was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, [6] during filming Macari accidentally punched fellow actor Alex Ferns in the face, but Macari described Ferns, despite the sternness of some of his roles, "actually a lovely dude". [7]

In 2023 he was cast in the Roland Emmerich gladiator epic Those About to Die . [8] Macari appeared in the Apple TV+ series Masters of the Air in 2024.

Music

Macari played in the pop-rock band Koates and the hardcore-punk band the Rats. [9] Macari released the album Space and Time and Halloween and Paracetamol in 2021. [10] In 2022, he appeared in the music video for the Sea Girls song Lonely. [11] [12] He also appeared in the video for Female Lead from the band Honeyglaze in 2022. [13]

Around April 2023 Macari was playing with the band Famous (uk) at a festival in Germany. [14]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes works that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Hard Sun Daniel6 episodes
2018 Endeavour Queach1 episode
2019 London Kills Alfie1 episode
2019-2021 Sex Education Kyle7 episodes
2019 Harlots Prince Henry5 episodes
2020 Misbehaviour DaveFeature film
2020 Cursed Mogwan2 episodes
2021 The Irregulars Billy8 episodes
2022 Morbius GabrielFeature film
2024 Masters of the Air Capt. Oran PetrichMiniseries
2024 Those About to Die † Domitian Flavianus Series [15]

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