Jonny Freeman

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Jonny Freeman
Born
London, England
OccupationActor
Known for M.I. High
EastEnders

Jonny Freeman is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Frank London in the children's CBBC TV series, M.I. High . He has also starred in Dalziel & Pascoe , Doctors , EastEnders and Love Soup , as well as several television adverts for Domino's Pizza , Ford and Trebor mints .

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Life and career

Freeman trained at the East 15 Acting School. In addition to his work as an actor, Freeman appears with the London improvisational comedy group Shotgun Impro and is a resident MC at The Funny Side Comedy Clubs. [1]

On 22 November 2022, it was announced that he had been cast as Dot Cotton's great-nephew Reiss Colwell in EastEnders . [2] His first episode debuted on 12 December 2022. [3]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2023British Soap AwardsBest Comedy PerformanceNominated [4]


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References

  1. "Jonny Freeman - Comedy Actor and Stand up Comedian". Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
  2. Sarruba, Stefania (22 November 2022). "EastEnders casts Jonny Freeman as Dot Branning's great-nephew". Digital Spy.
  3. Knight, Lewis (11 December 2022). "EastEnders newcomer Jonny Freeman lifts lid on Reiss and Sonia "spark"". Radio Times.
  4. Barrett, Kerry (2 May 2023). "The British Soap Awards 2023: shortlist nominations, categories, how to vote and all we know". (Future plc). Retrieved 3 May 2023.