Oliver Stark

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Oliver Stark
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Stark In 2011
Born
Oliver Leon Jones

(1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 32)
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present

Oliver Leon Jones (born 27 June 1991), known professionally as Oliver Stark, is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Evan "Buck" Buckley in 9-1-1 on ABC, and as Ryder in AMC's martial arts-based drama Into the Badlands.

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Biography

Oliver was born in London, England. He is the younger of two brothers. He attended Hendon School in north west London from 2002 to 2009. After joining the acting union in the UK, he registered under the name "Oliver Stark" as "Oliver Jones" was not available. He decided to use his late grandmother's maiden name, "Stark", as his stage surname. [1] [2] Stark is in a happy relationship with Felicia Martinez [3]

Stark's first professional acting job came in 2011 when he was cast in David Alexander's short film Follow for the UK Film Council. Stark then went on to have guest roles on iconic British shows Luther and Casualty. [4]

Oliver then had a number of film roles (Underworld Blood Wars) and other TV roles before starring as series regular, Ryder, in AMC's martial arts-based drama Into the Badlands in 2015. [5] Since 2018, Stark has played firefighter Evan "Buck" Buckley, a main character on the ABC drama, 9-1-1. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012CommunityPack Leader
2013 The Adventurer: Curse of the Midas Box Glocky
2014MontanaCal
2015 Hard Tide Alfie Fisher
2016 Underworld: Blood Wars Gregor
2017 MindGamers Dylan

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Casualty Kyle 'K' DeNaneEpisode: "Natural Selection"
2013 Luther Shaun Butler1 episode
Big Bad World Bad Teenager1 episode
Dracula PC BarracloughEpisode: "Come to Die"
2015Venus vs. MarsSteven Jones1 episode
2015–2017 Into the Badlands RyderSeries regular (16 episodes)
2018–present 9-1-1 Evan 'Buck' BuckleyMain role (101 episodes)
Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Drama TV Actor [7]
2021 9-1-1: Lone Star Guest role (1 episode)

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