Jonathan Bailey
Biography
Jonathan Bailey is an English actor who began as a child performer with the Royal Shakespeare Company and by eight was playing Gavroche in the West End staging of Les Misérables. Born in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, he went on to stage roles in Othello in 2013, The York Realist in 2018, Cock in 2022 and Richard II in 2025. He won a Laurence Olivier Award in 2019 for his supporting role in the West End revival of Company and also starred in The Last Five Years in 2016. On television he moved from Leonardo and Groove High to Broadchurch, Crashing, Bridgerton and Fellow Travelers, the latter earning him a Critics' Choice Television Award and an Emmy nomination. His films include Five Children and It (2004), Wicked (2024), in which he played Fiyero and earned an Actor Award nomination, its sequel Wicked: For Good (2025) and Jurassic World Rebirth (2025).
38years old
Turns 39 on April 25in 193 days
- Born Wallingford
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Jonathan Stuart Bailey and Jonny Bailey
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 27 years1998 to 2025
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Big break
In 2013, Nicholas Hytner, then artistic director of the Royal National Theatre, cast Bailey as Cassio in Othello at the Olivier Theatre. Bailey calls this his "big break" and says Hytner became his mentor.
First role
Bailey landed alternating roles as Tiny Tim and Young Scrooge in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1995 A Christmas Carol at seven years old, after auditioning through his dance club and singing "Where Is Love?" from Oliver!.
Beyond film
Bailey voiced the character G'raha Tia in the video game Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood and continued the role in later expansions, praising the writing as almost Shakespearian.
Jonathan Bailey movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Jurassic World Rebirth2025 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thrilleras Dr. Henry Loomis
IMDb rating 5.8206K votes
Most often with
Jon M. Chu directed two of these films. Seven actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Jon M. Chu
Also three films together1 more actor
- Marissa BodeWicked: For Good (2025), Wicked: One Wonderful Night (2025) and Wicked (2024)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
Two awards and honors from 2019 to 2024.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2024 | Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Supporting Actor | Won | |
| 2019 | Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Won | |
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