Jonjo O'Neill

Jonjo O'Neill is an actor from Northern Ireland whose career spans stage and television. Born in Belfast, he trained at the Guildford School of Acting after winning a scholarship in 1996. His first television role came in 1999 in Extremely Dangerous. From 2009 to 2011 he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company ensemble, playing Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Orlando in As You Like It and Launcelot in Morte D'Arthur. In 2012 he took the title role in Richard III at the Swan Theatre during the World Shakespeare Festival, and he won praise for The Effect at the Royal National Theatre. He appeared in the 2013 Doctor Who fiftieth anniversary episode The Day of the Doctor and in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018). He was nominated for a Manchester Theatre Award for The Crucible and has also worked at the Royal Court Theatre and the Globe Theatre.