List of Jonathan Bailey performances

Bailey in 2014

English actor Jonathan Bailey began his career as a child actor in Royal Shakespeare Company productions and by eight was performing as Gavroche in a West End production of Les Misérables. He has since starred in contemporary plays such as The York Realist in 2018 and Cock in 2022; in classical plays like Othello in 2013 and Richard II in 2025; as well as in musicals, namely the London revival of The Last Five Years in 2016 and the West End gender-swapped revival of Company for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical in 2019.

On screen, Bailey starred in the action-adventure series Leonardo (2011–2012) and the musical-comedy Groove High (2012–2013) before becoming known for the crime drama Broadchurch (2013–2015) and the comedy Crashing (2016). He gained wider recognition for his roles in the Regency romance series Bridgerton (2020–present) and the political miniseries Fellow Travelers (2023) which won him a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor. He played Fiyero in the musical fantasy films Wicked (2024) and Wicked: For Good (2025) for which was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. He also played Dr. Henry Loomis in the science fiction thriller film Jurassic World Rebirth (2025).

Credits

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Theatre

Year Title Role Director Venue Ref.
1995 A Christmas Carol Child Scrooge / Tiny Tim (alt) Ian Judge Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) at the Barbican Theatre [1]
1996 Les Enfants du Paradis Little Baptiste Simon Callow RSC at the Barbican Theatre [2]
1997–1998 Les Misérables Gavroche John Caird Palace Theatre, London [3]
2001–2002 King John Prince Arthur Gregory Doran RSC at the Barbican Theatre [4]
2006 Beautiful Thing Jamie Toby Frow Sound Theatre [5]
2007 Pretend You Have Big Buildings Leon Jo Combes and Sarah Frankcom Royal Exchange, Manchester [6]
2008 The Mother Ship Elliot Ben Payne Birmingham Rep Theatre [7]
Girl with a Pearl Earring Pieter Joe Dowling Cambridge Arts Theatre and Theatre Royal Haymarket [8]
2009 The House of Special Purpose Alexi Howard Davies Chichester Festival Theatre [9]
2011, 2012 South Downs Duffield Jeremy Herrin Chichester Festival Theatre / Harold Pinter Theatre [10][11]
2013 The Golden Story Romeo Nicholas Hytner Buckingham Palace [12]
Othello Cassio Royal National Theatre [13]
National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage Valentine [14]
American Psycho Tim Price Rupert Goold Almeida Theatre [15]
2016 The Last Five Years Jamie Wellerstein Jason Robert Brown St. James Theatre [16]
2017 King Lear Edgar Jonathan Murphy Chichester Festival Theatre [17]
Certain Young Men Andrew Peter Gill Royal National Theatre [18]
2018 The York Realist John Robert Hastie Donmar Warehouse / Crucible Theatre [19]
2018–2019 Company Jamie Marianne Elliott Gielgud Theatre [20]
2022 Cock John Ambassadors Theatre [21]
2025 Richard II Richard II Nicholas Hytner Bridge Theatre [22]
2027 Sunday in the Park with George † Georges Seurat / George Marianne Elliott Barbican Theatre [23]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1997 Bramwell William Kilshaw Series 3, episode 6 [24]
Bright Hair Ben Devenish Television film [25][26]
1998 Alice through the Looking Glass Lewis Television film [27]
2001 Baddiel's Syndrome Josh Main role [28]
2003 Ferrari Alfredo Ferrari Television film
2004 Playing a Part: The Story of Claude Cahun Man Ray Documentary film [29]
2005 The Golden Hour Stephen Martin Episode 4 [12]
Walk Away and I Stumble Justin Television film [30]
2007 Doctors Johnno Mitchum Episode: "See You in the Morning" [28]
2008 The Bill Chris Villiers Episode: "The Hit" [28]
2009 Off the Hook Danny Gordon Main role [31]
2010 Lewis Titus Mortmaigne Episode: "The Dead of Winter" [12]
2011 Campus Flatpack Main role [32]
2011–2012 Leonardo Leonardo da Vinci Main role [33]
2012 Pramface Glynn Episode: "Edinburgh... in Scotland" [34]
Me and Mrs Jones Alfie Main role [35]
2012–2013 Groove High Tom Mason Main role [36]
2013 Some Girls Nick the Counsellor Series 2, episode 1 [37]
Fifty Years on Stage Valentine Coverly TV movie; Segment: "Arcadia"
2013–2015 Broadchurch Olly Stevens 16 episodes [38]
2014 Doctor Who Psi Series 8, episode 5: “Time Heist” [39]
2014–2017 W1A Jack Patterson Recurring role (series 1)
Main role (series 2–3)		 [40]
2016 Crashing Sam Main role [41]
Hooten & the Lady Edward 6 episodes [42]
2017 Chewing Gum Ash Series 2, episode 2: “Replacements” [43]
2018 Jack Ryan Lance Miller 2 episodes [44]
2020–present Bridgerton Anthony Bridgerton, 9th Viscount Bridgerton Main role; 21 episodes [45]
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World Himself Guest judge (Series 1);
Episode: "West End Wendys"		 [46]
2023 Fellow Travelers Tim Laughlin Main role; Miniseries [47]
2024 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Himself Series 20, episode 3 [48]
The Traitors: The Movie Harry For Comic Relief [49]
Heartstopper Jack Maddox Series 3, episode 6: “Body” [50]
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked Himself Behind-the-scenes special [51]
2025 Wicked: One Wonderful Night
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Series 23, episode 3 [52]

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2004 Five Children and It Cyril [53]
2007 Permanent Vacation Max Bury [54]
St Trinian's Caspar [55]
Elizabeth: The Golden Age Courtier
2013 NT Live: Othello Cassio Recording [56]
2014 Testament of Youth Geoffrey Thurlow [57]
2016 The Young Messiah Herod [58]
2017 The Mercy Ian Wheeler [59]
2021 Best Birthday Ever Father Voice role [60]
2024 Wicked Fiyero Tigelaar [61]
Up the Catalogue Jeremy [62]
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth Dr. Henry Loomis [63]
Wicked: For Good Fiyero Tigelaar / The Scarecrow [64]
TBA Monsanto † Brent Wisner Filming [65]
Lincoln in the Bardo † Roger Bevins (voice) Post-production [66]
Pumping Black † Taylor Mace [67]

Audio

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Life in the Freezer Neil BBC Radio 4 [68]
South Downs Jeremy Duffield [69]
Ed Reardon's Week: The Intern Alex [70]
2014 By a Young Officer: Churchill on the North West Frontier Browne-Clayton / Capt of the 35th [71]
2015 Red and Blue Mark Longham [72]
2016 The Forsytes Jon [73]
Deliverers Lee [74]
2017 Just One Damned Thing After Another David Sussman Audible [75]
The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield Volume 04: Ruler of the Universe Lakis Big Finish Productions [76]
The War Master: Only the Good Marigold Lane Computer [77]
2018 Cast Long Shadows Narrator Audiobook [78]
Home Front Daniel Marriott BBC Radio 4 [79]
Somewhere Beyond the Sea Narrator Audiobook [80]
2020 The Flip Side [81]
Hell Cats Captain Jack Rackham Audible [82]
2021 Hot White Heist Eddie [83]
2022 Love Letter From an Englishman Narrator Calm [84]
2023 The Showstopper BBC Radio 2 [85]

Video games

Year Title Voice role Ref.
2014 Forza Horizon 2 Dan Williams [86]
2015 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Rhys Shipley [87]
2017 Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Enigmatic Figure [88]
2019 Anthem Gunther, Off-Duty Sentinel, Fort Newcomer, Customer, Laborer
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers Crystal Exarch / G'raha Tia [28]
2021 Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker G'raha Tia, Growingway [89]
2024 Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail G'raha Tia [90]
TBA Squadron 42 Aaron Seetow [91]

Cast recordings

Year Title Notes Ref.
2016 American Psycho (Original Cast Recording) Concord Music Group [92]
2019 Company (London Cast Recording) Warner Classics [93]
2024 Wicked: The Soundtrack Republic Records and Verve Records [94]
2025 Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack [95]

See also

References

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  5. ↑ Shenton, Mark (27 October 2016). "Interview with Jonathan Bailey". The Stage. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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