Jack Whitehall

Jack Whitehall

Date of birth: 07-07-1988

The son of actress Hilary and agent Michael, Jack Whitehall was a child actor in various television dramas before pursuing stand-up comedy after leaving school.

Whitehall performed his first Edinburgh Festival Fringe show in 2009, receiving a nomination for best nbewcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. He is known for his roles as JP in the Channel 4 series Fresh Meat and as Alfie Wickers in the BBC Three sitcom Bad Education which he also co-wrote. He co-wrote The Bad Education Movie.

From 2012 to 2018, Whitehall was a regular panelist on A League of Their Own. In 2017, he appeared with his father in the Netflix series Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father. From 2018 to 2021, and again in 2025, he hosted the Brit Award Awards.

Whitehall has performed five stand-up tours: Jack Whitehall Live (2010–2011), Gets Around (2014), At Large (2017), Stood Up (2019), and Settle Down (2023–2024)/

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Jack Whitehall joins the romcom romcom Whodunnit

Now shooting in Oregon

Jack Whitehall has joined the cast of the forthcoming American indie romcom Whodunnit.

The film, now being shot in Oregon, stars To All the Boys actor Lana Condor as a woman who finds herself pregnant after a wild weekend but clueless about who the father is. 

Details of Whitehall’s role – first reported by Deadline – have not yet been revealed.

The entertainment website also reported that Upload’s Robbie Amell, Gen V’s Lizze Broadway, Lost’s Elizabeth Mitchell and Randall Park from Fresh Off the Boat have also joined the cast.

Whitehall is currently starring alongside David Duchovny  in the Amazon Prime Video thriller Malice (pictured), as an interloper determined to ruin a billionaire’s perfect family life. His other Hollywood credits include Jungle Cruise and Clifford the Big Red Dog.

Whodunnit is directed by Nora Kirkpatrick, who played Dwight’s girlfriend  Esther Bruegger in The Office.

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Published: 3 Dec 2025

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