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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)/

Together at last, Jack Whitehall and Kim Kardashian

Stand-up is cast in reality star's new comedy

Jack Whitehall is to star alongside Kim Kardashian in a new film directed by Eva Longoria.

The cast of The Fifth Wheel also includes Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser, fellow comedian Fortune Feimster and former Saturday Night Live star – and presenter of The Great American Baking Show – Casey Wilson.

Details of the characters are being kept under wraps, according to Hollywood industry website Deadline, which first reported the news of Whitehall’s involvement.

But the plot involves a group of best friends from high school attempting to reconnect during a weekend jaunt to Las Vegas – until it is interrupted by a ‘hot outsider’, played by Kardashian.

It is the latest stage in the Whitehall’s fast-growing US career. He can currently be seen starring in Amazon Prime thriller Malice and recently wrapped on the horror film Legacy with Anjelica Huston, as well as the indie rom-com Whodunnit.

He will next be seen starring opposite Keke Palmer in the Peacock series The ‘Burbs, based on the 1989 Tom Hanks black comedy.

Written by former SNLer Paula Pell and her wife, the comedian Janine Brito, The Fifth Wheel also stars Scott MacArthur from The Righteous Gemstones and Brenda Song from the Netflix basketball sitcom Running Point.

Though best known for her role on Desperate Housewives, Eva Longoria has directed a number of TV episodes, making her feature debut with 2023’s autobiographical comedy-drama Flamin' Hot about the man who claimed to have invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos.

Published: 14 Jan 2026