Jack Whitehall
Date of birth: 07-07-1988The son of actress Hilary and agent Michael, Jack Whitehall was a child actor in various television dramas before beginning his comedy career while studying at the University of Manchester, first performing stand-up at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2009. He gained early television exposure as a panellist on shows including 8 Out of 10 Cats and A League of Their Own.
His breakthrough came with the Channel 4 sitcom Fresh Meat (2011-2016), where he played JP. He subsequently starred in and co-wrote Bad Education (2012-2014), a BBC Three comedy set in a fictional school, which was followed by a film adaptation in 2015. Whitehall has hosted several television programmes, including Backchat (2013-2015) alongside his father, and A League of Their Own from 2020. He presented the BRIT Awards multiple times between 2018 and 2021.
His film work includes The Bad Education Movie (2015), Mother's Day (2016), Disney's Jungle Cruise (2021), and Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021). He has also released several Netflix stand-up specials and travel documentaries.
In 2026 he starred in the Peackock comedy series The Burbs, a remake of the 1989 Tom Hanks film, three months after taking the lead on the Amazon Prime Video thriller Malice alongside David Duchovny.
