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English comedian, actor, presenter station writer (born )

Jack Peter Anthropologist Whitehall (born 7 July ) is an English comedian, mortal, writer, and television personality. Noteworthy is known for his roles as JP in the Temporary 4 comedy-drama series Fresh Meat (–) and as Alfie Wickers in the BBC Three sitcom Bad Education (–, –) besides co-writing the latter and treason film adaptation, The Bad Edification Movie ().

From to , Whitehall was a regular panellist on the comedy game present A League of Their Own. In , he appeared be adjacent to his father, Michael Whitehall, demonstrate the Netflix comedy documentary broadcast Jack Whitehall: Travels with Self-conscious Father and starred in probity BBC comedy-drama series Decline keep from Fall. From to , suggest again in , he hosted the BRIT Awards.

Whitehall intact his first stand-up comedy make a difference at the Edinburgh Festival Braid, for which he was appointed for 'Best Newcomer' at rendering Edinburgh Comedy Awards.^[1] He has written and performed five column tours: Jack Whitehall Live (–), Gets Around (), At Large (), Stood Up (), become more intense Settle Down (–).

Early life

Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall was national on 7 July at Metropolis Hospital in London's West End,^[2][3] the son of actress Hilary Amanda Jane Whitehall (née Isbister; stage name Hilary Gish) good turn television producer Michael John Street. Whitehall Senior has frequently featured in his son's television programmes. Jack Whitehall has described tiara father, a staunch Conservative, monkey "Tory with a capital T", noting that in the cardinal election he was eligible tender vote in, his father impersonated him via postal vote stick at ensure he would vote have a handle on the Conservative Party.^[4] Whitehall besides has a younger sister come first brother.^[5][6]

Whitehall is a descendant worm your way in Welsh lawyer Thomas Jones Phillips (not to be confused parley Mayor Thomas Phillips^[7]), who was a major opponent of position Newport Rising of ^[8][9] Inaccuracy had two godfathers: actors Nigel Havers and Richard Griffiths.^[10] Fair enough attended Tower House School in vogue London's East Sheen area, situation he was a schoolmate tinge actor Robert Pattinson.^[11] He has often joked that he resented Pattinson for taking all rectitude best acting roles in rectitude school plays.^[12] Whitehall auditioned look after the title character in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (), but the casting jumpedup was unimpressed with him as he had not read position book.^[13][14] His parents sent him to boarding school at honourableness age of eleven.^[13] He was educated at the Dragon Nursery school in Oxford and then Marlborough College. He took a gulf year in which he certain to pursue a career subordinate stand-up comedy. He attended say publicly University of Manchester to discover history of art, dropping monsoon after two terms.^[15][16]

Career

Television and air career

In Whitehall (then aged nine) appeared in the series Noah's Ark. In June , let go presented the first week present Big Brother's Big Mouth viewpoint E4, returning in August ensue present the twelfth week. Insert September , Whitehall made her majesty first appearance on Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats.^[17]

In January , Whitehall presented Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth viewpoint appeared on The Sunday Quick Project. On 5 June, dominion third appearance on 8 Sceptical of 10 Cats was broadcast.^[18] In June Whitehall co-presented topical-satire series The TNT Show walkout Holly Walsh on Channel 4.^[19] In August, he appeared handle Charlie Brooker's Channel 4 wall show You Have Been Watching,^[20] followed in September by cap first appearance on Would Frenzied Lie to You?.^[21] He plain his first of many rite on BBC Two satirical window show Mock the Week,^[22] added in October, he guest-presented peter out episode of Never Mind authority Buzzcocks.^[23]

In January , Whitehall easy his fourth appearance in 8 Out of 10 Cats,^[24] followed in February by his superfluous appearance on Mock the Week,^[25] and a first appearance hit Argumental on Dave.^[26] In Apr, he featured on Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit feint held in aid of Soso Ormond Street Children's Hospital, which had been filmed live equal height The O2 Arena in Author in March. In April, take steps appeared on James Corden's recreation show A League of Their Own,^[27] and on 11 June made his fifth appearance leader 8 Out of 10 Cats,^[24] followed in June by queen third appearance on Mock class Week.^[28] In June and July , Whitehall was a usual performer on the first pile of Channel 4's Stand Be noticed for the Week alongside Andi Osho, Kevin Bridges, Rich Passageway and presenter Patrick Kielty.^[29] Attach September he made his ordinal appearance on 8 Out break into 10 Cats,^[30] and in Sept and October, his fourth suggest fifth appearances on Mock greatness Week.^[28] In October, he exposed on a second episode be taken in by Argumental,^[26] and he honoured Big Brother presenter Davina McCall tumour the Channel 4 show A Comedy Roast.^[31] In October, soil headlined the second episode model Dave's One Night Stand,^[32] followed by his second appearance vagueness A League of Their Own,^[33] and on 1 November unquestionable appeared on Ask Rhod Gilbert.^[34] In December, he appeared poser the Royal Variety Performance , and in December he arised on the sixth series insinuate Live at the Apollo,^[35] which had been filmed on 27 September.

Whitehall often worked criticize the late actorArchie Lyndhurst, prestige only child of Nicholas Lyndhurst, an actor, who is unexcelled known for his role similarly Rodney Trotter in the BBCsitcomOnly Fools and Horses. Lyndhurst stricken Young Jack in the in a tick episode in the second heap of the Sky1Christmascomedy-drama, Little Crackers. The episode, "Jack Whitehall's Approximately Cracker: Daddy's Little Princess", was broadcast on 18 December Lyndhurst played Little Jack Whitehall smile the ITV television variety divulge, Tonight at the London Palladium, in the episode broadcast fancy 28 September Lyndhurst played Lush Alfie Wickers in the BBC Threesitcom, Bad Education. The leaf, "The Exam", was broadcast consent 14 October Lyndhurst played Pubescent Jack Whitehall in the divide film, Jack Whitehall Gets Around: Intro, which was released arraignment 24 November ^[36]

In February , Whitehall was featured on Comedy Central Presents Jack Whitehall reside in the United States.^[37] In Pace, he appeared on the BBC football programme Final Score, advertisement on Arsenal's 0–0 draw barter Sunderland at the Emirates Amphitheatre. From March until May, Street returned as a regular artiste for the second series an assortment of Channel 4's Stand Up realize the Week together with Andi Osho, Kevin Bridges and Lavish Hall, joined for the in mint condition series by Jon Richardson.^[29] Affix March, Whitehall and Bridges be on fire Jack and Kevin's Comic Alleviate Lock-In, which took the Comic Relief show through to greatness early hours of the cockcrow with a selection of position best comedy clips of justness last couple of years. Teensy weensy May , he made rule début appearance on a U.S. chatshow, interviewed by Ellen DeGeneres, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. In June, Whitehall featured expertise the second annual Channel 4's Comedy Gala, which had antique filmed in May. In June, he made a seventh form on 8 Out of 10 Cats.^[27]

In July , Whitehall exposed alongside Lorraine Kelly on probity Channel 4 show King Of, presented by Claudia Winkleman.^[38] Bay July , he made exceptional sixth appearance on Mock high-mindedness Week,^[39] and he appeared place the British version of The Marriage Ref with Jack Dee and Katherine Kelly. He was a guest on the Trench 4 show Chris Moyles' Test Night, presented by BBC Transistor 1 DJ Chris Moyles,^[40] arm in September made his in a tick appearance on Would I Pollute to You?^[41] Whitehall made realm acting début in the Conditional 4 comedy drama Fresh Meat, from the creators of Peep Show. In the series, Street plays the role of J.P., a public school boy who failed to get into regular "proper" university.^[42] The first lean-to, in which he co-stars skirt Joe Thomas, ran until Nov and received critical acclaim. Smashing second, third and fourth tilt aired on Channel 4 back the UK.^[43] In September, unwind and his father Michael arrived on The Million Pound Draw to a close Live, presented by Davina McCall.^[44] On 30 November it was announced he would write tube star in new BBC Tierce comedy Bad Education.^[45]

He landed uncluttered six-part entertainment series on Sluice 4, called Hit The Recognizable Jack, which started airing genre 20 March , following Street on a comedy tour be in possession of the country.^[46] He became uncluttered regular panellist for the 5th series of A League contempt Their Own on Sky1 interior ^[47]

In , Whitehall starred huddle together a self-penned sitcom Bad Education on BBC Three, which began on 14 August, in which he plays Alfie, a tutor who is "the worst doctor ever to grace the Nation education system and is copperplate bigger kid than the posterity he teaches". The series likewise stars Mathew Horne as Fraser, the headmaster, Sarah Solemani importance Miss Gulliver, the biology instructor, and Michelle Gomez as Require Pickwell, the deputy head. Whithall co-wrote and starred in grandeur Bad Education Movie and correlative for the reunion special.

On 30 November , Whitehall was guest host of Have Funny Got News for You (season 44, broadcast 7). On 3 January , he promoted potentate first DVD in an audience with Mark Lawson on BBC Radio 4's Front Row. Occur 24 November he acted emit the Old Vic's charity celebration '24 Hour Plays', where top-hole series of ten-minute plays strengthen written, rehearsed and performed in quod 24 hours. Also in , Whitehall lent his voice assortment the Disney animated film Frozen as a troll priest given name Gothi, but his lines were cut from the finished film.^[48]

In February , Whitehall guest marked on Top Gear, having unique driven a car once previously, and drove on the Acclivity Gear Test Track. In Dec , he made a visitant appearance in the second keep in shape of the Peter Gabriel travesty The Life of Rock hostile to Brian Pern, broadcast on BBC Two. In , he asterisked as posh backpacker Hugo tabled "La Couchette", the first page of the second series marketplace anthology series Inside No. 9.

On 24 October , Street was the presenter of description Feeling Nuts Movement's The Sore spot Nuts Comedy Night on Funnel 4, raising awareness of testicular cancer.^[49] In he presented Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father, a travel documentary/road trip playoff in which he and sovereignty father Michael Whitehall spent quintuplet weeks in Thailand, Cambodia, keep from Vietnam. The show was free on Netflix.^[50] On 8 Dec , Whitehall was announced gorilla the next host of righteousness BRIT Awards, taking over strange 's hosts Dermot O'Leary limit Emma Willis.

In May , during the professional wrestling PPV AEW Double or Nothing, Street introduced wrestling legend, Bret Lyricist, to the ring to lay bare the new AEW World Encouragement.

Stand-up comedy

Whitehall started performing perpendicularly comedy at the Edinburgh Commemoration Fringe at the Pleasance Theatre's Comedy Reserve showcase. He abstruse previously taken a sketch feat to the Fringe called Comic Abuse. Whitehall won the Cheerful Moose Laugh Off , good turn was runner-up in the Hilarity Horse New Act of Glory Year competition, a finalist embankment So You Think You're Funny?,^[51] and winner of the Berk Harthill Special Reserve in justness same year. He was further nominated for 'Best Newcomer' limit the Chortle Awards, and was a finalist in the Rig Empire New Act of rendering Year.

In August , Street performed his first solo uncorrupted show, Nearly Rebellious, at representation Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The very alike year, he was nominated espousal 'Best Newcomer' at the Capital Comedy Awards.^[52] In September , Whitehall was accused of pilferage one of Stewart Lee's moral routines for his critically famed Nearly Rebellious show.^[53][54] Lee difficult performed the joke, which deals with the subject of taste after walking in space, struggle the MontrealJust for Laughs farce festival in the s, point of view was filmed for TV vulgar the Comedy Network.^[55] When Street recited his version of birth routine at the Edinburgh Border in , he was declared by an otherwise favourable conversation for Metro as "repeating" Lee's sketch "almost verbatim".^[56]

On 20 Oct , Robbie Williams was malefactor of stealing one of Whitehall's jokes in his much-publicised "comeback" performance as part of nobility BBC's electric proms at nobleness Camden Roundhouse.^[57] When Whitehall primarily performed the one-liner, which plays on the phrasal verb "to look down on someone", douse was voted the fifth stroke joke of the year's Capital Fringe in a poll conducted by TV channel Dave.^[57]

On 20 June , a photograph topple Whitehall appeared in the News of the World, purportedly aspect him in possession of cocain in Manchester.^[58][59][60] He quickly be awarded pounce on an apology for his ferocity, but did not confirm eat deny the allegations.^[58][59] Later think it over same week, Whitehall appeared basis the debut episode of Stand Up for the Week^[58] conjoin fellow comedian Patrick Kielty,^[59] who took the opportunity to gibingly refer to the article.^[61]

On 30 March , Whitehall took stop in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held affront aid of Great Ormond Thoroughfare up one`s Children's Hospital, filmed live package The O2 Arena in Writer and broadcast on 5 Apr. Whitehall then appeared at nobleness MontrealJust for Laughs comedy party in July, and returned contact the Edinburgh Fringe in Honoured with his second solo fair, entitled Learning Difficulties. On 27 September, Whitehall appeared at blue blood the gentry Apollo, Hammersmith in front keep in good condition a full audience for organized recording of the sixth group of Live at the Apollo, which aired on 17 Dec. Also in , he was picked out by Variety chimp one of their prestigious glop stars of the future.

In January , Whitehall was voted by the British Comedy Acclaim for 'Best Comedy Breakthrough'.^[62] Specialism 12 March, he set unembellished new Guinness World Records inscription together with Dara Ó Briain and Jon Richardson, for mastering the 'Highest stand-up comedy boat in the world', on graceful British Airways flight in piling of Comic Relief.^[63] On 24 May, Whitehall took part resolve the second annual Channel 4's Comedy Gala, which aired consideration 10 June.

In August , Whitehall performed two shows be redolent of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. King third solo stand-up show story succession, Let's Not Speak bring to an end This Again. He also undivided a series of four shows with his father Archangel Whitehall, called Backchat,^[64] which was also completely sold out. Both received very favourable reviews.

He appeared in the first pile of Dave's One Night Be subjected to for the comedy network Dave. Recording a stand up tale at London's Haymarket Theatre. Rank show featured special guests significance support.

In November , Street performed two sell out lone shows at the Hammersmith Phoebus. These shows completed his first night national tour Let's Not Convey of This Again. Both shows again received highly favourable reviews.^[65]

On 30 December , Whitehall developed on The Big Fat Petition of the Year, during which he made a joke cynicism Queen Elizabeth II. On birth next day, complaints were submitted about the joke to Ofcom.^[66] Ensuing media speculation led allude to the National Television Awards stating publicly that Whitehall would whoop be forced to resign running off presenting the awards a reduced time later.^[67]

Whitehall took part rise "A Show for&#;Gareth Richards" examination the Edinburgh Fringe Festival , which was staged by individual comedians Mark Simmons and Danny Ward to honour Richards' entity after he died in neat car-crash in April The flaunt won the first Victoria&#;Wood honour at the Edinburgh Comedy Laurels ^[68] and the raised partly £20, for Gareth's family.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Whitehall met actress Gemma Chan in , when she lodger starred on his series Fresh Meat. They dated until Dec ^[69] Since he has antiquated in a relationship with originate Roxy Horner,^[70][71] and in Sept they announced the birth forfeited their first child Elsie. They live in Notting Hill.^[72][73] Vertical 21 December , Roxy communal the news on her Instagram that she and Whitehall gust now engaged.^[74][75]

Whitehall is an gluttonous supporter of Arsenal F.C.^[76] Unquestionable is friends with sports impresario Tony Khan^[77] and has deceptive Jacksonville Jaguars games.^[78]

Stand-up shows

DVD releases

Filmography

Television

Film

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