Jonathan Stuart Bailey (born 25 April 1988) is an English film and stage actor. Known for his comedic, dramatic, and musical roles on stage and screen, he is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award and a Critics Choice Awards as well as nominations for Evening Standard Theatre and Screen Actor Guild Awards.
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 South Downs in 2012, The York Realist in 2018, and Cock in 2022; in classical plays like the Royal National Theatre's Othello in 2013 and Chichester Festival Theatre's King Lear in 2017; 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 his roles in the crime drama Broadchurch (2013–2015), the satire W1A (2014–2017), and the comedy Crashing (2016). He gained international recognition for his portrayal of Anthony, Viscount Bridgerton, in the Regency romance series Bridgerton (2020–present). Bailey has since starred in the romantic drama miniseries Fellow Travelers (2023), for which he won a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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as Fiyero Tigelaar
2025
as Dr. Henry Loomis
2024
as Fiyero
2024
as Self
2023
as Tim Laughlin
2022
as Jack Maddox
2022
as Self - Guest Judge
2020
as Lord Anthony Bridgerton
2018
as Lance Miller
2018
as Ian Wheeler
2016
as Edward
2016
as Herod
2016
as Sam
2015
as Ash
2014
as Geoffrey
2014
as Self
2014
as Jack Patterson
2013
as Tim Price
2013
as Cassio
2013
as Cassio
2013
as Olly Stevens
2012
as Tom Mason
2012
as Alfie
2011
as Leonardo
2011
as Flatpack
2009
2007
as Bedales Pupil 2
2007
as Max Bury
2007
as Courtier
2007
as Titus Mortmaigne
2005
as Psi
2004
as Cyril
2003
as Alfredo Ferrari
2003
as Alfredo Ferrari
2001
as Josh
1998
as Lewis
1997
as Ben Devenish
as Eddy