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Jack Whitehall
Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall (born 7 July 1988) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television personality. He is known for his roles as JP in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series Fresh Meat (2011–2016) and as Alfie Wickers in the BBC Three sitcom Bad Education (2012–2014, 2022–2024). He also co-wrote the latter and its film adaptation, The Bad Education Movie (2015).
From 2012 to 2018, Whitehall was a regular panelist on the comedy game show A League of Their Own. In 2017, he appeared alongside his father, Michael Whitehall, in the Netflix comedy documentary series Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father and starred in the BBC comedy-drama series Decline and Fall. From 2018 to 2021, and again in 2025 and 2026, he hosted the BRIT Awards.
Whitehall performed his first stand-up comedy show at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for which he was nominated for 'Best Newcomer' at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. He has written and performed five stand-up tours: Jack Whitehall Live (2010–2011), Gets Around (2014), At Large (2017), Stood Up (2019), and Settle Down (2023–2024).
Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall was born on 7 July 1988 at Portland Hospital in the London borough of Westminster, to television producer Michael Whitehall and actress Hilary Amanda Jane Whitehall (née Isbister; stage name Hilary Gish). Whitehall has described his father, a staunch conservative, as "Tory with a capital T", noting that in the 2010 United Kingdom general election, the first that he was eligible to vote in, his father impersonated him via postal vote to ensure his vote would go to the Conservative Party. His father has frequently featured in his son's television programmes. Whitehall has a younger sister and brother.
Whitehall is a descendant of Welsh lawyer Thomas Jones Phillips (not to be confused with Mayor Thomas Phillips) who was a major opponent of the Newport Rising of 1839. He had two godfathers: actors Nigel Havers and Richard Griffiths.
He attended Tower House School in London's East Sheen area, where he was a schoolmate of Robert Pattinson. He has often joked that he resented Pattinson for taking all the best parts in the school plays. Whitehall auditioned for the titular role in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), but the casting director was unimpressed with him because he had not read the novel. His parents sent him to boarding school at age eleven. He was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and then Marlborough College. He took a gap year in which he decided to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. He attended the University of Manchester to study history of art, dropping out after two terms.
In 1997 Whitehall (then aged nine) appeared in the series Noah's Ark. In June 2008, he presented the first week of Big Brother's Big Mouth on E4, returning in August to present the twelfth week. In September 2008, Whitehall made his first appearance on Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats.
In January 2009, Whitehall presented Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth and appeared on The Sunday Night Project. On 5 June, his third appearance on 8 Out of 10 Cats was broadcast. In June 2009 Whitehall co-presented topical-satire series The TNT Show with Holly Walsh on Channel 4. In August, he appeared on Charlie Brooker's Channel 4 panel show You Have Been Watching, followed in September by his first appearance on Would I Lie to You?. He made his first of many appearances on BBC Two satirical panel show Mock the Week, and in October, he guest-presented an episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
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Jack Whitehall
Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall (born 7 July 1988) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television personality. He is known for his roles as JP in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series Fresh Meat (2011–2016) and as Alfie Wickers in the BBC Three sitcom Bad Education (2012–2014, 2022–2024). He also co-wrote the latter and its film adaptation, The Bad Education Movie (2015).
From 2012 to 2018, Whitehall was a regular panelist on the comedy game show A League of Their Own. In 2017, he appeared alongside his father, Michael Whitehall, in the Netflix comedy documentary series Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father and starred in the BBC comedy-drama series Decline and Fall. From 2018 to 2021, and again in 2025 and 2026, he hosted the BRIT Awards.
Whitehall performed his first stand-up comedy show at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for which he was nominated for 'Best Newcomer' at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. He has written and performed five stand-up tours: Jack Whitehall Live (2010–2011), Gets Around (2014), At Large (2017), Stood Up (2019), and Settle Down (2023–2024).
Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall was born on 7 July 1988 at Portland Hospital in the London borough of Westminster, to television producer Michael Whitehall and actress Hilary Amanda Jane Whitehall (née Isbister; stage name Hilary Gish). Whitehall has described his father, a staunch conservative, as "Tory with a capital T", noting that in the 2010 United Kingdom general election, the first that he was eligible to vote in, his father impersonated him via postal vote to ensure his vote would go to the Conservative Party. His father has frequently featured in his son's television programmes. Whitehall has a younger sister and brother.
Whitehall is a descendant of Welsh lawyer Thomas Jones Phillips (not to be confused with Mayor Thomas Phillips) who was a major opponent of the Newport Rising of 1839. He had two godfathers: actors Nigel Havers and Richard Griffiths.
He attended Tower House School in London's East Sheen area, where he was a schoolmate of Robert Pattinson. He has often joked that he resented Pattinson for taking all the best parts in the school plays. Whitehall auditioned for the titular role in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), but the casting director was unimpressed with him because he had not read the novel. His parents sent him to boarding school at age eleven. He was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and then Marlborough College. He took a gap year in which he decided to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. He attended the University of Manchester to study history of art, dropping out after two terms.
In 1997 Whitehall (then aged nine) appeared in the series Noah's Ark. In June 2008, he presented the first week of Big Brother's Big Mouth on E4, returning in August to present the twelfth week. In September 2008, Whitehall made his first appearance on Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats.
In January 2009, Whitehall presented Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth and appeared on The Sunday Night Project. On 5 June, his third appearance on 8 Out of 10 Cats was broadcast. In June 2009 Whitehall co-presented topical-satire series The TNT Show with Holly Walsh on Channel 4. In August, he appeared on Charlie Brooker's Channel 4 panel show You Have Been Watching, followed in September by his first appearance on Would I Lie to You?. He made his first of many appearances on BBC Two satirical panel show Mock the Week, and in October, he guest-presented an episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
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