Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall (born 7 July 1988) is an English actor, comedian, presenter and writer. Best known for playing the main characters in Fresh Meat and Bad Education, Whitehall has also been a regular panel guest for shows like QI and Big Fat Quiz of the Year. More recently, he has appeared in Good Omens (2019) on Amazon Prime and his own Netflix show, Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father.
Film Roles
- 2015: The Bad Education Movie (Alfie Wickers)
- 2016: Mother's Day (Zack Zimm)
- 2016: Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (voice of Asterix in the English dub)
- 2018: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Harlequin)
- 2019: The Queen's Corgi (voice of Rex)
- 2021: Jungle Cruise: (MacGregor Houghton)
- 2022: Clifford the Big Red Dog (Uncle Casey)
- 2022: Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (Octavius)
Television Roles
- 2009-11: Mock the Week (guest panellist)
- 2010-17, 2019: A League of Their Own (regular panellist, guest panellist)
- 2011-16: Fresh Meat (J.P.)
- 2012-14: Bad Education (Alfie Wickers)
- 2015: Inside No. 9 (one episode, "La Couchette")
- 2015: Cockroaches (Oscar)
- 2015-16: Thunderbirds Are Go (voice of Francois Lemaire)
- 2016: Drunk History (Sir Walter Raleigh in one episode)
- 2017: Decline and Fall (Paul Pennyfeather)
- 2017: Jack Whitehall: At Large (stand-up special)
- 2017-20: Jack Whitehall: Travels with my Father
- 2019: Good Omens (2019) (Newton Pulsifer, Thou-Shalt-Not-Commit-Adultery Pulsifer)
- 2019: Jack Whitehall: Christmas with My Father
- 2020: Jack Whitehall: I'm Only Joking
- 2020: Jack Whitehall's Father's Day
- 2020: Jack Whitehall's Sporting Nation
- 2023: The Afterparty (Sebastian)
Tropes
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Refers to his mother going out of her way to make his room as un-sexy as possible in an attempt to prevent him from bringing girlfriends home to sleep with, and his father's... everything - though he mostly seems to go out of the way to embarrass his father.
- Camp Straight: The man's known for his stereotypically camp mannerisms, which he has lampooned (along with his father's disapproval of his interest in getting a barbie - so Action Man could have a date to the ball, naturally), but it is firmly heterosexual.
- Like Father, Unlike Son: Aside from the fact that they're both posh, the Whitehall men don't have much in common, which is part of what makes his Comically Serious father a great straight man in the Travels With My Father series.
- Wacky Parent, Serious Child: Inverted. Jack is decidedly wacky, while his father is incredibly Comically Serious at all times.
