Jack Holden (born 31 March 1990) is an English actor, writer and producer from

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in Kent. He is best known for his roles in the television series ''

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'' with

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and

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and in '' Ten Percent''. Holden began his acting career starring in West End play ''

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''.

Education

Holden graduated from the

Bristol Old Vic Bristol Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. The present company was established in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic in London. It is associated with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which became a f ...

theater school in 2011.War Horse lead is a dream for actor
This is Kent (2011-10-08). Retrieved on 2011-12-11.

Career

After graduating from the Bristol Old Vic, Holden starred in the lead role in the West End play ''

'',War Horse lead is a dream for actor
This is Kent (2011-10-08). Retrieved on 2011-12-11. In 2014, Holden played the role of Joe Bonham in the UK première of the play ''

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'', based on the novel by

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. His performance received a positive review from ''

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''. His performance as Bobby in an adaptation of ''Awkward Conversations With Animals I've Fucked'' by Rob Hayes during the 2014-15 Edinburgh Fringe received critical acclaim. Holden has also performed frequently with the Royal Shakespeare Company in such productions as ''

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'' by Thomas Dekker, and in the world première of Tim Morton Smith's ''Oppenheimer'' directed by Angus Jackson and starring John Heffernan as

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. Holden recorded several episodes of the

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drama ''

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'', and played the part of Meus in the BBC Radio 4's broadcast premiere of

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' unproduced screenplay of Joseph Conrad's novel '' Heart of Darkness'', starring

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. From February 2016, Holden appeared as

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in a national tour of ''

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'' which visited 12 venues including Belfast, Glasgow, Newcastle, Blackpool, Truro, the RSC's homes at the Barbican Centre and the

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in Stratford. The BBC planned to film the production which involved actors from 12 different amateur theatre companies. Holden also appeared in the 2017 film ''

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''. Holden was in the world première of ''Ink'' by James Graham at the

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from June to August 2017, and in 2019 he was in the Bath Theatre Royal production of ''My Cousin Rachel'' (the play by

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based on the Daphne du Maurier novel) with Helen George and Simon Shepherd. As a writer, Holden's debut one-man play ''Cruise'' premiered at the

Duchess Theatre The Duchess Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, London, located in Catherine Street near Aldwych. The theatre opened on 25 November 1929 and is one of the smallest West End theatres with a proscenium arch. It has 494 sea ...

, London in Summer 2021, reopening the West End to critical acclaim; it was nominated for an

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for Best New Play. ''Cruise'' music producer John Patrick Elliott won the Best Composer Award at ''The Stage Debut Awards 2022'', which was accepted by Holden on Elliott's behalf. In 2022, Holden appeared as Kevin Barnes in '' Ten Percent'', the English remake of the French original, ''

Call My Agent! ''Call My Agent!'' (french: Dix pour cent, lit=Ten Percent) is a French comedy-drama television series that premiered on France 2 on 14 October 2015. The series depicts talent agents at the fictional agency ASK (''Agence Samuel Kerr'') and thei ...

''.

Personal life

Holden identifies as queer.

Filmography

Actor

Producer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holden, Jack Living people People from Tonbridge English male stage actors English male television actors Male actors from Kent 1990 births