Jojo Macari is an English actor and musician, from London.

Early life

Macari would work in his father’s guitar shop in

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, London. His first theatre experience was in the

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production of ''A Level Playing Field''. He dropped out of his A-levels in order to perform that role but was offered a deferred place to study actor musicianship at

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. He took a role in musical ''Desperate Measures'', an adaptation of Shakespeare’s ''Measure to Measure''.

Career

Macari had his first major acting role in

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series ''

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''. He joined the cast of

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miniseries ''

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'' in series two and three as Kyle. He appeared as Prince Henry in the third season of ''

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''. He appeared as Mogwan in two episodes of the Netflix fantasy drama '' Cursed''. He played Billy on the Netflix show ''

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''. Production on ''The Irregulars'' was interrupted by the

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, during filming Macari accidentally punched fellow actor

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in the face, but Macari described Ferns, despite the sternness of some of his roles, "actually a lovely dude". Macari has an upcoming role in

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''. In 2023 he was cast in

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gladiator epic ''

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''.

Music

Macari played in the pop-rock band ''Koates'' and the hardcore-punk band the ''Rats''. Macari released the album ''Space and Time and Halloween and Paracetamol'' in 2021. In 2022, he appeared in the music video for the

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song ''Lonely''. He also appeared in the video for ''Female Lead'' from the band Honeyglaze in 2022. Around April 2023 Macari was playing with the band Famous (uk) at a festival in Germany.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macari, Jojo Male actors from London English television actors Musicians from London Living people Date of birth unknown Year of birth missing (living people)