Jolyon Coy (born 9 March 1985) is an English actor and writer. He won a drama

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Latymer Upper School (Slowly Therefore Surely) , established = , closed = , sister_school = Godolphin and Latymer School , type = Public schoolIndependent day school , head_label = H ...

in Hammersmith, then trained at

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, graduating in 2007.

Theatre credits

*Toby Maitland in the premiere of POSH at the Royal Court which subsequently transferred to the Duke of York's. *Mortimer in Edward ll at the Manchester Royal Exchange. *John in Wendy and Peter Pan for the RSC. *Pom in Our Boys at the Duchess Theatre. *Tekla in Creditors at the Young Vic. *Philip Of France in Holy Warriors at Shakespeare's Globe. *Alfred in Little Eyolf for

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at the Almeida Theatre. *Octavius in Anthony & Cleopatra and Gratiano in the Merchant Of Venice with

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as Shylock at Shakespeare's Globe. *Matthew in Rules For Living at the Rose Theatre.

Filmography

Film

* ''

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'' *'' Rare Beasts'' *''Thanks For The Memories'' *''

Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' (''The Young American and Marine ...

'' *'' Testament of Youth'' *'' The Fifth Estate'' *'' The Deep Blue Sea''

Television

*'' Pete Versus Life'' *'' Henry IV, Part I and Part II (The Hollow Crown)'' *''

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'' *''

Mr Selfridge ''Mr Selfridge'' is a British period drama television series about Harry Gordon Selfridge and his department store, Selfridge & Co, in London, set from 1908 to 1928. It was co-produced by ITV Studios and Masterpiece/WGBH for broadcast on IT ...

'' *'' War & Peace'' *'' Midsomer Murders'' *''

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'' *''

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Personal life

His parents are

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and

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. He married Blanche Schofield, daughter of David Schofield and Lally Percy, in 2015. His grandfather was the legendary farce actor Brian Rix. His sister Charlotte is married to

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References

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