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Jack Donnelly (born 28 October 1985) is an English actor, best known for his role in
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series ''
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'', in which he played the role of
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Early life

Donnelly was born the first of four boys in Bournemouth on 28 October 1985, the son of Chrissie Wickham and Tony Donnelly. His mother was the choreographer of Bucks Fizz's winning dance routine at the
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, as well as an actress and former
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dance troupe member. He was raised primarily in
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. He attended St Catherine's Primary School in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, and then St Peter's School in Bournemouth. He later joined the Big Little Theatre School in Bournemouth.


Career

Donnelly is a founding member of the improvisational comedy group "Chuckle Duster", which performs occasionally in east London. Donnelly's first acting was as Jason Winkler in Nickelodeon's TV series ''
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''. He then guest starred in shows such as '' Doctors'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Dancing on the Edge''. In 2013, he landed a lead role in
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's fantasy series ''
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'', where he played the role of Jason who washes up on the shores of the ancient and mysterious city of Atlantis. In 2014, he played the role of a cocky footballer Olly Hunter in the wholly improvised spoof documentary ''United We Fall.'' In 2016, he guest starred as Samuel Walker in the TV series '' Death in Paradise''. In 2017, Donnelly played lead role of Prince Adrian in the Hallmark original movie ''A Royal Winter'' alongside Merritt Patterson.


Personal life

In October 2017, Donnelly became engaged to Swedish-Canadian actress
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. They were married in
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on 1 December 2018.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Donnelly, Jack Living people 1985 births British male television actors Male actors from Dorset People educated at St Peter's Catholic School, Bournemouth