Jack Whitehall

Jack Whitehall

Known for
Acting
Born
July 7, 1988 (age 38)
Birthplace
London, England, UK

Biography

Jack Whitehall is an English comedian, television presenter, actor and writer. He is best known for his stand up comedy, for starring as JP in the TV series Fresh Meat (2011–2016), and for playing Alfie Wickers in the TV series Bad Education (2012–2014) and the spin-off film The Bad Education Movie (2015), both of which he also co-wrote. He has also starred in Frozen in the role of Gothi the Troll. From 2012 to 2018, Whitehall was a regular panellist on the game show A League of Their Own. In 2017, Whitehall appeared with his father, Michael, in the Netflix comedy documentary series Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father and starred in the television series Decline and Fall. Since 2018, Whitehall has been the host of the BRIT Awards.

Known For

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Filmography

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Silent Retreat poster

Silent Retreat

Movie · as Thomas

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Legacy

Legacy

Movie · as Nate

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Whodunnit

Whodunnit

Movie

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The Fifth Wheel

The Fifth Wheel

Movie

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Otherwise Engaged

Otherwise Engaged

Movie · as Charlie

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Honeymooners

Honeymooners

Movie · as Freddy

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You poster

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

TV · as Self - Panellist, Self - Presenter · 2 eps

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Grand Prix Sunday poster

Grand Prix Sunday

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2026
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day poster

Virginia Woolf's Night & Day

Movie · as William Rodney

2026
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly poster

The Big Fat Quiz of Telly

Movie · as Self - Guest

2026
The 'Burbs poster

The 'Burbs

TV · as Rob Fisher · 8 eps

2026
Saturday Night Live UK poster

Saturday Night Live UK

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

2026
Nation's Dumbest poster

Nation's Dumbest

TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps

2026
After Hours with James Corden poster

After Hours with James Corden

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2026
TFI Unplugged poster

TFI Unplugged

TV · 1 ep

2025
Flintoff poster

Flintoff

Movie · as Self

2025
Malice poster

Malice

TV · as Adam Healey · 6 eps

2024
Jack Whitehall: Settle Down poster

Jack Whitehall: Settle Down

Movie · as Self

2024
Jack in Time for Christmas poster

Jack in Time for Christmas

Movie · as Self

2024
Jack Whitehall: Fatherhood with My Father poster

Jack Whitehall: Fatherhood with My Father

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2023
That Peter Crouch Film poster

That Peter Crouch Film

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story poster

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

Movie · as Self - Contributor

2023
Robots poster

Robots

Movie · as Charles

2023
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder poster

James Blunt: One Brit Wonder

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again poster

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

Movie · as Octavius (voice)

2022
Bad Education: Reunion poster

Bad Education: Reunion

Movie · as Alfie Wickers

2022
The Afterparty poster

The Afterparty

TV · as Sebastian · 10 eps

2021
Jonas Brothers Family Roast poster

Jonas Brothers Family Roast

Movie · as Self

2021
Jungle Cruise poster

Jungle Cruise

Movie · as McGregor Houghton

2021
Clifford the Big Red Dog poster

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Movie · as Casey

2021
The KSI Show poster

The KSI Show

Movie · as Bearus

2021
A League of Their Own Road Trip: Loch Ness to London poster

A League of Their Own Road Trip: Loch Ness to London

TV · 6 eps

2020
The BRITs at 40 poster

The BRITs at 40

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2020
Jack Whitehall: I'm Only Joking poster

Jack Whitehall: I'm Only Joking

Movie · as Self

2020
Gary Barlow's Night At The Museum poster

Gary Barlow's Night At The Museum

Movie · as Self

2020
Best of Stand-Up 2020 poster

Best of Stand-Up 2020

Movie · as Self

2020
Jack Whitehall's Father's Day

Jack Whitehall's Father's Day

Movie · as Self

2020
The Big Night In poster

The Big Night In

Movie · as Alfie Wickers

2019
The Queen's Corgi poster

The Queen's Corgi

Movie · as Rex (voice)

2019
Jack Whitehall: Christmas with My Father poster

Jack Whitehall: Christmas with My Father

Movie · as Self

2019
Luger

Luger

Movie · as Tom

2019
Good Omens poster

Good Omens

TV · as Thou-Shalt-Not-Commit-Adultery-Pulsifer, Newton Pulsifer · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms poster

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Movie · as Harlequin

2018
KSI: Can't Lose poster

KSI: Can't Lose

Movie · as Self

2018
Jack Whitehall: Training Days poster

Jack Whitehall: Training Days

TV · as Self · 20 eps

2018
The Sidemen Show poster

The Sidemen Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Jack Whitehall: At Large poster

Jack Whitehall: At Large

Movie · as Self

2017
Miranda:  Morecambe & Wise and Me poster

Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me

Movie · as Self

2017
Bounty Hunters poster

Bounty Hunters

TV · as Barnaby Walker · 11 eps

2017
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father poster

Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father

TV · as Self · 18 eps

2017
Urban Myths poster

Urban Myths

TV · as Marc Bolan · 1 ep

2017
Decline and Fall poster

Decline and Fall

TV · as Paul Pennyfeather · 3 eps

2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Mother's Day poster

Mother's Day

Movie · as Zack

2016
A League of Their Own US Road Trip poster

A League of Their Own US Road Trip

TV · 11 eps

2016
Walliams & Friend poster

Walliams & Friend

TV · as Various · 1 ep

2016
Michael McIntyre's Big Show poster

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep

2015
The Bad Education Movie poster

The Bad Education Movie

Movie · as Alfie Wickers

2015
La Couchette poster

La Couchette

Movie · as Hugo

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2015
Thunderbirds Are Go! poster

Thunderbirds Are Go!

TV · as Francois Lemaire (voice) · 1 ep

2014
Jack Whitehall: Gets Around poster

Jack Whitehall: Gets Around

Movie · as Self

2014
Brian Pern: A Life in Rock poster

Brian Pern: A Life in Rock

TV · as Young Tony Pebblé · 1 ep

2014
Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9

TV · as Hugo · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Sunday Night at the London Palladium poster

Sunday Night at the London Palladium

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2013
Frozen poster

Frozen

Movie · as Gothi - Troll Priest (voice) (uncredited)

2013
Bad Education: Christmas Special poster

Bad Education: Christmas Special

Movie · as Alfie Wickers

2013
Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad poster

Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad

TV · as Self - Host · 12 eps

2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2013
Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches

TV · as Diana Spencer, Sleeping Beauty's Prince, Maria Von Trapp · 1 ep

2012
Jack Whitehall: Live poster

Jack Whitehall: Live

Movie · as Self

2012
The Secret Policeman's Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Movie · as Self

2012
Bad Education poster

Bad Education

TV · as Alfie Wickers · 18 eps

2012
Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents

TV · as Diana Spencer · 1 ep

2012
Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask poster

Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask

TV · as Self, Self (archive footage) · 2 eps

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2011
King of... poster

King of...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Fresh Meat poster

Fresh Meat

TV · as Jonathan 'JP' Pembersley · 30 eps

2010
Comedy Central at the Comedy Store poster

Comedy Central at the Comedy Store

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
A League of Their Own poster

A League of Their Own

TV · as Self - Panellist, Self - Host · 86 eps

2010
Edinburgh Comedy Festival Live

Edinburgh Comedy Festival Live

TV · 1 ep

2010
Little Crackers poster

Little Crackers

TV · as Robin · 1 ep

2010
Dave's One Night Stand poster

Dave's One Night Stand

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Top 20 Celebrity Big Brother Moments

Top 20 Celebrity Big Brother Moments

Movie · as Self - Host

2009
You Have Been Watching poster

You Have Been Watching

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Let's Dance for Comic Relief poster

Let's Dance for Comic Relief

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2009
The Project poster

The Project

TV · 1 ep

2008
Celebrity Juice poster

Celebrity Juice

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Britain's Got More Talent poster

Britain's Got More Talent

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 15 eps

2005
Harry & Paul poster

Harry & Paul

TV · 1 ep

2005
8 Out of 10 Cats poster

8 Out of 10 Cats

TV · as Self · 7 eps

2005
The Friday Night Project poster

The Friday Night Project

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Mock the Week poster

Mock the Week

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Big Brother's Big Mouth poster

Big Brother's Big Mouth

TV · as Self - Host · 22 eps

2004
Big Fat Quiz poster

Big Fat Quiz

TV · as Self - Contestant · 2 eps

2003
QI poster

QI

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
Bertie and Elizabeth poster

Bertie and Elizabeth

Movie · as Little Boy (uncredited)

2002
Top Gear poster

Top Gear

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self - Host, Self - Guest Host · 1 ep

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self, Self - Host · 2 eps

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
Comic Relief poster

Comic Relief

TV · 2 eps

1977
The BRIT Awards poster

The BRIT Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps