Jack Farthing

Jack Farthing (born 14 October 1985) is an English actor who is notable for playing Freddie Threepwood in Blandings (2013–2014)[1] and as villain George Warleggan in the BBC One drama series Poldark (2015–2019).[2] He also appeared as George Balfour in The Riot Club (2014)[3] and Marc Fisher in the Netflix romantic comedy Love Wedding Repeat (2020).[4]

Jack Farthing
Born (1985-10-14) 14 October 1985
North London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationWestminster School
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
St Catherine's College, Oxford
OccupationActor
Years active2010-present

Early life and career

Born and raised in North London, Farthing has described his childhood as "lovely".[5] He was educated at Westminster School,[6] before reading History of Art at St Catherine's College, Oxford, and then attending London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[7]

Farthing has performed at the Royal Court Theatre and had a small role in Stephen Poliakoff's series Dancing on the Edge.[8]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Riot Club George Balfour Directed by Lone Scherfig
2015 Burn Burn Burn Dan Directed by Chanya Button
2019 Official Secrets Andy Dumfries Directed by Gavin Hood
2020 Love Wedding Repeat Marc Directed by Dean Craig

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Pramface Mitchell BBC Three TV series 1 episode 4
Silk Patrick Telford BBC One TV series 2 episode 3
2013 Blandings The Hon. Frederick Threepwood BBC One TV series 1
Dancing on the Edge Young Waiter BBC Two TV series 1 episode 3
Da Vinci's Demons Botticelli Fox TV series 1 episode 4
Poirot: The Big Four Gerald Paynter ITV
2014 Blandings The Hon. Frederick Threepwood BBC One TV series 2
Cilla John Lennon ITV TV series (2 episodes)[9]
2015–2019 Poldark George Warleggan BBC One
2018 The ABC Murders Donald Fraser BBC One
gollark: I think btrfs has a thing to do it periodically.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: Is that remotely practical to do "online" without copy on write?
gollark: However, I was mostly saying this as a counterexample to "nothing good comes from america".
gollark: I see.

References
  1. Ellie Walker-Arnott. "Meet the cast of BBC1's comedy drama Blandings". RadioTimes.
  2. "Who's who in Poldark? A guide to the characters, from Demelza to Drake".
  3. "The Riot Club (2014)".
  4. Elliott, Megan. "'Love Wedding Repeat': Eleanor Tomlinson and Jack Farthing From 'Poldark' Reunite in New Netflix Rom-Com". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  5. Dougary, Ginny (22 July 2018). "Poldark's Jack Farthing on playing George Warleggan, stripping off on camera and his crush on Timothée Chalamet". Radio Times. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  6. Maxx Design. "Famous Old Westminsters (OWW), Central London". westminster.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-01-13.
  7. "LAMDA and RADA grads on screen in Poldark Series 2 - Conservatoire for Dance and Drama". 30 August 2016.
  8. Laura Barnett. "'Next!': the secretive world of casting directors". the Guardian.
  9. "Cilla, a three-part drama for ITV,". itv.com. ITV. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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