Jack Holden (actor)

Jack Holden is an English actor, from Tonbridge in Kent, who graduated from the Bristol Old Vic theatre school in 2011.[1] He is most notable for playing the lead role in the West End play War Horse,[1] and in the ITV series Lewis.[2] He is represented by Lindy King of United Agents.[2]

Jack Holden
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present

In 2014 Holden played the role of Joe Bonham in the UK première of the play Johnny Got His Gun, based on the novel by Dalton Trumbo. His performance received a positive review from The Independent.[3]

His performance as Bobby in an adaptation of Awkward Conversations With Animals I've F*cked by Rob Hayes during the 2014 Edinburgh Finge received further critical acclaim. [4]

Holden has also performed frequently with the Royal Shakespeare Company in such productions as The Shoemaker's Holiday [5] and in the world première of Tim Morton Smith's Oppenheimer [6] directed by Angus Jackson and starring John Heffernan as Robert Oppenheimer. In the latter, he portrayed Robert R. Wilson, the youngest member of the Manhattan Project team.[7]

Holden recently recorded several episodes of the BBC Radio drama Home Front,[8] and played the part of Meus in the BBC Radio 4's broadcast premiere of Orson Welles' unproduced screenplay of Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, starring James McAvoy.[9]

From February 2016, Holden was back with the Royal Shakespeare Company taking the part of Lysander in a national tour of Midsummer Night's Dream[10] which visited 12 venues including Belfast, Glasgow, Newcastle, Blackpool Truro the RSC's homes at the Barbican Centre and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. The BBC planned to film the production which involved actors from 12 different amateur theatre companies.[11] Holden is also appearing in the 2017 film Journey's End.

References
  1. War Horse lead is a dream for actor. This is Kent (2011-10-08). Retrieved on 2011-12-11.
  2. Jack Holden. United Agents. Retrieved on 2011-12-11.
  3. Taylor, Paul (2 June 2014). "Johnny Got His Gun, Southwark Playhouse, theatre review: 'Harrowingly poignant'". The Independent. London, England: Independent Print Ltd. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. http://www.jackholden.net/#!theatre/vstc1=awkward
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/oppenheimer/
  7. http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/oppenheimer-rsc-vaudeville-theatre_37503.html
  8. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b047qhc2
  9. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06k9bz9
  10. http://www.rsc.org.uk/a-midsummer-nights-dream
  11. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33238563
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