Jack Barton (actor)
{{short description|English actor}}
{{other people||Jack Barton (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jack Barton
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|06|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = United Kingdom
| occupation = Actor
| education = Oxford School of Drama
| years_active = 2020-present
| television = Heartstopper
SAS: Rogue Heroes
}}
Jack Barton (born 15 June 1995) is an English actor. His television appearances include Heartstopper (2023) and SAS: Rogue Heroes (2025).
Career
He attended the Oxford School of Drama, graduating in 2018.{{cite web|url= https://oxforddrama.ac.uk/graduate/jack-barton/|website=Oxforddrama.ac.uk|accessdate=7 January 2025|title=Jack Barton}} He played Foldo in television series The Letter for the King in 2020. He had a breakout role as David Nelson in the Netflix coming-of-age romance series Heartstopper.{{cite web|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/31/heartstopper-david-nelson-jack-barton-season-2/#|website=PinkNews|accessdate=7 January 2025|title= Who plays David Nelson in Heartstopper season two? What you need to know about actor Jack Barton
|date=Jan 31, 2023|first= Emily|last= Chudy}}{{cite web|website=Radio Times|accessdate=7 January 2025|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/heartstopper-cast-netflix/|title= Meet the cast of Heartstopper, Netflix's LGBTQ+ teen drama|first=David|last=Craig|date=9 October 2024}} He had a small part in Yorgos Lanthimos’s film Poor Things.{{cite web|first=Aobh|last=O'Brien-Moody|title= SAS Rogue Heroes' Jack Barton on channelling a World War Two legend|url= https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/jack-barton-interview/|website=The Gentleman’s Journal|accessdate=7 January 2025}} He also had roles in War of the Worlds, The Pursuit of Love, and Grantchester.{{cite web|website=Country and Townhouse|url= https://www.countryandtownhouse.com/culture/jack-barton-interview/|accessdate=7 January 2025|title= Jack Barton On SAS Rogue Heroes|date=2 January 2025|first=Olivia|last=Emily}}
In 2024, he played his first voice-acting role in a video game, voicing the boss Messmer the Impaler in the Elden Ring expansion Shadow of the Erdtree.
He played real-life SAS soldier John Tonkin in series two of Steven Knight World War Two set drama SAS: Rogue Heroes for BBC One in 2025.{{cite web|website=Banbury Guardian|accessdate=7 January 2025|url=https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/read-this/sas-rogue-heroes-series-2-new-cast-additions-including-happy-valley-and-heartstopper-stars-4140928|title= SAS Rogue Heroes series 2: New cast additions including Happy Valley and Heartstopper stars|first=Ayaan|last=Ali|date=12 May 2023}} In preparation for the role he read Ben Macintyre's book on the SAS and was able to speak to Tonkin's daughter, Jane who was living in Australia.{{cite web|url= https://fault-magazine.com/2024/12/jack-barton/|website=Fault Magazine|accessdate=7 January 2025|title= Jack Barton on SAS Rogue Heroes and Life After Heartstopper In FAULT Magazine Issue 32 Photoshoot and Interview Preview|date=13 December 2024|first=Miles|last=Holder}}{{cite web|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/sas-rogue-heroes-characters-relatives-exclusive-newsupdate/|website=Radio Times|accessdate=7 January 2025|title= SAS Rogue Heroes stars on meeting their characters' real-life relatives|first=James|last=Hibbs|date=25 December 2024}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2020
| Foldo | 6 episodes |
| 2020
| Chris | 1 episode |
| 2021
| Angelic man | 2 episodes |
| 2022
| Hiram | 6 episodes |
| 2023
| Fop | Film |
| 2023-2024
| David Nelson | 5 episodes |
| 2025
| 6 episodes |
Video Games
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2024
| Messmer the Impaler |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm10354428}}
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Category:English television actors