Jack Wolfe (actor)
{{Short description|English actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jack Wolfe
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
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| alma_mater = Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2017–present
}}
Jack Wolfe is an English actor. For his theatre work, he has received a number of accolades, including a WhatsOnStage Award and a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in Next to Normal. On screen, he is known for his roles in the film The Magic Flute (2022){{Cite web |last1=Meza |first1=Ed |date=3 February 2021 |title=Iwan Rheon, Jack Wolfe, Asha Banks Join Roland Emmerich's The Magic Flute |url=https://variety.com/2021/global/global/iwan-rheon-jack-wolfe-asha-banks-join-roland-emmerichs-the-magic-flute-1234898560/ |access-date=28 March 2021 |website=Variety}} and the second season of the Netflix series Shadow and Bone (2023).{{Cite web |last=Major |first=Michael |title=Jack Wolfe, Patrick Gibson & More Join Netflix's Shadow & Bone Season Two |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Jack-Wolfe-Patrick-Gibson-More-Join-Netflixs-SHADOW-BONE-Season-Two-20220113 |access-date=13 January 2022 |website=BroadwayWorld.com}}
Early life and education
Wolfe was born in Dewsbury{{Cite journal|url=https://instinctmagazine.com/things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-shadow-and-bones-jack-wolfe/|title=Things You Probably Didn't Know About 'Shadow and Bone's Jack Wolfe|journal=Instinct|first=Quimberly|last=Anne|date=17 March 2023|accessdate=30 June 2024}} and grew up between Wakefield, Yorkshire,{{Cite web|url=https://luxurylondon.co.uk/culture/entertainment/jack-wolfe-actor-interview-shadow-and-bone-theatre/|title=Jack Wolfe is stepping into the spotlight|website=Luxury London|first=Gregory|last=Wakeman|date=14 June 2024|accessdate=30 June 2024}} and New Quay on the Welsh coast. Wolfe attended Ackworth School{{Cite journal |url=http://uyroscms.blob.core.windows.net/ackworthschool/PageUploads/about/newsletters/ackworthtoday/Ackworth%20Today%20-%20low%20res%20current.pdf |title=The Braille Legacy |journal=Ackworth Today |date=July 2017 |access-date=29 July 2021 |page=2}}{{Cite journal |url=https://schonmagazine.com/interview-jack-wolfe/ |title=interview - jack wolfe |journal=Schön! Magazine |first=Maja |last=Bebber |date=30 November 2022 |access-date=4 February 2023}} near Pontefract and joined a local Saturday youth theatre in Wakefield. He went on to graduate from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Autumn Graduate News |url=https://www.mountview.org.uk/news/autumn-graduate-news/ |access-date=28 March 2021 |website=Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts}} He also trained at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester.{{Cite web |title=Jack Wolfe |url=https://www.spotlight.com/6693-8943-6954 |access-date=27 March 2021 |website=Spotlight}}
Career
= Film and TV =
In 2018, Wolfe made his television debut on the fourth series of the British children's drama series Hetty Feather, based on the novel of the same name by Jacqueline Wilson, in which he played the role of Samuel Buscombe.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/hetty-feather-diary-episode-9 |title=Hetty Feather's Diary: Mrs Calendar's Secret |access-date=7 October 2023 |publisher=BBC}} In 2019, he appeared in episodic roles in the television shows Father Brown and The Witcher. In 2021, he featured in Inside No. 9, series 6, episode 6: "Last Night of the Proms" as Oliver.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09kvxcb |title=Inside No.9 Last Night of the Proms |author= |date=8 June 2021 |work=BBC Two |publisher=BBC |access-date=17 June 2024}}
Wolfe was cast to play the lead role of Tim Walker / Tamino in the 2022 German musical fantasy film The Magic Flute directed by Florian Sigl and written by Andrew Lowery, based on the 1791 opera of the same name by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.{{cite web |url=https://movieweb.com/jack-wolfe-florian-sigl-magic-flute-interviews/ |title=Exclusive: The Magic Flute Director and Star on Their New Mozart-Laced Fantasy |first=Will |last=Sayre |date=14 March 2023 |access-date=7 October 2023 |work=MovieWeb}}{{cite web |url=https://fandomize.com/jack-wolfe-brings-opera-to-life-with-the-magic-flute/ |title=Jack Wolfe brings opera to life with The Magic Flute |date=20 March 2023 |access-date=7 October 2023 |work=Fandomize}}
In 2023, Wolfe appeared as a regular on the second season of the fantasy series Shadow and Bone, portraying Wylan Hendriks.{{cite web |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/jack-wolfe-interview-the-magic-flute-shadow-and-bone/ |title=Jack Wolfe on The Magic Flute and Shadow and Bone season 2 |first=Jason |last=Struss |date=16 March 2023 |access-date=7 October 2023 |work=Fandomize}}{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2022/01/13/shadow-and-bone-season-2-wylan-van-eck-nikolai-lantsov-cast-netflix/|title=Shadow and Bone Season 2 Adds Four New Characters, Including Wylan — Plus, Three Promoted to Series Regular|website=TVLine|date=13 January 2022|access-date=31 January 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://bgr.com/entertainment/google-reveals-the-top-10-most-searched-tv-shows-of-2023/|title=Google reveals the Top 10 most-searched TV shows of 2023|website=BGR|date=11 December 2023|access-date=30 January 2024}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/shadow-and-bone-canceled-after-2-seasons-netflix-8402582|title=Shadow and Bone canceled after 2 seasons at Netflix, Six of Crows spinoff also scrapped|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=17 November 2023|access-date=30 January 2024}}
= Theatre =
In 2017, Wolfe played the lead role as Louis Braille in The Braille Legacy at the Charing Cross Theatre in Westminster, London. In the same year, Wolfe played Danny in Pinocchio at the National Theatre in London.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/apr/25/the-braille-legacy-review-charing-cross-theatre-london |title=The Braille Legacy review – woefully corny account of visionary inventor |date=25 April 2017 |access-date=7 October 2023 |work=The Guardian |first=Lyn |last=Gardner}}
In 2019, Wolfe played Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd at Lyric Theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland.{{cite web |url=https://www.sondheimsociety.com/single-post/2019/02/05/sweeney-todd-opens-in-belfast |title=Sweeney Todd opens in Belfast |date=5 February 2019 |access-date=7 October 2023 |publisher=The Stephen Sondheim Society}} In the same year, Wolfe played the Boy in The Musician at The Belfast Ensemble. From 2019 to 2020, Wolfe was cast as the lead role of Kai in The Snow Queen at Rose Theatre Kingston in Kingston upon Thames.
In 2021, Wolfe played the lead role as Peter Duchene in The Magician's Elephant, based on the 2009 children's novel of the same name by Kate DiCamillo.{{cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/the-magicians-elephant-the-story-behind-the-rscs-new-show-9cxmh5gzc |title=The Magician's Elephant: the story behind the RSC's new show |date=16 October 2021 |access-date=7 October 2023 |work=The Times}}
In 2023, Wolfe played the role of Gabe Goodman in Next To Normal at the Donmar Warehouse.{{cite web | url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Full-Casting-Announced-for-NEXT-TO-NORMAL-at-the-Donmar-Warehouse-20230616 | title=Full Casting Announced for NEXT TO NORMAL at the Donmar Warehouse }}
In 2024, he joined the original West End cast of Spring Awakening, playing Moritz for a concert celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the play's West End run. He reprised his role as Gabe Goodman in Next to Normal's west-end transfer to Wyndham's Theatre.
Personal life
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
| 2018
| Samuel Buscombe | 5 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| George Chase | Episode: "The House of God"{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09kvxcb |title=Father Brown |date=8 June 2021 |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 July 2021}} |
| data-sort-value="Witcher, The" | The Witcher
| Nadbor | Episode: "Much More" |
| 2021
| Oliver |
| 2022
| data-sort-value="Magic Flute, The" | The Magic Flute | Tim Walker / Prince Tamino | |
| 2023 |
Stage
Accolades
References
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External links
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- [https://www.spotlight.com/6693-8943-6954 Jack Wolfe] at Spotlight
{{Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer}}
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Category:21st-century British male actors
Category:21st-century English LGBTQ people
Category:Alumni of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Category:English opera singers
Category:English people of Welsh descent
Category:LGBTQ people from Yorkshire
Category:Male actors from Wakefield
Category:People educated at Ackworth School
Category:People educated at Chetham's School of Music