Luke Rollason

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| name = Luke Rollason

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| birth_date = 26 May 1994

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| occupation = Actor, stand-up comedian, clown

|education = {{Plainlist|

University of Oxford

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| television = Extraordinary

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Luke Rollason is a BAFTA award winning British actor and physical comedian. He played a lead role in the Disney+ series Extraordinary, as Jizzlord.

Early life

Rollason studied English at the University of Oxford where he received the Mansfield Scholarship.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/mansfieldoxford/docs/mc_mag14_issularge1_2547a65ea3537e/s/14134261|title=FROM THE SENIOR TUTOR|website=issuu.com}} He performed with the Oxford University Light Entertainment Society in December 2012.{{Cite web |title=shows:arthur [OULES] |url=https://oules.lightentertainment.org/shows/arthur |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=oules.lightentertainment.org}}

==Career==

Rollason attended clown school in France at the L'Ecole Philippe Gaulier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.onthemic.co.uk/comedians_list/luke-rollason/|title=Luke Rollason|website=Onthemic.co.uk|date=23 June 2022 }} However, he told the British Comedy Guide he favours the use of the term “physical comedian” for himself. After university, he moved to London and where he performed comedy with homemade props.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/extraordinary/interviews/luke-rollason/|title=Luke Rollason|website=Comedy.co.uk|date=23 January 2023 }} Seeing physical comedian Trygve Wakenshaw was “a revelation” to him, expanding his ideas of what could be done onstage.{{Cite web|url=https://squaremile.com/culture/film-tv/luke-rollason-interview/

|title=Luke Rollason interview|website=Squaremile.com|date=25 January 2023 }}< Rollason said the best advice Gaulier gave him was, "We are always searching. When you find your style, that is a good day to die".{{Cite web|url=https://www.voicemag.uk/interview/3814/window-luke-rollason-s-planet-earth|title= WINDOW: Luke Rollason's Planet Earth|website=Voice Mag}} On BBC Radio 2, Rollason told host Josh Widdicombe "the first thing they teach you at clown school is everyone's names."{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002d1qb|title= BBC Sounds Romesh Ranganathan: Josh Widdicombe sits in|website=BBC Sounds}}

At the 2022 Brighton Festival, Rollason set up The Luke Rollason Memorial Bursary to encourage performers from alternative backgrounds to bring unusual approaches to comedy. The bursary offers the cost of their registration fee, contributions to marketing costs and free rehearsal space.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/11511/bursary-brighton-fringe|title=Comedian Founds Own Memorial Bursary for Brighton Fringe|website=Beyond The Joke|date=5 January 2022 }} To date, he has performed four solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/luke_rollason/|title= Luke Rollason|website=British Comedy Guide}}

In December 2021, Rollason was cast in the Disney+ series Extraordinary as Jizzlord, a shapeshifting cat/human.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/6640/luke-rollason-in-extraordinary/|title=Luke Rollason Stars In Disney+ Superhero Comedy Extraordinary|website=Comedy.co.uk|date=6 December 2021 }} The show was broadcast in January 2023 and was renewed for a second season by Disney+ that same month.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/disney-plus-extraordinary-second-season-killing-eve-sid-gentle-1235240242/|title= Disney+ Greenlights Second Season Of Superhero Series 'Extraordinary' From 'Killing Eve' Producer Sid Gentle|website=Deadline|date= 25 January 2023}} Mike Hale of The New York Times wrote that Rollason played the part "with great charm".{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/arts/television/extraordinary-review.html|title='Extraordinary' Review: The Power of Powerlessness|website=New York Times|date=24 January 2023 }} His performance was named one of the 10 best TV performances of 2023 by The Hollywood Reporter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/best-tv-performances-2023-1235753833|title= Best TV Performances of 2023|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date= 18 December 2023}} Other telelvision roles include Becoming Elizabeth and Industry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/extraordinary-disney-plus-cast/|title=Extraordinary cast: Meet the stars of Disney Plus superhero comedy|website=Radio Times}}

In 2025, Rollason's short film Quiet Life won the BAFTA for Best Shortform at the British Academy Television Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8351/bafta-tv-awards-2025-winners/|title= Alma's Not Normal wins at BAFTA TV Awards 2025|website=British Comedy Guide|date= 11 May 2025}} Released in 2024, the short film was made by Open Mike Productions for BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/news/luke-rollason-quiet-life|title= Luke Rollason's Quiet Life directed by Ruth Pickett airs on BBC Three|website=Curtis Brown|date= 26 March 2024}} That year, he became one of the regular cast members and writers of CBBC's new sketch comedy Horrible Science.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/horrible-science-coming-to-bbc|title= Prepare to laugh and learn with Horrible Science launching on the BBC in May 2025|website=BBC.co.uk|date= 28 April 2025}}

Selected filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2022 \| Becoming Elizabeth \|King’s Player \|1 episode
2022 \| Industry \|Eric’s assistant \|1 episode
2023 \| Jack \|Charlie Meredith Bones \|Film
2023-2024 \| Extraordinary \|Jizzlord \|16 episodes
2024 \| Quiet Life \|Geoffrey (Also writer) \|Short TV Film
2025 \| Two Big Feet \|Lad \|Film
2025 \| Horrible Science \|Various \|15 episodes

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2022

| Becoming Elizabeth

|King’s Player

|1 episode

2022

| Industry

|Eric’s assistant