Robbie Jarvis
{{Short description|British actor}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
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| name = Robbie Jarvis
| birth_name = Robert Stephen Jarvis
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|5|7}}
| birth_place = Yeovil, Somerset, England
| othername = Robert Jarvis,Robbie
| yearsactive = 2006–present
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Robert Stephen Jarvis (born 7 May 1986) is a British actor who has appeared in films including Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and in television programmes including Genie in the House, The History Boys and Waking the Dead.
Jarvis was born in Yeovil, Somerset. He attended the Littlehampton Community School and Chichester College, He joined the National Youth Theatre aged 16 and performed with the company until he was 18.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} Jarvis played young James Potter in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). In 2006, he made a brief appearance in the Nickelodeon show Genie in the House and did voice work for the acclaimed film The History Boys. He has also guest starred in episodes of Waking the Dead for the BBC and ITV's Trial & Retribution. He returned to the stage in 2012 at the Southwark Playhouse in the latest play by Philip Ridley, Shivered.{{cite web |title=Shivered Review |url=http://www.fourthwallmagazine.co.uk/2012/03/review-shivered-southwark-playhouse/|website=Fourth Wall Magazine}}
Personal life
Jarvis met Evanna Lynch while filming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2006. The couple dated for nine years and remain close friends.{{cite web| title=Harry Potter stars call it quits | website=The New Zealand Herald | date=21 November 2016 | url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/harry-potter-stars-evanna-lynch-and-robbie-jarvis-have-split-up-after-nine-years-together/S67VAZ3GGB4V6WNDX3XVXSRSMI/ | ref={{sfnref | NZ Herald | 2016}} | access-date=29 January 2023}}
Jarvis is in a relationship with volleyball player Zoe Fleck.{{cite news|url=https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/volleyball/2022/10/12/transfer-libero-zoe-fleck-standing-out-on-texas-volleyball-team/69554219007/|title=It took awhile, but Texas sure digs having UCLA libero transfer Zoe Fleck back there|last=Davis|first=Danny|date=October 12, 2022|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|access-date=November 19, 2023}} They announced they were engaged in March 2024.{{cite Instagram|postid=C4D763At3mv|title=easiest yes of my life!!!💍|user=zfleckk|last=Fleck|first=Zoe|date=2024-03-03|access-date=2024-07-24}}
Filmography
- Genie in the House (2006), Billy – "Out of Our Minds"
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Teenage James Potter{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4700000/newsid_4700700/4700716.stm | publisher=CBBC | title=Exclusive: More Potter casting | date=10 February 2006 | access-date=19 May 2009 }}
- Waking The Dead – "Double Bind" (2007), Young Chris Lennon
- Trial & Retribution XVII: Conviction (2008), Mark
- The Space You Leave aka Sea Change (2008), Rupert
- Coming Back (2009), Steve
- The Real Midnight Express (2010), Billy Hayes
- Upstairs Downstairs (2012), John F. Kennedy
- All Is by My Side (2013), Andrew Loog Oldham
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2125563}}
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Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:Male actors from Somerset
Category:National Youth Theatre members
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