Jack Whitehall
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Whitehall presenting the 2015 British Fashion Awards
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| Birth name | Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall |
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7 July 1988 Westminster, London, England |
| Medium | Stand-up, Television, Radio |
| Genres | Observational comedy, Blue comedy, Innuendo |
| Partner(s) | Gemma Chan (2011-present) |
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| Notable works and roles | |
| Website | www |
Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall (born 7 July 1988) is an English comedian, television presenter and actor.
He is best known for his stand up comedy and for starring as JP in the TV series Fresh Meat, and as Alfie Wickers in the TV series Bad Education which he also co-wrote.
Since 2012, he has been a regular panellist on the game show A League of Their Own. He also hosts Backchat with his father, Michael.
Jack Whitehall was born on 7 July 1988 at the Portland Hospital in the City of Westminster in central London, the first child of actress Hilary Amanda Jane Whitehall (née Isbister, stage name Hilary Gish) and the television producer Michael John Whitehall. His father was an agent for Judi Dench, Colin Firth and Richard Griffiths, and wrote the memoir Shark-Infested Waters. Whitehall has a sister, Molly Louisa (born 1989), and a brother, Barnaby William (born 1992). He had two godfathers—Nigel Havers and the late Richard Griffiths, both actors.
He attended Tower House School in East Sheen, west London, where he was a fellow pupil with Twilight Saga star Robert Pattinson. He has made jokes about this, often mentioning that he resented Pattinson's taking all the best acting roles in the school plays. Whitehall has also mentioned in an interview how he auditioned for the role of Harry Potter after the casting team visited his school. He went on to attend the Dragon School in Oxford and then Marlborough College, an independent school in Wiltshire.
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