Jack Downham

Downham was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire on 19 September 2001. His mum, Clare Downham, raised him in Leeds along with his older sister Sophie.^[1] Downham engages in a number of charity events, including charity football matches to raise money for a variety of charitable organisations.^[2]

Downham made his acting debut in an episode of the ITV procedural drama Heartbeat in 2009.^[3] He then portrayed a younger version of Robin Hood in the film Robin Hood.^[3] After various stints as an extra on the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, he was cast permanently as Noah Dingle.^[4] Downham is the third actor to have played the character of Noah.^[4] Downham's character, Noah, is three years younger than Downham's real age.^[4]

In 2010, Downham featured in the direct to video release, Emmerdale: The Dingles - For Richer for Poorer as Noah Dingle. The project served as a spin off feature of the soap opera Emmerdale.^[5] Since Downham began portraying the role, the character has had a number of major storylines since, such as stalking in 2022. Describing the storyline, Downham said "He [Noah Dingle] doesn't see it at the time, like a lot of stalkers in real life when I've been researching, they don't see that what they're doing is wrong".^[4]