Jack Farthing
British actor
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Jack Farthing (born 14 October 1985) is a British actor.
Jack Farthing | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 October 1985 North London, England |
| Education | Westminster School |
| Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2010–present |
Early life
Farthing was born and raised in North London, the son of gastroenterologist Michael Farthing.[1] He attended two independent schools: The Hall School, Hampstead, and Westminster School in central London.[2] He read History of Art at St Catherine's College, Oxford, before attending London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[3]
Career
He is notable for playing Freddie Threepwood in Blandings (2013–2014) and villain George Warleggan in the BBC One drama series Poldark (2015–2019).[4][5][6] He has also appeared as George Balfour in The Riot Club (2014), Marc Fisher in the Netflix romantic comedy Love Wedding Repeat (2020), Joe in Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Lost Daughter and as Charles, Prince of Wales in the 2021 dramatic film Spencer.[7][8][9] For his work as Selby in HBO/BBC Rain Dogs (2023) he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series. In 2025, Farthing acted alongside Angelica Huston, Clarke Peters, and Matthew Rhys in the BBC three-part television series Towards Zero, an adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel of the same name, playing the estranged nephew of Huston's matriarch.[10]
Personal life
Farthing is married to actress and writer Hanako Footman, who also appeared in the film Official Secrets.[11]
Filmography
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Riot Club | George Balfour | |
| 2015 | Burn Burn Burn | Dan | |
| 2016 | Wild | Andrew | |
| 2019 | Official Secrets | Andy Dumfries | |
| 2020 | Love Wedding Repeat | Marc | |
| 2021 | The Lost Daughter | Joe | |
| Spencer | Charles, Prince of Wales | ||
| 2024 | Electra | Milo | |
| 2025 | Islands | Dave | |
| 2026 | Savage House | Reginald Halifax | Completed |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Pramface | Mitchell | Series 1, episode 4 | |
| Silk | Patrick Telford | Series 2, episode 3 | ||
| 2013 | ||||
| Dancing on the Edge | Young Waiter | Episode 3 | ||
| Da Vinci's Demons | Botticelli | Series 1, episode 4 | ||
| Agatha Christie's Poirot | Gerald Paynter | Series 13, episode 2 | ||
| 2013–2014 | Blandings | The Hon. Frederick Threepwood | Series 1 & 2 (13 episodes) | |
| 2014 | Cilla | John Lennon | Episodes 1 & 3[12] | |
| 2015–2019 | Poldark | George Warleggan | Series 1–5 (43 episodes) | |
| 2018 | The ABC Murders | Donald Fraser | Episodes 1–3 | |
| 2020 | Unsaid Stories | Police Voice (voice) | Episode 3 | |
| 2022 | Chloe | Richard | Episodes 1–6 | |
| 2023 | Rain Dogs | Florian Selby | Episodes 1–8 | |
| The Serial Killer's Wife | Tom | Episodes 1–4 | ||
| 2025 | Towards Zero | Thomas Royde | All three episodes | |
| Amadeus | Alexander Pushkin | Episode 5 |
