Jak Malone

Malone grew up in Merseyside, England. His mother was a nurse and his father worked in a soap factory. He first discovered a love of theatre because his grandmother worked as a dresser. He trained in acting at The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts and graduated in 2018.^[5]

Upon graduating, Malone played the role of “Dim” in a production of A Clockwork Orange at The Liverpool Everyman Theatre. The following year he joined the cast of Operation Mincemeat for its first run at The New Diorama Theatre.^[6] In 2020, Malone was due to appear in the UK premier production of Diva: Live From Hell but the run was cancelled the night before performances were scheduled to begin due to the COVID 19 Pandemic.^[7] Malone continued his involvement with Operation Mincemeat through multiple runs at the Southwark Playhouse and Riverside Studios until he made his West End debut with the show at the Fortune Theatre in 2023. Malone has received great critical reception for his performance in Operation Mincemeat and won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his portrayal of Hester Leggatt and others.^[3] In 2025, Malone opened with Operation Mincemeat on Broadway at the Golden Theatre, once again to critical acclaim, which his performance earned him multiple awards including a Tony Award.^[8][9]

Malone is in a long term relationship with his partner, Jasmine.^[5] He is queer^[10] and has been outspoken about LGBTQ+ rights.^[11]

"If you watched our show and found yourself believing in Hester, well then I am so glad to tell you, intentionally or otherwise, you might have just bid farewell to cynicism, to outdated ideas, to that rotten old binary, and opened yourself up to a world that is out there in glorious technicolor and isn’t going away anytime soon."

Malone has an Italian Greyhound named Dracula, who became the first dog officially thanked in a Tony acceptance speech.^[13]

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