Marc Antolin

Antolin is from Port Talbot, Wales.^[4] He began acting in school after a knee injury prevented him from playing sports for 18 months, during which time he joined the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre.^[4] He studied musical theatre at Arts Educational Schools, London.^[5] He cites Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean, Gene Wilder, Lee Evans, and the Marx Brothers as influences, as well as fellow Port Talbot actors such as Michael Sheen, Anthony Hopkins, and Richard Burton.^[6]

Antolin studied musical theatre at Arts Educational Schools, London^[5] and performed in, among others, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.^[4]

In 2017, he was cast as John Darling in the National Theatre's production of Peter Pan, directed by Sally Cookson. The production was recorded for National Theatre Live. Later that year, he originated the role of Ludo/Remi in Romantics Anonymous at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London. He would later take over the role of Jean-René during Romantics Anonymous' run at the Bristol Old Vic in 2020. The production was filmed and livestreamed as a "digital tour" during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

Antolin starred as the Jewish painter Marc Chagall in The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, a stage adaptation of the life of Bella Chagall and Marc Chagall, first in 2016^[8], and later in 2020. The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk was filmed as a live broadcast during the Covid-19 pandemic.^[9][10] Antolin considers this performance to be a turning point in his career.^[11]

In 2018, Antolin played Seymour Krelborn in the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's production of Little Shop of Horrors^[12] and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.^[2] He played Leo Bloom in 2025 in The Producers at the Menier Chocolate Factory^[13], reprised the role when the show transferred to the Garrick Theatre, ^[14] and was nominated for his second Olivier Award.^[3]

Antolin is also a dancer.^[15]