Oliver Stark

Oliver Leon Jones^[3] was born on 27 June 1991 in London, England.^[4][1][2] After joining the acting union in the UK, he registered under the name "Oliver Stark" as "Oliver Jones" was not available. He decided to use his late grandmother's maiden name, "Stark".^[3][5]

Stark's first professional acting job came in 2011 when he was cast in David Alexander's short film Follow for the UK Film Council. Stark then went on to have guest roles in Luther and Casualty.^[6]

Stark then had a number of film roles (Underworld Blood Wars) and other TV roles before starring as series regular, Ryder, in AMC's martial arts-based drama Into the Badlands in 2015.^[7] Since 2018, Stark has played firefighter Evan "Buck" Buckley, a main character on the Fox/ABC procedural drama, 9-1-1.^[8]

As of September 2022^[update], Stark resides in Los Angeles, California.^[9] He has been romantically linked to actress Hannah Gottesman.^[10] In a 2024 interview with Men's Health, Stark spoke candidly about his experience of moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting. He explained that his partner at the time was "much more successful than [he] was" and that she was "having more opportunities possibly come her way."^[11]