Jack Holden (actor)

Jack Holden is an English actor, from Tonbridge in Kent, who graduated from the Bristol Old Vic theatre school in 2011.^[1] He is most notable for playing the lead role in the West End play War Horse,^[1] although he has also appeared in the ITV series Lewis.^[2] He is represented by Lindy King of United Agents.^[2]

In 2014 Holden played the role of Joe in the UK première of the play Johnny Got His Gun. His performance received a positive review from The Independent newspaper.^[3]

His performance as Bobby in an adaptation of Awkward Conversations With Animals I've F*cked by Rob Hayes during the 2014 Edinburgh Finge received further critical acclaim. ^[4]

Holden has also performed frequently with the Royal Shakespeare Company in such productions as The Shoemaker's Holiday ^[5] and in the world première of Tim Morton Smith's Oppenheimer ^[6] directed by Angus Jackson and starring John Heffernan as Oppenhimer. In the latter he attracted attention for his portrayal of Robert R. Wilson, the youngest member of the Manhattan Project team.^[7]

Holden recently recorded several episodes of the BBC Radio drama Home Front,^[8] and played the part of Meus in the BBC Radio 4's broadcast premiere of Orson Welles' unproduced screenplay of Joseph Conrad's celebrated novel Heart of Darkness, starring James McAvoy.^[9]

From February 2016, Holden was back with the Royal Shakespeare Company taking the part of Lysander in their innovative 'Play for the Nation' - a national tour of Midsummer Night's Dream^[10] which visited 12 venues including Belfast, Glasgow, Newcastle, Blackpool Truro the RSC's homes at the Barbican Centre and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. The BBC planned to film the production which involved actors from 12 different amateur theatre companies.^[11] Holden is also appearing in the 2017 film Journey's End.

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