
Acting
Jack Farthing
Born 1985-10-14 · London, England, UK
Jack was born in 1985 and grew up in his native London, attending Westminster School and the Hall School, Hampstead, where he got into acting . From Oxford University he went to study acting at LAMDA but left when he was spotted and cast as Benvolio at the Globe Theatre, taking part in other productions there, as well as at the Orange Tree, Richmond and the Royal Court. Here he was seen by casting director Andy Pryor who got him into television, with a small role in the period drama 'Dancing on the Edge' and a more substantial, recurring part as Freddie, daft son of the house in 'Blandings'. Now an established television face he has appeared in the likes of 'Poirot' and the remake of 'Poldark'.
Acting credits
7.1Against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – Sir Chauncey Savage and Lady Savage blindly pursue a better life. It's not without a tinge of irony that their family name is the Savages, for this is a Savage House indeed, filled with duels, decadence, and bloodshed.
Savage House
2026
6.4A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
The Lost Daughter
2021
7.2The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
Official Secrets
2019
6.7During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.
Spencer
2021
5.9Two first-year students at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one evening.
The Riot Club
2014
Glenn Gould is a global star for whom everything is going according to plan and who seems to be able to do whatever he wants. In a music studio near Central Park, he meets photographer Eleanor Weismann, the pregnant wife of composer Georg Weisman, and falls head over heels in love for the first time in his life.
Gould Lover
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8.0A Dowager prepares for her birthday party. A young couple are on the run. A mysterious man in black watches from the shadows. Four rooms. One evening. Nothing is quite as it seems.
Four
2020
6.1In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband disappears, and the police suspect Tom.
Islands
2025
NRLast week, Andrew was that guy with his girl lunching in KFC, discussing apartments and making plans for the future. Today he’s in Moscow, in an undisclosed hotel room, on the run and at risk of assassination. Last week, a nobody. This week, America’s Most Wanted: a man who humiliated his country with one touch of a button.
Wild
2016
5.7While trying to make his sister's wedding day go smoothly, Jack finds himself juggling an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep sedative, and the girl that got away in alternate versions of the same day.
Love Wedding Repeat
2020
5.8A journalist and his female companion travel to interview a famous musician in Rome where a generous invite to a country estate becomes something much more than anyone expected.
Electra
2025
10.0Ivy finds herself confronted with parallel universes in which her life unspools in very different ways set against the modern London jazz scene.
Next Life
2026
6.5Following the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip to spread his ashes. Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan is in the glove compartment, in tupperware, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.
Burn Burn Burn
2016
NRThe evening's great mistake was pulling into this one. Based on the story of the same name by Stephen King.
Rest Stop
2015
8.6A behind the scenes look at the tv series "Poldark".
Poldark Revealed
2016
9.0Dragged up all the way from the ocean bed, national treasures Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are back together this festive season with a special 30th anniversary clip show that's bursting with brand new material, greatest hits, hilarious rarities, and even some never-before-seen footage.
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
7.2Dominic Dromgoole’s production brings refreshing clarity to one of Shakespeare’s most famous and best-loved tragedies, drawing out the contemporary relevance of this passionate teenage love story. Ellie Kendrick, a truly youthful Juliet, and Adetomiwa Edun, a boyish Romeo, head an excellent cast whose period costumes point to the timelessness of parental disapproval, adolescent temperament, rivalry and violence. Filmed before a live audience at Shakespeare’s Globe in the heart of London, its intimate and atmospheric setting adds immediacy and vitality to the humour and passion of Shakespeare’s verse. Filmed in High Definition and true surround sound.
Romeo and Juliet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2010
NRA scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2010
Last week, Andrew was that guy with his girl lunching in KFC, discussing apartments and making plans for the future. Today he’s in Moscow, in an undisclosed hotel room, on the run and at risk of assassination. Last week, a nobody. This week, America’s Most Wanted: a man who humiliated his country with one touch of a button. Mike Bartlett’s darkly comic new play explores the unexpected, bewildering, and life-changing consequences of challenging the status quo at a global level. As the State grows more powerful because of technology, and technology grows more powerful because of the State, where do the self-appointed protectors of the rights of the citizen stand? Heroes? Or traitors?
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wild
2016