Jacob Collins-Levy
British-Australian actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British-Australian actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jacob Collins-Levy (born 18 March 1992) is an English-Australian actor. On television, he is known for his role in the Starz series The White Princess (2017), and the Netflix series Young Wallander (2020) and The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022). His films include True History of the Kelly Gang (2019).
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| Born | Jacob Collins-Levy 18 March 1992 Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2015–present |
Jacob Collins-Levy was born in Melbourne, to an Australian mother and an English father.[1] He has one younger brother.
In 2012 and 2013, he took classes at the 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne.[2]
After brief appearances in 2015, in Holding the Man[1] and Glitch,[3] Collins-Levy's first major appearance on the big screen came in 2016, as the heartless drug dealer 'Saul'[4] in the film Joe Cinque's Consolation, which was selected for the 41st Toronto International Film Festival.[5][6] Collins-Levy played Henry VII of England in the Starz television series The White Princess, set in the aftermath of the Wars of the Roses, with co-star Jodie Comer[7] as his wife Elizabeth of York.[8]
In 2019, Collins-Levy appeared in Justin Kurzel's film True History of the Kelly Gang.[3] He played Karl-Axel Munck in the first season of the 2020 Netflix crime drama Young Wallander,[3] and guest starred as Lord Byron in the Doctor Who series 12 episode "The Haunting of Villa Diodati".[3]
In 2022, he appeared in the Netflix series The Witcher: Blood Origin where he played the villain, Eredin, in a cast which included Mirren Mack, Lenny Henry, and Michelle Yeoh.[7] The same year, he was cast in the Disney+ series Nautilus as Captain Youngblood.[9]
Collins-Levy performs on stage in his hometown of Melbourne. In 2021, he appeared in a performance of Lanford Wilson's Burn This at fortyfivedownstairs,[10] in 2023 he portrayed Count Orlok in the Malthouse Theatre stage adaptation of Nosferatu,[11] and he played Hamlet in 2024.[12]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Holding the Man | Andrew | [1] |
| 2016 | Joe Cinque's Consolation | Saul | [5][6] |
| 2019 | True History of the Kelly Gang | Thomas Curnow | |
| 2025 | Leviathan | Chris | Post-Production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Gallipoli | Young ANZAC | Episode: "The Breakout"[3] |
| Glitch | Rory Fitzgerald | 3 episodes[1] | |
| 2017 | Barracuda | Clyde | Episode: "2000"[1][3] |
| The White Princess | Henry VII of England | Main role[8][3] | |
| 2019 | Bloom | Young Herb | Episodes: "The Kick Inside" and "Little Miracle" |
| Pure | Benji | 1 episode[3] | |
| 2020 | Doctor Who | Lord Byron | Episode: "The Haunting of Villa Diodati" |
| Young Wallander | Karl-Axel Munck | 5 episodes | |
| The Liberator | Corporal Tucker | Episodes: "The Enemy" and "Home" | |
| 2021 | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Laurence Osborn | Episode: "Blood Wedding" |
| 2022 | The Witcher: Blood Origin | Eredin | Main role[7] |
| 2024 | Prosper | Jed Quinn | 8 episodes |
| Nautilus | Captain Youngblood | 10 episodes[9] |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Burn This | Burton | fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne |
| 2023 | Nosferatu | Count Orlok | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2024 | Hamlet | Hamlet | fortyfivedownstairs with Melbourne Shakespeare Company |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Diofield Chronicle | Isarion Colchester | English version, voice |
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