Jon Pointing

Jonathan Pointing is a British actor, writer and comedian.^[2] He is best known for his roles in Plebs,^[3] Pls Like,^[4] and Big Boys, for which he was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2023.^[5]

Jon Pointing
Born	Jonathan Pointing September 1986 (age 38)[1]
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Actor, writer
Years active	2012–present

Career

He also notably appeared as Vlad the Vampire in the Virgin Games television commercials.^[6][7]

In 2024, he appeared as Tom Blake in the comedy Queenie;^[8] the series was based on the novel of the same name by Candice Carty-Williams.^[9]

Personal life

He was educated at Winchester University. Pointing revealed in July 2021 that he is married.^[10]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Life Guru[11]	Paul	Short film; Also writer
2013	The Phone Call	City Worker	Uncredited
2015	The Last Day		Short film; Also writer
2015–2017	Weetabix Go Breakfast Drink		Commercial
2016	@Elevenish	Chris	3 episodes
	Damned	Rudi	Series 1 Episode 3
2016–2017	Virgin Games	Vlad the Vampire	Commercial; "Live a Little"
2017	Liam Williams' Valentine	Rory	Television short
	Double Act	Jon	Also writer
	Zapped	Jay-Winn	Episode: "The Party"
	The Great Unwashed	Charlie Brumble
2017–2021	Pls Like	Charlie South	15 episodes
2018	Nick Helm: The Killing Machine
	News Crack	Various	Television film
2018–2022	Plebs	Jason	16 episodes
2019	London Kills	Jamie Bentham	Episode: "The Politician's Son"
	Daddy Time	Sean	Short film
	Down From London	Bean	Episode: "Margate"
2020	Crying Out Loud	Caspar	Episode: "Edd & Thom Get It Together"
	Key Worker[12]	Bradley	Online Video Shorts; 4 episodes
2021	Starstruck	Dan	2 episodes
2022-2025	Big Boys	Danny	18 episodes; Channel 4 comedy
2023	A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou	Reality TV presenter	Netflix Pilot episode
	Smothered	Tom	Lead role[13]
	Murder is Easy	Rivers	Two-part drama[14]
2024	Queenie	Tom Blake	3 episodes; Channel 4 comedy drama
2024	Sweetpea	Craig	Lead role; Sky Atlantic