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Jack Wolfe (actor)

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Jack Wolfe (born 17 December 1995) is an English actor from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. He grew up in Wakefield and New Quay on the Welsh coast. He studied at Ackworth School, Chetham’s School of Music, and trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, graduating in 2017.

In theatre, Wolfe has played leading roles such as Louis Braille in The Braille Legacy (Charing Cross Theatre, 2017) and Danny in Pinocchio at the National Theatre (2017). He appeared as Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd at Lyric Theatre Belfast (2019) and as The Musician with The Belfast Ensemble (2019). From 2019 to 2020, he played Kai in The Snow Queen at Rose Theatre Kingston. In 2021 he played Peter Duchene in The Magician’s Elephant.

In 2023 he played Gabe Goodman in Next to Normal at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2024 he joined the West End cast of Spring Awakening as Moritz for its 15th anniversary concert, and he reprised Gabe Goodman when Next to Normal moved to Wyndham’s Theatre; that production was filmed for Great Performances and aired in 2025. In 2025 he originated the Balladeer in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry at Chichester Festival Theatre and made his Broadway debut as Orpheus in Hadestown.

On screen, Wolfe appeared in Hetty Feather (2018) as Samuel Buscombe, with roles in Father Brown (2019) and The Witcher (2019). He featured in Inside No. 9 (2021) and joined the second season of Netflix’s Shadow and Bone (2023) as Wylan Hendriks. He also starred in The Magic Flute (2022) as Tim Walker/Tamino. Wolfe identifies as queer.


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