Jack North

Jack North is a blooming British actor who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Karl Jenkins, Viktor Krum and Dudley Dursley in the original West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He has even shared the stage with original HP stars like Imelda Staunton and Emma Thompson.

 

Training:

Jack received training at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Theatre:

Among his theatre credits are Page to Paris in Michael Fentiman’s Romeo & Juliet at the Playhouse Theatre; Ensemble in Michael Fentiman’s Jack and the Beanstalk at the Cambridge Arts Theatre; Satyr/understudy Peter in Rupert Goold’s The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at Kensington Gardens; Tom Thumb in Tim Sheader/Liam Steel’s Barnum at the Chichester Festival Theatre; Ensemble in Carole Todd’s 42nd Street (Gala) at the London Palladium; Ensemble in Shaun Kerryson’s Kiss Me, Kate at the Royal Albert Hall; Tobias in Lonny Price’s Sweeney Todd (English National Opera); Nibs in Jonathan Butterell’s Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure; Dudley/Carl in John Tiffany’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre; Waxy in John Tiffany’s Pinocchio at the National Theatre; A Boy in Jonathan Munby’s The Country Wife at the Minerva Theatre; Baby John in Stephen Whitson/John Wilson’s West Side Story; Benny Southwest/Rusty Charlie in Guys & Dolls at the Theatre Marigny; Robertson Ay in Matthew Bourne/Richard Eyre’s Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre.

While training at Mountview, Jack also played Iago in Becki Mills’ Othello; Billy Lawlor in Guy Retallack’s 42nd Street; Roy Johnson in Michael’s Fentiman’s The Light in the Piazza.

Film:

Jack is relatively new on the screen and has worked as Jamie in the Toby Meakins-directed film Breathe (2013).

TV:

He played the role of Sabin in Christopher Menaul’s Chasing Shadows (2014) and In the Flesh (2013).