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Edward Robert Bluemel (born 22 May 1993) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the Sky One series ''A Discovery of Witches (TV series), A Discovery of Witches'' (2018–2022), the BBC thriller ''Killing Eve'' (2019–2022), and the Amazon Prime series ''My Lady Jane'' (2024).


Early life and education

Bluemel was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He attended Taunton School in Somerset, where his parents Martin and Jane taught Chemistry and Physics respectively. He has two siblings, a sister named Phyllida and an elder brother named Ben. Bluemel was 11 when he first got into acting through a school play and 17 when he decided to pursue it professionally. He took a year-long foundation course at RADA before going on to graduate from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting. During his time at drama school, Bluemel was flatmates with Jacob Ifan.


Career

In 2017, Bluemel made his West End theatre, West End debut in ''Love In Idleness'' at the Menier Chocolate Factory and Apollo Theatre, as well as his feature film debut in ''Access All Areas'', and had his first main television role as Toby Hamilton in the ITV (TV network), ITV war drama ''The Halcyon''. He also appeared in ''Touch'' at the Soho Theatre. The following year, Bluemel began starring as Marcus Whitmore in the Sky One fantasy series ''A Discovery of Witches (TV series), A Discovery of Witches'', an adaptation of A Discovery of Witches, the book of the same name by Deborah Harkness. He also appeared in the film ''The Commuter (film), The Commuter''. In 2019, he had a recurring role as Maeve Wiley's (Emma Mackey) brother Sean in the Netflix comedy-drama ''Sex Education (TV series), Sex Education'' and joined the main cast of the BBC thriller ''Killing Eve'' for its second series as Hugo. Bluemel played Captain Harville in the 2022 Netflix film ''Persuasion (2022 film), Persuasion'' and Luke Nightingale in the Amazon Prime series ''Ten Percent (TV series), Ten Percent''. He has upcoming roles in the MGM+ series ''Belgravia: The Next Chapter'' and the Amazon Prime adaptation of ''My Lady Jane''.


Personal life

On the side, Bluemel enjoys lo-fi music and football as hobbies. He also has an interest in fish. As of 2019, he lived in Tooting Bec, South London.


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