Jack Bannon is an English actor, known for his roles as Sam Thursday on the
ITV drama series ''
Endeavour'' (from 2013) and as
Alfred Pennyworth
Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth, originally Alfred Beagle and commonly known simply as Alfred, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, most commonly in association with the superhero Batman.
Alfred is ...
on the
Epix
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crime drama series ''
Pennyworth'' (2019–2022).
Early life and education
Jack Bannon grew up in
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich ...
.
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He completed high school at Notre Dame High School before attending the arts course at the Theatre Royal.][
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Career
In 2014 Bannon played Christopher Morcom, the best friend of Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing (; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer ...
(played by Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Benedict Cumberbatch, various accolades, including a BAFTA TV Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurenc ...
), in the feature film ''The Imitation Game
''The Imitation Game'' is a 2014 American biographical film, biographical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore (writer), Graham Moore, based on the 1983 biography ''Alan Turing: The Enigma'' by Andrew Hodges. The ...
''.[ In the same year, he featured in the American-British war film '' Fury''.][
He became widely known after he took the role of Sam Thursday on the ITV drama series '' Endeavour'' in 2013.][ He has also featured in the TV series '']Ripper Street
''Ripper Street'' is a British mystery drama television series set in Whitechapel in the East End of London starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, and MyAnna Buring. It begins in 1889, six months after the infamous Jack t ...
'' (2012), '' The Loch'' (2017), and ''Clique
A clique (AusE, CanE, or ; ), in the social sciences, is a small group of individuals who interact with one another and share similar interests rather than include others. Interacting with cliques is part of normative social development regardles ...
'' (2017).[
Bannon plays ]Alfred Pennyworth
Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth, originally Alfred Beagle and commonly known simply as Alfred, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, most commonly in association with the superhero Batman.
Alfred is ...
on the Epix
MGM+ (formerly known as Epix; pronounced ''epics'' and stylized as eᴘix), is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by the MGMPlus Entertainment subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), which is itself a subsidiary ...
crime drama series '' Pennyworth'' (2019–2022).
He plays Lukas, the new partner to Lena Olin
Lena Maria Jonna Olin (; born 22 March 1955) is a Swedish actress. She has received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Mentored by filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, she made her screen d ...
's Detective Hulda Hermannsdóttir, in the Nordic Noir
Nordic noir, also known as Scandinavian noir, is a literary genre, genre of crime fiction usually written from a police point of view and set in Scandinavia or the Nordic countries. Nordic noir often employs plain language, avoiding metaphor, and ...
series set in Iceland, '' The Darkness''. The series was released in Iceland in September 2024 before getting worldwide release.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
References
External links
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21st-century English male actors
English male film actors
English male stage actors
English male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Norwich
Year of birth missing (living people)