Jojo Macari is an English actor and musician from London.

Early life

Macari would work in his father's guitar shop in

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, London. His first theatre experience was in the

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production of ''A Level Playing Field''. He dropped out of his A-levels in order to perform that role but was offered a deferred place to study actor musicianship at

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. He took a role in musical ''Desperate Measures'', an adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Measure for Measure''.

Career

In 2018, Macari had his first major acting role in

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series ''

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''. He joined the cast of

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miniseries ''

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'' in series two and three as Kyle. He appeared as Prince Henry in the third season of '' Harlots''. He appeared as Mogwan in two episodes of the Netflix fantasy drama '' Cursed''. He played Billy on the Netflix show ''

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''. Production on ''The Irregulars'' was interrupted by the

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, during filming Macari accidentally punched fellow actor

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in the face, but Macari described Ferns, despite the sternness of some of his roles, "actually a lovely dude". In 2023, he was cast as emperor

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in the

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gladiator epic '' Those About to Die''. Macari appeared in the

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'' in 2024. In February 2025 Macari was tapped to play

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in the biopic ''Faithfull'' about singer and actress

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Music

Macari played in the pop-rock band ''Koates'' and the hardcore-punk band the ''Rats''. Macari released the album ''Space and Time and Halloween and Paracetamol'' in 2021. In 2022, he appeared in the music video for the

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song ''Lonely''. He also appeared in the video for ''Female Lead'' from the band Honeyglaze in 2022. Around April 2023, Macari was playing with the band Famous at a festival in Germany.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macari, Jojo Male actors from London English television actors Musicians from London Living people Date of birth unknown Year of birth missing (living people)