Nathan David Bryon (born 3 July 1991) is a British actor, author, and screenwriter. He gained prominence through his roles as Jamie Bennett in the

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sitcom '' Some Girls'' (2012–2014) and Joey Ellis in the ITV sitcom ''

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'' (2016–2018). His screenwriting credits include the

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series ''

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'' (2021–2022) and the film '' Rye Lane'' (2023).

Early life

Bryon was born in

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, London, to a white British father and a Jamaican mother. He attended ADT school (now Ashcroft Technology Academy) in Putney.

Career

In June 2019,

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published Bryon's first book, ''Look Up!'', conceived jointly with illustrator Dapo Adeola. It won both the overall award and the illustrated book award at the 2020

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. Adeola later complained that, although Bryon had given him full credit for his part in the book's creation, both the book trade and the media minimized the significance of the illustrator's role. Bryon published a play in July 2019 called ''Dexter and Winter's Detective Agency'' and another book in July 2020 called ''Clean Up''. In March 2021, Puffin announced Bryon as the first Puffin World of Stories ambassador. Byron wrote and co-created ''

'', a sitcom on

which debuted in 2021. He co-wrote his first feature film screenplay, '' Rye Lane,'' with Tom Melia; it was directed by

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and premiered at the

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. In May 2023 he appeared in an episode of celebrity ''

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'' on ITV.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryon, Nathan Living people 1991 births 21st-century British male actors 21st-century British screenwriters Black British male actors Black British writers British male television actors English children's writers English male screenwriters English people of Jamaican descent Male actors from London Actors from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Writers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham People from Shepherd's Bush