Jacob Collins-Levy
Jacob Collins Levy is an Australian actor, best known for playing the leading character of Henry VII, the King of England, in The White Princess, alongside Jodie Comer as his wife Elizabeth of York.
Early life[]
Collins-Levy was born in Melbourne to an Australian mother and English father.[1] In 2012 he began a full time program at the 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne[2]
Career[]
After brief appearances in 2015, in Holding the Man[1] and Gallipoli,[3] Collins-Levy's first major appearance on the big screen came in 2016, as the heartless drug dealer "Saul"[4] in the film Joe Cinque's Consolation, which was selected for the 41st Toronto International Film Festival.[5][6] Collins-Levy played Henry VII of England in the Starz television series The White Princess, set in the aftermath of the Wars of the Roses, with co-star Jodie Comer as his wife Elizabeth of York.[7]
In August 2021, Collins-Levy began filming of the Netflix miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin, [8] set in a time 1200 years before The Witcher, and Collins-Levy will appear as Eredin Bréacc Glas, the captain of the Red Riders, in a cast which includes Lenny Henry and Michelle Yeoh.[9]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | Holding the Man | Andrew | [1] |
2016 | Joe Cinque's Consolation | Saul | [5][6] |
2019 | True History of the Kelly Gang | Thomas Curnow |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | Gallipoli | Young ANZAC | 1 episode - The Breakout [3] |
Glitch | Rory Fitzgerald | 3 episodes[1] | |
2017 | Barracuda | Clyde | Episode - 2000 [1][3] |
The White Princess | Henry VII, the King of England | 8 episodes [7][3] | |
2019 | Bloom | Young Herb | 2 episodes - The Kick Inside and Little Miracle |
Pure | Benji | 1 episode [3] | |
2020 | Doctor Who | Lord Byron | The Haunting of Villa Diodati |
Young Wallander | Karl-Axel Munck | 5 Episodes | |
The Liberator | Corporal Tucker | 2 Episodes - The Enemy and Home | |
2021 | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Laurence Osborn | Episode - Blood Wedding |
TBA | The Witcher: Blood Origin | Eredin | Upcoming miniseries, filming |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Jacob Collins-Levy". advoice.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Actor Testimonials: Jacob Collins-Levy". 16th Street Actors Studio, Melbourne. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Jacob Collins-Levy". independenttalent.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Joe Cinque's Consolation: The Team - Jacob Collins-Levy - Saul". joecinque.com.au. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ a b Doherty, Megan (24 August 2016). "Joe Cinque's Consolation selected for Toronto International Film Festival". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Toronto Film Review: 'Joe Cinque's Consolation'". variety.com. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ a b "'The White Princess': Jacob Collins-Levy Talks Playing Henry VII". accessonline.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "'The Witcher: Blood Origin': Netflix Prequel Series; Filming Underway In UK". Deadline Hollywood. 16 August 2021.
- ^ "The Witcher prequel Blood Origin reveals new cast members". redanianintelligence.com. 16 August 2021.
External links[]
- Male actors from Melbourne
- 21st-century Australian male actors
- 21st-century British male actors
- Australian male film actors
- Australian male television actors
- Living people