1. David Jonsson was born on 4 September 1993 and is a British actor and writer.
16 Facts About David Jonsson
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David Jonsson is known for his performance in the BBC Two and HBO television series Industry, as well as his roles in the films Rye Lane and Alien: Romulus.
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In 2022, Jonsson appeared on the Evening Standard list of Londoners to watch and was one of British GQ's Men of the Year Honourees.
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David Jonsson was named a 2023 Bright Young Thing by Tatler and a Screen International Star of Tomorrow.
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David Jonsson grew up in Custom House, an area of the East London Docklands.
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David Jonsson's father was an IT engineer at Heathrow Airport and his mother worked for the Metropolitan Police.
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David Jonsson is the youngest of four, with an older brother and two older sisters.
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David Jonsson describes his background as Creole, with family from Africa, the Caribbean and Sweden.
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David Jonsson told his mother he wanted to be an actor.
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In 2018, David Jonsson made his television debut in two episodes of the ITV detective drama Endeavour.
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David Jonsson wrote, directed, and starred in a short film titled Gen Y The following year, he played the recurring character Isaac Turner in the second series of the Fox UK espionage thriller Deep State.
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David Jonsson starred as Augustus "Gus" Sackey in the first two series of the BBC Two and HBO investment banking drama Industry from 2020 to 2022.
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In 2021, David Jonsson won a Black British Theatre Award for his performance in and breathe.
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David Jonsson made his feature film debut opposite Vivian Oparah in the romantic comedy Rye Lane, which opened at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim.
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David Jonsson played the lead character Luke Fitzwilliam in the BBC's 2023 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Murder is Easy.
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David Jonsson is developing his first television script Hype with Clerkenwell Films.