44 Facts About Jack Whitehall

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Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall was born on 7 July 1988 and is an English comedian, actor, presenter and writer.

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Jack Whitehall is known for starring as JP in the series Fresh Meat and Alfie Wickers in the series Bad Education and its spin-off film The Bad Education Movie.

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From 2012 to 2018, Whitehall was a regular panellist on the game show A League of Their Own.

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Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall was born at Portland Hospital in London's West End on 7 July 1988, the son of actress Hilary Amanda Jane Whitehall and television producer Michael John Whitehall.

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Jack Whitehall is a descendant of Welsh lawyer Thomas Jones Phillips, who was a major opponent of the Newport Rising of 1839.

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Jack Whitehall had two godfathers: actors Nigel Havers and Richard Griffiths.

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Jack Whitehall attended Tower House School in London's East Sheen area, where he was a schoolmate of actor Robert Pattinson.

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Jack Whitehall has often joked that he resented Pattinson for taking all the best acting roles in the school plays.

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Jack Whitehall auditioned for the title character in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but the casting director was unimpressed with him because he had not read the book.

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Jack Whitehall's parents sent him to boarding school at the age of eight.

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Jack Whitehall was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and then Marlborough College, two private schools.

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Jack Whitehall took a gap year in which he decided to pursue a career in stand-up comedy.

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Jack Whitehall attended the University of Manchester to study History of Art, dropping out after two terms.

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In 1997, Jack Whitehall appeared in the series Noah's Ark.

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In June 2008, Jack Whitehall presented the first week of Big Brother's Big Mouth on E4, returning in August to present the twelfth week.

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In September 2008, Jack Whitehall made his first appearance on Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats.

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In June 2009 Jack Whitehall co-presented topical-satire series The TNT Show with Holly Walsh on Channel 4.

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In January 2010, Jack Whitehall made his fourth appearance in 8 Out of 10 Cats, followed in February by his second appearance on Mock the Week, and a first appearance in Argumental on Dave.

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In June and July 2010, Jack Whitehall was a regular performer on the first series of Channel 4's Stand Up for the Week alongside Andi Osho, Kevin Bridges, Rich Hall and presenter Patrick Kielty.

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Jack Whitehall landed a six-part entertainment series on Channel 4, called Hit The Road Jack, which started airing on 20 March 2012, following Whitehall on a comedy tour of the country.

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Jack Whitehall became a regular panellist for the fifth series of A League of Their Own on Sky1 in 2012.

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In 2012, Jack Whitehall starred in a self-penned sitcom Bad Education on BBC Three, which began on 14 August, in which he plays Alfie, a teacher who is "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system and is a bigger kid than the kids he teaches".

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On 30 November 2012, Jack Whitehall was guest host of Have I Got News for You.

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Also in 2013, Jack Whitehall lent his voice to the Disney animated film Frozen as a troll priest named Gothi, but his lines were cut from the finished film.

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In February 2014, Jack Whitehall guest starred on Top Gear, having only driven a car once before, and drove on the Top Gear Test Track.

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On 24 October 2014, Jack Whitehall was the presenter of the Feeling Nuts Movement's inaugural event called The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night on Channel 4, raising awareness of testicular cancer.

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On 8 December 2017, Jack Whitehall was announced as the next host of the BRIT Awards, taking over from 2017's hosts Dermot O'Leary and Emma Willis.

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In May 2019, during the professional wrestling PPV AEW Double or Nothing, Jack Whitehall introduced wrestling legend, Bret Hart, to the ring to unveil the new AEW World Championship.

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Jack Whitehall started performing stand-up comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Pleasance Theatre's Comedy Reserve showcase.

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Jack Whitehall had previously taken a sketch show to the Fringe called Comic Abuse.

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Jack Whitehall was nominated for 'Best Newcomer' in the 2008 Chortle Awards, and was a finalist in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year.

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In September 2009, Jack Whitehall was accused of stealing one of Stewart Lee's stand-up routines for his critically acclaimed Nearly Rebellious show.

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When Jack Whitehall recited his version of the routine at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, he was described by an otherwise favourable review for Metro as "repeating" Lee's sketch "almost verbatim".

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When Jack Whitehall originally performed the one-liner, which plays on the phrasal verb "to look down on someone", it was voted the fifth best joke of the year's Edinburgh Fringe in a poll conducted by TV channel Dave.

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On 20 June 2010, a photograph of Jack Whitehall appeared in the News of the World, purportedly showing him in possession of cocaine in Manchester.

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Jack Whitehall quickly issued an apology for his behaviour, but did not confirm or deny the allegations.

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Later that same week, Jack Whitehall appeared on the debut episode of Stand Up for the Week alongside fellow comedian Patrick Kielty, who took the opportunity to mockingly refer to the article.

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On 30 March 2010, Jack Whitehall took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at The O2 Arena in London and broadcast on 5 April.

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In January 2011, Jack Whitehall was nominated by the British Comedy Awards for 'Best Comedy Breakthrough'.

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Jack Whitehall performed a series of four stand-up shows with his father Michael Whitehall, called Backchat, which was completely sold out.

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Jack Whitehall appeared in the first series of Dave's One Night Stand for the comedy network Dave.

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In November 2011, Jack Whitehall performed two sell out solo shows at the Hammersmith Apollo.

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On 30 December 2012, Jack Whitehall appeared on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, during which he made a joke about Queen Elizabeth II.

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Jack Whitehall met actress Gemma Chan in 2011, when she guest starred on his series Fresh Meat.