1. Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen was born on 24 October 1986 and is an English actor.
22 Facts About Oliver Jackson-Cohen
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen is known for his roles in the Netflix horror television series The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor, as well as for his role as Adrian Griffin in the horror film The Invisible Man.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen had a recurring role in the television series Dracula and in the miniseries Wilderness.
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Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen was born on 24 October 1986 in Westminster, London.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen's mother, Betty Jackson, is a fashion designer, and his father, David Cohen, was his mother's business partner.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen's mother is English and from a Protestant background.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen's father was from an Orthodox Jewish family that moved to France in the 1950s; Jackson-Cohen has stated they were of Egyptian Jewish and Tunisian Jewish descent.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen attended the Youngblood Theatre Company during weekends, then began washing vases for a florist as a job to support himself financially between auditions.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City due to not getting into drama school in London.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen's aim was to "do a foundational year and then reapply in London" but left after four months because he was offered a job.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen landed a small role in the television series Hollyoaks when he was 15, and he later appeared in the ITV series The Time of Your Life in 2007.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen played Marcus in the short film The Rooftopsmiths by Len Rowles with Natasha Freeman as Imogen and Philip Marden as Joel.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen starred opposite Cynthia Nixon in the miniseries World Without End as Ralph.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen appears in Mr Selfridge with Jeremy Piven where he plays the role of Roddy Temple.
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In 2013, Oliver Jackson-Cohen was cast as journalist Jonathan Harker in the NBC series Dracula.
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In March 2014, Oliver Jackson-Cohen was cast as James, Duke of York in ITV's four-part period drama miniseries The Great Fire.
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In 2015, Oliver Jackson-Cohen starred in The Healer as Alec Bailey.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen then appeared in both seasons of the anthology web television series The Haunting.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen next starred opposite Elisabeth Moss in the science fiction horror film The Invisible Man, portraying the titular role; the film was released in 2020 to positive reviews.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen later stated that the press tour for the film was difficult because it began just three days after his father had died.
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In February 2023, Oliver Jackson-Cohen was announced as the lead in the upcoming feature film Jackdaw, written and directed by Jamie Childs.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen was in a relationship for several years with Jessica De Gouw, his Dracula co-star.