Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

THEATRE includes:

2010	TRILBY	Svengali	David Cottis	Finborough Theatre
2010	JACK THE KNIFE	one-man show	Edinburgh Festival Fringe/Drill Hall	For this Jack won a Bank of Scotland Herald Angel ‘Archangel’ Award
2010	SHRUNK	Max Goldman	Julian Birkett	Cock Tavern
2010	NAGGING DOUBT	one-man show		Finborough Theatre
2009	STOCKWELL	Michael Mansfield	Sophie Lifshutz	Landor Theatre/Tricycle Theatre
2009	THE UNSPEAKABLE	Edward	Phil Ormrod	Tristan Bates Theatre
2007	CHANGE	Bob Ellis	Gordon Carver	Assembly Rooms
2006	COPENHAGEN	Bohr	Matthew Lloyd	Palace Theatre, Watford
2006	THE REPRESENTATIVE	The Cardinal	Kate Wasserberg	Finborough Theatre
2006	HAMLET	Claudius	John Russell Brown	Southwark Playhouse
2006	TWELFTH NIGHT	Sir Toby Belch	John Russell Brown	Southwark Playhouse
2005	CARVER	Blind Man	William Gaskill	Arcola Theatre
2005	PHALLACY	Rex	Andy Jordan	New End Theatre
2002	SECRET HEART	Hackenschmidt	Wils Wilson	Royal Exchange Manchester
2001/2	OXYGEN	Priestley/Bengt	Andy Jordan	Riverside Studios
2000	THE FREE STATE	Leo Guyver	Janet Suzman	The Fifth Amendment Tour
1998	A CHRISTMAS CAROL	Narrator	Michael Bogdanov	Birmingham Rep
1998	HAMLET	Polonius	Bill Alexander	Birmingham Rep
1998	LEBENSRAUM	Actor 2	Michael Fry	King’s Head Theatre
1997/8	THE RELAPSE	Lord Foppington	Philip Prowse	Glasgow Citizens & Tour
1997	THE CHERRY ORCHARD	Leonard Guyver	Janet Suzman	Birmingham Rep
1995/6	GULLIVER’S TRAVELS	Gulliver	Roger Redfarn	Theatr Clwyd Tour
1995	INSIGNIFICANCE	Joe di Maggio	Terry Johnson	Donmar Warehouse
1992/3	SCHOOL OF NIGHT	Sir Walter Raleigh	Bill Alexander	RSC Stratford & Barbican
1992/3	TAMBURLAINE	Theridamus	Terry Hands	RSC Stratford
1992/3	POINT VALAINE	Stefan	Tim Luscombe	Chichester Festival Theatre
1991	MAP OF THE HEART	Angus	Peter Wood	Globe Theatre
1990	MACBETH	Macbeth	Antony Clarke	Birmingham Rep
1990	OTHELLO	Iago	Paul Unwin	Bristol Old Vic
1989	THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN	Atahualpa	Tim Piggot Smith	Compass Theatre Tour
1988	I’M NOT RAPPAPORT	Nat	Steve Woodward	Bristol Old Vic Theatre
1986	KING ARTHUR	Lancelot	Malcolm Fraser	Buxton Festival
1985/6	BEAUTY & THE BEAST	Hew & Beast	Jules Wright	Liverpool Playhouse & Old Vic
1982/3	THE MESSIAH	Asher	Ronald Eyre	Hampstead & Aldwych Theatres
1982	DETECTIVE STORY	Tami	John Dillon	Manchester Royal Exchange
1980	JULIUS CAESAR		Peter Gill	Riverside Studios
	DONKEY’S YEARS	Dr. Taylor	John David	Bristol Old Vic
1979	TROILUS & CRESSIDA	Diomed	Richard Cotterell	Bristol Old Vic
1978	THE MATCHMAKER	Ambrose	Jonathan Lynn	Her Majesty’s Theatre
1978	SON OF LIGHT	Gower	Ron Daniels	RSC
1977	AS YOU LIKE IT	Charles the Wrestler	Trevor Nunn	RSC
	HENRY VI	Clarence	Terry Hands	RSC
1977	A THOUGHT IN THREE PARTS	Dick	Max Stafford Clark	Joint Stock

Jack has also appeared at the Edinburgh Festival and in many other theatres in Britain and abroad in several of his own works: NAGGING DOUBT; CUDDLES; MORE CUDDLES; THE FIFTY MINUTE HOUR; LETTERS ALONE; KAFKA; WONDERFUL DARLING, STAND UP, LOTS OF SUDDENLIES, BOSOM BUDDIES, URBAN RAGE and BE MY, BE MY BABY.

TELEVISION includes:

2004	MIDSOMER MURDERS	Freddie Bonavita	Renny Rye	Bentley Productions
1998	BABES IN THE WOOD	Lawrence	Andy de Emmony	Lucky Dog for Carlton
1997	CADFAEL: THE POTTER’S FIELD	Eudo	Mary McMurray	Carlton Productions
1997	ROAD RAGE	Conrad	Bruce Macdonald	Blue Heaven
1996	IVANHOE	Malvoisin	Stuart Orme	BBC
1995	SIX SIDES OF COOGAN	The Tycoon	Geoff Posner	Pozzitive for BBC
1995	CLASS ACT	Grigor	Herbert Wise	Cinema Verity
1995	GHOST HOUR: BLOOD & FIRE	Trevor	Terry Johnson	BBC
1994	A CASE OF COINCIDENCE	John Stockton	Gavin Miller	Blue Heaven Productions
1994	CIRCLE OF DECEIT	Osuna	Peter Fleming	YTV
	AUGUSTINE’S BIG HYSTERIA	Chareot	Amanda Rubin	Pirana Productions
1993	GRUSHKO	Milyukin	Tony Smith	Mark Forstater Prods
1993	WALL OF SILENCE	Yossel	Philip Savile	BBC/Alomo
1991	RED DWARF	Abraham Lincoln	Ed Bye	BBC
1990	FREDDIE AND MAX	Armand	John Stroud	Sitcom with Anne Bancroft
1990	THE FINAL WARNING	Andre	Anthony Page	US Cable TV
1990	SHERLOCK HOLMES	Hon Philip Green	John Madden	Granada
1989	A STRIKE OUT OF TIME	David Hart	Paul Bryers	Brook Productions
1989	MAKING NEWS	Alex Hendry	Jonathan Sacks	Thames (Pilot)
1988	POIROT	Prince Arthur	Renny Rye	LWT
1988	TEABAG			Thames
1988	THE MURDERERS AMONG US	Ben	Brian Gibson	TVS
1987	VANITY FAIR	Rawdon Crawley	Diarmuid Lawrence/Michael Morris	BBC
1987	DEATH IS PART OF THE PROCESS	Adrian	Bill Hayes	BBC
1985	BOON			Central
	ANYTHING LEGAL CONSIDERED			Central
	FOUR F’S TO SHARE			Central
1982	REILLY ACE OF SPIES	Alexei	Jim Goddard	Euston Films
1977	THE SWEENEY	Ari	Mike Vardy	Euston Films

As in theatre Jack has also appeared in television films of his own work. An original TV play MAYBE BABY for the BBC, NAGGING DOUBT and FIFTY MINUTE HOUR for Limehouse Productions and Ch4 and was a regular contributor to Granada’s science programme THE ACID TEST.

FILMS

2003	THE THREAT	Col. McReady	Kjell Sundvall	Cinema Art Productions AB
1989	1871	General Cluseret	Ken McMullen	Looseyard Productions
1984	KING DAVID	Jonathan	Bruce Beresford	Universal (w/ Richard Gere)
1980	FOR YOUR EYES ONLY	Apostis	John Glen	Eon Productions
1976	STAR WARS	John D.	George Lucas

RADIO includes:

Jack is a regular voice on radio appearing in a wide variety of programmes including WEEKENDING, THE DELVE SPECIAL, YE SITTE COMM and his own plays MADAM’S GOOD GIRL, THAT’S EASY FOR YOU TO SAY, ON THE LINE and FREUD AND JUNG. He played the lead role in THE SEA WOLF for which he was nominated for an award. Most recent recordings include:

2011	I REGRESS	Spider	Sam Bryant	BBC R4
2010	TOKYO VICE	Jake Adelstein/Reader	Jane Marshall	BBC R4
2010	THE LIGHT OF DARKNESS	Sabit Bey/Prof Nersessian	Judith Kampfner	BBC R3
2010	A BRIDGE TO THE STARS	Older Joel	David Hunter	BBC R4
2010	TROLL	Troll	Jonquil Panting	BBC R4
2010	THE LAST RESORT	Zimbabwe Reader	Jane Marshall	BBC R4
2009	ALBERT SPEER’S WALK AROUND THE WORLD	Rudolph Hess	Judith Kampfner	BBC R4
2009	UTZ	Utz	Marilyn Imrie	BBC R4
2008	OPEN BOOK: RED DUST	Reader	Hilary Dunn	BBC R4
2008	OPEN BOOK: THE IMPOSTER	South African Reader	Thomas Morris	BBC R4
2007	THE ENIGMA I WILL NOT EXPLAIN	Reader	Emma Kingsley	BBC R4
2007	MY GLASS BODY	Various	Anna Furse	BBC R3
2006	THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS	Roderick Spode	Jonquil Panting	BBC R4
2005	MARKHEIM	Markheim	John Taylor	BBC R4
2005	THE FACE OF THE ENEMY	Textor Texel	Jill Waters	BBC R4
2005	GREENMANTLE	Col Von Stumm	Bruce Young	BBC R4
2005	SNOW	Serdar Bey	Marilyn Imrie	BBC
2004	THE HIDING PLACE	The Captain	Philip Glassborow	USA Radio
2004	GILES WEMMBLEY HOGG GOES OFF	Serguei	David Tyler	BBC R4
2003	YAA ASSANTEWAA	Governor	Pam Fraser-Solomon	BBC R4
	RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE	Oldring	Adrian Bean	BBC Radio
2001/2	THE MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING	George Lewis	Clive Brill	BBC R4

VOICE WORK includes:

Jack recorded ‘Alonso’ in THE TEMPEST for Riverrun Productions’ Shakespeare CD Series and numerous audio cassettes including DISGRACE by Jim Coetzee, NIGHT WITHOUT END by Alistair Maclean, WINDFALL by Desmond Bagley,THE SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS OF YOGA and LIFE AND TIMES OF MICHAEL K. Most recent voice work includes:

2009	THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET: JUSTINE, BALTHAZAR, MOUNTOLIVER & CLEA	Reader	George James	Audible.com
2009	THE BLACK CLOUD	Reader	George James	Audible.com
2008	THE BLUFFERS’ GUIDES	Reader	Nikki Banks	Audible.com
2007	IN THE EVIL DAY	Reader	Jenny Leow	Quercus Books
2005	LIFE AND TIMES OF MICHAEL K	Reader	Kimberley Delius	BBC Audio Books

SKILLS

Jack is trained and certificated at Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and in 2010 was appointed Head of the Science Channel and Debates Author for Intelligence Squared.

He is from South Africa and has an excellent ear for accents including Afrikaans, RP, Russian, Eastern European, US, Scandinavian and Australian.