Jacob Dudman
Born
Jacob Stanley Dudman

(1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 (age 26)
Ripon, North Yorkshire
Alma materLondon College of Communication
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • filmmaker
Years active2017–present

Jacob Stanley Dudman (born 22 August 1997)[1] is an English actor, writer and filmmaker. He is known for his roles in the Netflix programs The Stranger (2020), The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023), Medici (2019), Fate: The Winx Saga (2021–2022) and the BBC iPlayer series The A List (2018); as well as various Doctor Who audio dramas for Big Finish Productions.

Early life

Dudman grew up in Ripon, North Yorkshire. He attended St Aidan's Church of England High School.[1] He then studied Film Production at the London College of Communication, a branch of University of the Arts London.[2]

Career

Filmmaking and YouTube

As a teenager, Dudman uploaded short films, impressions and comedic sketches on his YouTube channel, which gained him over 100,000 subscribers. In 2016 Dudman directed the 23-minute documentary Save The Rhino Vietnam, in which he and actor Paul Blackthorne travelled to Vietnam to investigate the rhino horn trade and raise awareness for the rhino-extinction plight.

In 2017 he co-wrote, directed and starred in comedy sketches The Great Curator and The Solo Jedi with Jon Culshaw and provided narration for the web-documentary The Almost Doctors, created by multi-media artist Stuart Humphryes. Later in the year, he also directed and produced a 10 minute behind the scenes documentary of Doctor Who for BBC Worldwide.

Acting

In 2018, Dudman was cast as Dev in The A List, a BBC iPlayer original series.[3] Later in the year, Dudman played a role in the third season of Medici as Giulio de Medici, released in December 2019. In 2019, Dudman joined the cast of two new titles set to be released in 2020: The Stranger (based on a Harlan Coben novel) and Fate: The Winx Saga (based on the Italian Nickelodeon cartoon Winx Club).[4][5]

Doctor Who

Dudman has voiced the roles of the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors as part of the Doctor Who audio drama range for Big Finish Productions. He has voiced many other roles for different Big Finish titles, including the Doctor Who main range. In 2020, Dudman narrated the short film Farewell, Sarah Jane written by Russell T Davies, which was aired on the anniversary of Elisabeth Sladen's death.

Personal life

Dudman's godfather is actor Paul Blackthorne.[6]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2018 The A List Dev Season 1
2019 Medici Giulio de' Medici Season 3
2020 The Stranger Thomas Price 8 episodes
2021–2022 Fate: The Winx Saga Sam Harvey Recurring role (season 1); Main role (season 2)
2022 Primal Charles, Stevens Voice, episode: "The Primal Theory"
2023 The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die Osbert Netflix film (Movie ending of The Last Kingdom Netflix series)
2023 Unicorn: Warriors Eternal Eldred Voice, episode: "The Awakening"

Doctor Who audio dramas

As the Doctor/narrator

Other roles

Audiobook readings

References

  1. ^ a b "Bio". jakedudman. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Jacob Dudman". Research Gate. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. ^ Dudman, Jacob. "Jacob Dudman (Dev) - Media Centre". BBC (Interview). Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Jacob Dudman Joins The Stranger". Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Fate: The Winx Saga Casting Announced". Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. ^ Riley, Conor (19 November 2016). "Jake Dudman to Release Save The Rhino Documentary". TenEighty. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

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