Leo Woodall
Born
Leo Vincent Woodall

(1996-09-14) 14 September 1996 (age 27)
Hammersmith, London, England
Alma materArtsEd
Years active2019–present

Leo Vincent Woodall (born 14 September 1996) is an English actor. He is known for his role in the second season of the HBO series The White Lotus (2022) and will star in the upcoming Netflix series One Day (2024). He was named a 2023 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.[1]

Early life

Woodall was born in Hammersmith, West London.[2] He comes from a family of actors, including his father Andrew, stepfather, and grandmother; his parents met at drama school. He has said he is a descendant of Maxine Elliott.[3] Woodall initially wanted to go into sports and was nineteen when he decided to pursue acting while watching the series Peaky Blinders. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from Arts Educational School (ArtsEd) in 2019.[4][5]

Career

After graduating from ArtsEd, Woodall made his television debut with a guest appearance in a 2019 episode of the BBC One medical soap opera Holby City. He also appeared in the short film Man Down. That summer, Woodall was cast in the upcoming feature film Nomad, having been chosen for the role out of 28,000 submissions.[6] Filming took place in over twenty countries.[7]

In the meantime, Woodall made his feature film debut in Cherry, directed by the Russo brothers.[8] He played Adrian Ivashkov in the Peacock series Vampire Academy. Woodall joined the main cast of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus for its second season in Sicily as Jack, a young tourist from Essex on holiday with his uncle Quentin (Tom Hollander).[9][10] To prepare for the role and adopt the character's accent, Woodall watched videos of television personality Joey Essex.[2][11]

Woodall is set to star as Dexter Mayhew opposite Ambika Mod in the Netflix adaptation of David Nicholls' One Day.[12] He will also have a recurring role in the Amazon Prime series Citadel.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2019 Man Down Lei Short film
2021 Cherry Rodgers
TBA Nomad Ben
TBA A Waiter In Paris

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2019 Holby City Jake Reader Episode: "Things My Mother Told Me"
2022 Vampire Academy Adrian Ivashkov 2 episodes
The White Lotus Jack Main role (season 2)

Won—SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series[14]

TBA One Day Dexter Mayhew Main role
Citadel

References

  1. ^ Gant, Charles (28 June 2023). "Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Leo Woodall (actor)". Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b Pym, Olivia (21 November 2022). "Leo Woodall watched Joey Essex before playing Jack on The White Lotus". GQ. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. ^ Twersky, Carolyn (28 November 2022). "Make Some Room for The White Lotus's Leo Woodall". W Magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Leo Woodall". ArtsEd. Retrieved 2021-05-22.[dead link]
  5. ^ Thorpe, Vanessa (12 January 2019). "What's their beef? Why today's leading men are driven to be buff". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Sheena Chohan to feature in a Hollywood film". The Daily Star. 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  7. ^ Lussier, Germain (3 July 2019). "A New Sci-Fi Movie Had 2 Minutes to Capture a Solar Eclipse, Here's What Happened". io9. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  8. ^ Mantle, Connor (2021-01-17). "Tom Holland Stars As Army Medic In New Movie 'Cherry' | Film News". Conversations About Her. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  9. ^ Otterson, Joe (10 February 2022). "'White Lotus' Season 2 Casts Theo James, Meghann Fahy, Will Sharpe, Leo Woodall". Variety. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  10. ^ Seitz, Loree (20 November 2022). "'The White Lotus' Star Leo Woodall on Jack and Portia's Flirty Fling: 'He's the Polar Opposite to Albie'". The Wrap. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  11. ^ Martin, Laura (21 November 2022). "'The White Lotus' Meets 'Love Island': How the Essex Lad Infiltrated Prestige TV". Esquire. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  12. ^ Whittock, Jesse (23 June 2022). "'The White Lotus' Actor Leo Woodall & 'This Is Going To Hurt' Breakout Ambika Mod To Lead Netflix Drama 'One Day'". Deadline. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  13. ^ Petski, Denise (2021-03-31). "'Citadel': Osy Ikhile & 'Midnight Sky's' Caoilinn Springall Join Amazon's Russo Brothers Global Event Series; 7 Set To Recur". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  14. ^ February 26, Dan Snierson Updated; EST, 2023 at 11:00 PM. "See the full list of SAG Award winners". EW.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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