Jason Watkins
Jason Watkins | |
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Born | Jason Peter Watkins 28 October 1962 Albrighton, Shropshire, England |
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1986–present |
Spouse(s) | Caroline Harding (divorced) Clara Francis (m. 2014) |
Children | 5 |
Jason Peter Watkins (born 28 October 1962)
Early life
Watkins was born in 1962,
Being dyslexic, Watkins enjoyed drama as a subject least affected by this issue.
Career
Stage
Following his graduation from
He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Servant For Two Masters[7] at the (Young Vic, subsequently transferred to New Ambassadors Theatre).[8] His other theatre work includes Rafts and Dreams[6] at the Royal Court Theatre, Philistines and Landscape with Weapon (by Joe Penhall) at the National Theatre, London (2007) and A Laughing Matter (by April De Angelis) at the Royal National Theatre in 2003.[9]
In 2018, he played the predatory serial killer Ralph in a revival of Bryony Lavery's play Frozen at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.[10]
Television
In 1987, Watkins debut appearance on television was in EastEnders as estate agent Gerry Fairweather, a role he played for 11 episodes.[2]
Watkins's more prominent television roles have included the vampire leader
In 2006, he played the pioneering radiologist Ernest Wilson in a BBC pilot,
Since 2011, he has also appeared in the Sky One sitcom Trollied as the store manager Gavin.[3] In early 2012 he joined the cast of the BBC drama Prisoners' Wives, appeared as Detective Gilks in Dirk Gently and portrayed a smooth Church of England PR man in Twenty Twelve.
On 11 May 2013, he appeared in the
In 2014, he played the leading role in a two-part ITV drama entitled The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, about the innocent initial suspect in the 2010 murder of Joanna Yeates. He won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for this role.[13]
In 2016, Watkins played the role of Pastor Hansford in the four-part ITV drama
In 2017, Watkins played Solomon Coop, private secretary to the
In 2019, Watkins played Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the third series of the Netflix drama The Crown.[12] Since 2020 he has appeared in a leading role as DS Dodds in the Bath-set ITV crime drama series McDonald & Dodds.[12]
In 2022, Watkins appeared as Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the series SAS: Rogue Heroes.[12]
In 2023, Watkins starred as Ed Collier in the Channel 5 series The Catch,[18] alongside Aneurin Barnard and Poppy Gilbert.[19] The same year, it was confirmed that Watkins would be a contestant on the third series of the ITV show Cooking with the Stars, alongside other celebrities including Joanna Page, Matt Willis and Peter Andre.[20]
Film
Watkins's film roles include character parts in
Personal life
Watkins is married to jewellery and fashion designer Clara Francis.[3] On New Year's Day 2011, their 2-year-old daughter Maude died of sepsis.[4] He dedicated his 2015 BAFTA award to her and campaigns for greater awareness of sepsis.[21] He is a Patron of Child Bereavement UK,[22] a charity that supports children, young people and families when a child grieves or when a child dies. He and his wife have two other children, Bessie[3] and Gilbert. He also has two sons, Freddie and Pip, from his first marriage to actress Caroline Harding.[4]
Awards
Year | Ceremony | Award | Nominated work | Result |
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2001 | Olivier Awards |
Best Supporting Actor[7] | A Servant To Two Masters |
Nominated |
2002 | Helen Hayes Awards |
Outstanding Lead Actor | Won | |
2015 | British Academy Television Awards | BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actor[23] | The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies | Won |
BAFTA Award for Best Mini-Series | Won | |||
2016 | Royal Television Society Awards | Best Drama Serial [24] | Won | |
2020 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series[25] | The Crown | Won |
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987–1988 | EastEnders | Gerry Fairweather | 11 episodes [2] |
1991 | Soldier Soldier | Cpl Geoff Porter | Appeared in episode "Battlefields" |
1993 | The Buddha of Suburbia | Terry | |
The Good Guys | Paul | Appeared in the episode "All That Sparkles" | |
Between The Lines | Custody Sergeant | 1 episode "Manslaughter" | |
1994 | Casualty | Partridge | 1 episode "Love and Affection" |
1999 | Bostock's Cup | Tommy Bennett | TV film |
2004 | Conviction | Jason Bueleigh | Recurring role |
2005 | The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt | Laurence | TV film |
Funland | Bradley Stainer | ||
2006 | Blue Murder | Barr | Episode: "In Deep" |
Housewife, 49 | Dr Roger Brierley | TV film | |
2007 | Life on Mars | Colin Merrick | Episode 15 |
2008 | Little Dorrit | Mr Plornish | TV miniseries, 6 episodes |
Lewis | Oswald Cooper | Series 3, episode 4: "The Great And The Good" | |
Miss Austen Regrets | James Stanley Clarke | TV film | |
Hotel Babylon | Murray | Guest role | |
2009 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Joe Bland | Series 12, episode 1: "The Clocks" |
2009–2012 | Being Human | William Herrick
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TV series, 13 episodes |
2010–2012 | Dirk Gently | DI Gilks | Recurring role |
2011–2018 | Trollied | Gavin Strong | Main role, 67 episodes |
2011 | Psychoville | Peter Bishop | Recurring role [3] |
2012 | Miranda | Dick Twist | Episode: "It Was Panning" |
Prisoners' Wives | William (Gemma boss) | Six episodes | |
2013 | Doctor Who | Webley | Episode: "Nightmare in Silver" |
The Wrong Mans | Anaesthetist | Guest role | |
Call the Midwife | Rev. Applebee-Thornton | Guest role Series 2: Episode 4 | |
2014–2017 | W1A | Simon Harwood | Three series, 14 episodes |
2014 | The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies | Christopher Jefferies | Two-part drama |
2016 | The Secret | Pastor Hansford | Four-part drama |
The Hollow Crown | Suffolk | Episodes: "Henry VI Part I" and "Henry VI part II" | |
Love, Nina | Malcolm Turner | Sitcom series | |
The Job Interview | Himself, narrator | Documentary series | |
Friday Night Dinner | Tony Michaels | Episode: "The Two Tonys" | |
Are You Being Served?
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Mr Humphries | TV special | |
Would I Lie to You? | Himself | Series 10, episode 8 | |
2017 | Inside No. 9 | Kevin | Episode: "The Bill" |
Taboo | Solomon Coop | Episodes 2–8 | |
Line of Duty | Tim Ifield | Season 4, 2 episodes | |
Decline and Fall | Governor Wilfred Lucas-Dockery | Part 3 | |
Safe House | Simon Duke | TV series, 4 episodes | |
2018 | Inside The Tower of London | Narrator | |
Watership Down
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Captain Orchis (voice) | Recurring role | |
A Very English Scandal | Emlyn Hooson[26] | TV Mini-Series, 2 episodes | |
2018–2019 | Hold the Sunset | Roger | Series 1–2 |
2019 | The Crown | Harold Wilson | Main role ( Season 3 )
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2020 | Des | Brian Masters | TV miniseries |
Midsomer Murders | Joe Ferabbee | Series 20, Episode 6: "Send in the Clowns" | |
2020–present | McDonald & Dodds | DS Dodds | |
2021 | The Trick
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Professor Phil Jones | Dramatisation of the "climategate" controversy.[27] |
Around the World in 80 Days | Bernard Fortescue | ||
2022 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | Mr Wraxall | Episode: "Count Magnus"[28] |
SAS: Rogue Heroes | Winston Churchill | ||
2023 | The Catch | Ed Collier | Channel 5 series - all 4 episodes |
2023 | Archie | Stanley Fox | |
2024 | Coma | Simon Henderson |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | High Hopes | Wayne | [6] |
1992 | Split Second | Coroner's Assistant | [6] |
1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Principal Warfare Officer | |
1999 | Onegin | Guillot | |
2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Charlie Parker-Knowles | [6] |
2006 | Confetti | Gregory Hough | [6] |
2007 | The Golden Compass | Bolvangar Official | [6] |
2008 | Wild Child
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Mr Nellist | [6] |
2009 | Nativity! | Mr Gordon Shakespeare | [6] |
2012 | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger | ||
2014 | Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? | ||
2017 | Hampstead | James Smythe | |
The Children Act | Nigel Pauling | ||
2018 | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | Rupert | |
2019 | We Are Where We Are | Andy | Short |
2023 | The One Note Man | One Note Man | Short |
Wicked Little Letters | Mr. Treading |
References
- ^ "Jason Watkins". Twitter.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Andrews, Mark (22 March 2021). "Jason's journey from clown days to BAFTA (page 20-21)". Shropshire Star. thefreelibrary.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Laws, Roz (4 September 2011). "Vampire Jason Watkins reveals his Midland past and mild-mannered life off-screen". Birmingham Mail.
- ^ a b c Woods, Judith (30 April 2015). "Jason Watkins: 'After the Death of a Child, Work Has More Purpose'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ "RADA Student & graduate profiles: Jason Watkins". RADA. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "NT: People: Company Members: Jason Watkins". Royal National Theatre. 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Olivier Winners 2001". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Jason Watkins". weblo.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "A Laughing Matter". variety.com. 2 February 2003.
- ^ "Theatre Royal Haymarket - Frozen". officialtheatre.com. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ The Doctor Who Team (7 November 2012). "BBC Latest News – Doctor Who – Confirmed for 2013: Cybermen and Stellar Cast". Doctor Who. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Jason Watkins". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies scoops two BAFTAs". Bristol Post. Local World. 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Jason Watkins, Sherrie Hewson and John Challis confirmed for Are You Being Served? reboot". Radio Times. 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Jason Watkins". IMDb. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "ITV announces brand new season of original event drama Safe House". itv.com. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "What time is Hold the Sunset on TV?". Radio Times. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "The Catch: Release date, cast and news for Channel 5 drama". radiotimes.com. 11 January 2023.
- ^ "The Catch: Meet the cast of the channel 5 drama - including this Midsomer Murders star". hellomagazine.com. 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Cooking with the Stars line-up in full featuring iconic singer and boxing legend". Daily Mirror. 17 April 2023.
- ^ Walker, Danny (8 September 2015). "BAFTA-winning Jason Watkins opens up about losing his two-year-old daughter". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Jason Watkins & Clara Francis".
- ^ Jess Denham (10 May 2015). "Bafta TV Awards 2015: Georgina Campbell and Jason Watkins win Best Actor and Best Actress for hard-hitting dramas". The Independent. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Justin Harp (22 March 2016). "Emmerdale, Doctor Foster, Ant & Dec and Catastrophe win big at the Royal Television Society Awards". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Jason Watkins". IMDb.
- ^ "A Very English Scandal Cast Credits". IMDb. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "'Climategate' and the Trick: Hacked emails, a media storm, years potentially wasted – why scientist Phil Jones wants the story to be retold". news.sky.com. 2021.
- ^ "Count Magnus". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
External links
- Jason Watkins on Twitter
- Jason Watkins at IMDb
- Jason Watkins at the National Theatre Company database
- Jason Watkins at comedy.co.uk
- Jason Watkins | Patron of Child Bereavement UK