Jack Hawkins (actor, born 1985)


Jack Hawkins is an English actor.

Early life

He was born in Ipswich and was educated at the Ipswich School between 1996 and 2004, where he was Head Boy. He read Jurisprudence at Balliol College, Oxford and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 2007 to 2009.

Career

Hawkins has performed acting roles in film, on television and on the stage. In 2017 he joined the cast of the BBC television show Call the Midwife as Christopher Dockerill. He plays the recurring character Alex Lambert in the BBC medical drama Holby City, and appeared as Mickey Aluffi in the 2016 film The Head Hunter, and Phil in Writers Retreat. In 2014 Hawkins played the part of William in the film The Cross, which was filmed in various locations in northern England. He appeared in Trevor Nunn's adaptation of Sebastian Faulk's novel Birdsong, and Cheek by Jowl's 2012-3 production of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. In 2015, he appeared in Lindsay Posner's West End production of Harvey alongside Maureen Lipman and James Dreyfus.

Selected filmography

Selected theatre