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Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen (born 24 October 1986) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Luke Crain in 'The Haunting of Hill House' and Peter Quint in 'The Haunting of Bly Manor', a Netflix original anthology series. Jackson-Cohen was born in London, son of David Cohen, a fashion designer and Betty Jackson. He studied at Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, located in London and at the Youngblood Theater Company on weekends. His first television role came when he was just 14 years old in the series 'Hollyoaks' as Jean-Pierre and later appeared in another television series 'The Time of Your Life' as Marcus in 2007. In 2008 he played Phillip White in the BBC series 'Lark Rise to Candleford' as Philip White Oliver Cohen portrayed Damon in the 2010 film 'Going the Distance' also starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Currently, one of his most notable works is in the film 'Faster' playing a murderer beside Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton. Between 2002 and 2023, Cohen managed to build a very remarkable career in television, cinema and streaming, having around 26 credits and counting, including series, limited series, films and short films.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Viscount Lynton
for Viscount Lynton in A Civil Contract
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Adam Deveril is one of the Duke of Wellington's captains, and a hero at Salamanca. When his father, a crony of Prince Regent, is killed in the hunting field, Adam becomes the 6th Viscount Lynton of Fontley Priory, Lincolnshire. But he returns from the Peninsular War to find his magnificent home in disrepair and his family on the brink of ruin, with the broad acres of his ancestral home mortgaged to the hilt. He is madly in love with the beautiful Julia Oversley but soon realises that the drastic measure of a marriage of convenience is the only answer. Enter Mr Jonathan Chaleigh, a City man of apparently unlimited wealth with no social ambitions for himself, but with his eyes firmly fixed on a suitable match for his one and only daughter, the quiet and decidedly plain Jenny Chawleigh. A marriage is arranged. Adam chafes under Mr. Chawleigh's generosity, and Julia's jealous behavior upon hearing of the betrothal nearly brings them all into a scandal. But Adam didn't reckon with the Jenny nobody knew, or the unknown quality that lay hidden behind her demure and plain facade, who bring him comfort and eventually more...
