Age: 38
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Jonathan Stuart Bailey (born April 25, 1988) is an English actor known for his dramatic, comedic, and musical roles on stage and screen. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Bailey began his career as a child actor in Royal Shakespeare Company productions, and by eight, he was performing as Gavroche in a West End production of Les Misérables. He has since starred in contemporary plays such as South Downs in 2012, The York Realist in 2018, and Cock in 2022; in classical plays like the Royal National Theatre's Othello in 2013 and Chichester Festival Theatre's King Lear in 2017; as well as in musicals, namely the London revival of The Last Five Years in 2016 and the West End gender-swapped revival of Company, for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical in 2019. On screen, Bailey starred in the action-adventure series Leonardo (2011–2012) and the musical-comedy Groove High (2012–2013) before becoming known for his roles in the crime drama Broadchurch (2013–2015), the satire W1A (2014–2017), and the comedy Crashing (2016). He gained international recognition for his starring role in the Regency romance series Bridgerton (2020–present). Bailey's role in the romantic drama miniseries Fellow Travelers (2023) won him a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor. He has since played Fiyero in the two-part musical fantasy film Wicked (2024–25). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Bailey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Jonathan Bailey
King Frederic
for King Frederic in Disney's Gothel
Suggested by chandlermchugh
Gwendolyn grows up in the shadow of her beautiful and beloved sisters, Adelina, Hazel, and Primrose in the kingdom of Corona. Feeling plain and overlooked, Gwendolyn becomes obsessed with stories of the ancient forest and the magic hidden within. Driven by a desire to be special, she seeks out Elder Hildegard, a woman whispered to possess forbidden knowledge. Hildegard agrees to teach her, revealing that the forest holds a source of magic tied to life itself. Gwendolyn delves deeper into the dark arts, learning to manipulate the forest's energy. The magic begins to change her, granting her beauty and vitality but twisting her personality. She becomes increasingly secretive and isolated, pushing away her sisters and family. The Forest Spirit begins to manifest in her visions, promising her ultimate power if she fully embraces the darkness. Gwendolyn's transformation is complete. She is now Gothel, a being sustained by the forest's magic, eternally youthful and beautiful, but devoid of empathy. She confronts Hildegard, realizing the elder woman only sought to use her as a vessel for the Forest Spirit's influence. Gothel defeats Hildegard, claiming the forest's magic as her own. In the final scene, she overhears whispers in the town about the King and Queen of Corona expecting a child – a child with the same magical properties as the forest's flower, the same magic that now runs through her veins. Her eyes gleam with dark ambition as the credits roll.
