Jack Donnelly Biography|Jack Donnelly Actor
Jack Donnelly is a British actor, best known for his role in BBC series Atlantis, in which he played the role of Jason. He is an esteemed actor who gives his all to the acting career.
Jack Donnelly Age
Jack Donnelly was born in Bournemouth, England, the UK on 28th October 1985. As of 2018, she is 33 years.
Jack Donnelly Family
He was born in Bournemouth, England, the UK to Chrissie Wickham, a choreographer (of the Eurovision Bucks Fizz winning dance routine in 1981), actress and former Hot Gossip dance troupe member. He has three brothers; Finn Donnelly, Sam Donnelly, and Harvey Donelly.
He attended St Catherine’s Primary School in Wimborne, Dorset, and then St Peter’s School in Bournemouth.
Jack Donnelly Brothers
He has three brothers; Finn Donnelly, Sam Donnelly, and Harvey Donelly.
Jack Donnelly Girlfriend|Jack Donnelly Wife
He is a married man, married to Swedish-Canadian actress Malin Åkerman. They got engaged in October 2017 and were married on December 1, 2018, in Tulum, Mexico.
Jack Donnelly Height
He has a height of 1.78 m /5′ 10″ and weight of 70kg/154lbs. Additionally, his bicep size is 14.4 inches.
Jack Donnelly Filmography
- 2019: Friendsgiving as Jeff
- 2017: A Royal Winter as Prince Adrian
- 2016: Death in Paradise as Samuel Walker
- 2014: United We Fall as Olly Hunter
- 2013: Dancing on the Edge as Leopold
- 2013–15: Atlantis as Jason
- 2012: Doctors as Harry Kilber-Bennett
- 2012: Threesome as Pull / Paul
- 2012: Misfits as White Rabbit
- 2011: House of Anubis as Jason Winkler
Jack Donnelly Atlantis
Jason washes up on the shores of a mysterious and ancient land that is full of bull-leaping, snake-haired goddesses and vast palaces. It is the land of Atlantis. Beneath its surface lies a dark past and a web of treachery. While there in search of his father, Jason becomes embroiled in a perilous game of politics and power from which there is no escape. Assisted by studious Pythagoras and overbearing Hercules, he embarks on a voyage of discovery and salvation that takes the trio through many Greek myths and legends.
United We Fall: What Atlantis star Jack Donnelly did next
His days in Atlantis may be behind him, but you haven’t seen the last of Jack Donnelly.
The young actor’s next project sees him cast as cocky footballer Olly Hunter in the wholly improvised spoof documentary United We Fall – the tale of a Manchester United squad on the verge of matching the Class of ’92’s epic achievements, before it all goes so, so wrong.
To mark the DVD release of United We Fall, Digital Spy spoke to Donnelly about his lack of real football skill and tackling (geddit?) improvised comedy.
I’m not a massive football fan! I used to support United because my Dad is a huge football fan and a huge United fan, so when I was 8 or 9 I used to watch the games with him… but slowly I drifted away from football and got more into musicals!
“So I left the world of sport behind – it’s never been my thing. That said, I do play a Sunday League game sometimes with a bunch of actors. The skill level’s not too high – I’m still the worst, but I don’t feel too bad about it. They were absolutely fine with me not being massively into football. Gary [Sinyor], the director, is a huge Manchester City fan and hates United. But a few of us in the cast was like, ‘I have absolutely no idea about the game at all’.
“The biggest tell was when we actually got on the pitch. On Atlantis, I’m in that costume, I’m on the horse, I’ve got the sword – you feel the part and it sort of carries you through. The same can’t be said for football.
“You put the boots on, the shin-pads, the top, you get on the pitch… but when the ball comes at me, that thing will bounce off. No amount of acting practice is gonna help me in that situation. I’m always bad at football.”
About having a script to play with; “Almost nothing. Gary didn’t want to script it, he wanted the whole thing to be improvised and he never wanted to do more than one take on anything.
“We did these interviews to a camera for about nine hours straight while Gary asked any question under the sun – and at first, you had some ideas and jokes pre-planned, but that soon went out the window and after nine hours you were just saying any old crap that came into your head.
“It was great fun and it was a brilliant exercise but I didn’t think any of us thought it would ever make it into a film. But between Gary and his editor, it’s been cut together brilliantly – they took all these interviews and they made a film out of it, which I think I was shocked by if I’m honest, but happy about!”
“The whole thing took a week. The interviews took four days. I’d be in there for 9 hours, then someone else, so there were two actors a day doing interviews. Then we spent a morning at the football pitch, and that afternoon, we shot the dinner scene at the end.
“That was Gary’s thing – you weren’t allowed to yell, ‘Cut!’ or stop the take and go back and repeat a line. If something didn’t work, you moved on. That was the scariest thing – but in a way, it frees you up.
“I don’t remember anything I said in the film. I looked back and I thought, ‘I don’t even remember saying that’ – so it was nerve-wracking but exciting!’
“I hope they’ll see the funny side. I think they will. We were quite cautious – I mean, I don’t think any of us were interested in doing an out-and-out piss take of United.
“We didn’t want to just take Class of ’92 and make all the obvious jokes – I think it needed to rise above that. We make fun of the genre of football, or how much players get paid, or we just have fun with these characters we came up with, rather than making it a direct insult to player X, Y or Z.”
“I think, as an out-and-out comedy, it works. I don’t think… and this might partly be down to the actors not knowing a lot about football going into it… but I don’t think you have to be a big football fan or know about football to enjoy it.
“I think the jokes are broad enough and wide enough; it’s more about the stupidity and naivety of these people so that it appeals to everyone and not every gag is a footballing in-joke. I hope on that level, it’ll reach other people.
“I mean… I saw one review that was on the poster; it was by UNILADand it said, ‘The funniest football film you’ll see this year’ and I thought, ‘What other football comedies have there been this year?’ – (laughs) I mean, it’s a really nice quote… but there’s not a lot of opposition in the field!”
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