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Oli Higginson

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Oli Higginson

Oli Higginson trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is currently filming the fourth season of BRIDGERTON, reprising his fan favourited role John, the Bridgerton's Footman. Other television credits include Michael Winterbottom’s Sky Atlantic show THIS ENGLAND, Emily Mortimer’s THE PURSUIT OF LOVE opposite Lily James for BBC and JULIA for HBO, playing singer Jacques Brel. 

Oli starred as the lead in the West End transfer of Southwark Playhouse’s critically acclaimed production of THE LAST FIVE YEARS, for which he was nominated for a Stage Debut Award and an Offie Award. Other theatre work includes; Cassio in OTHELLO at The Globe's Sam Wanamaker Playhouse; SMOKE at Southwark Playhouse, Soho Theatre's touring production of LAVA; A CHRISTMAS CAROL (The Old Vic); THE HAYSTACK (Hampstead Theatre); MAGGIE & TED (Garrick Theatre), and Brutus in JULIUS CAESAR for the Sam Wanamaker Festival at The Globe. 

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Oli Higginson

Television

Title Role Production Director
BRIDGERTON (SEASONS 1-4) John Netflix/Shondaland Various Directors
THE CHELSEA DETECTIVE SEASON 2 Jack Felton Amazon / Expectation TV Sarah Esdaile
JULIA SEASON 2 Jaques Brel HBO Melanie Mayron
THIS ENGLAND Saul Sky Atlantic Michael Winterbottom
THE PURSUIT OF LOVE Colin BBC Emily Mortimer
CURSED Tobias Netflix Various Directors

Stage

Title Role Production Director
OTHELLO Cassio Shakespeare’s Globe Ola Ince
AFTER SEX BY SIOFRA DROMGOOLE Him Arcola Theatre Izzy Parriss
SMOKE John Southwark Playhouse Polina Kalinina & Júlia Levai
THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON Lord Brocklehurst National Theatre Studio Emily Burns
LAVA Jamie Soho Theatre Angharad Jones
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Fred The Old Vic Matthew Warchus
THE LAST FIVE YEARS WEST END TRANSFER Jamie Garrick Theatre Jonathan O'Boyle
MAGGIE & TED WEST END Ted's Private Secretary Garrick Theatre Michael Kingsbury
THE LAST FIVE YEARS Jamie Southwark Playhouse Jonathan O'Boyle
THE HAYSTACK Rob Hampstead Theatre Roxana Silbert
JULIUS CAESAR Brutus Sam Wanamaker Festival at the Globe Richard Goulding
THE ASSASSINATION OF MARCUS GARVEY J. Edgar Hoover Theatre503 Laura Clifford
MAGGIE & TED Private Secretary White Bear Theatre Michael Kingsbury
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Franklin Shepard Guildhall School of Music and Drama Martin Connor
MEASURE FOR MEASURE Angelo Guildhall School of Music and Drama Mariah Gale
NAPOLEON BLOWN APART Randall Arcola Theatre Alex Brown
MERCURY FUR The Party Guest Guildhall School of Music and Drama John Haidar
DETROIT Ben Guildhall School of Music and Drama Charlotte Westenra
THE CHERRY ORCHARD Lopakhin Guildhall School of Music and Drama Christian Burgess
A DOLL'S HOUSE Nils Krogstad Guildhall School of Music and Drama Wyn Jones
ORPHANS Liam Guildhall School of Music and Drama Brodie Ross
OTHELLO Cassio HT Theatre Jo Greaves
THE 12TH DISCIPLE Alex Bristol Old Vic Studio Max Kirk

Short Film

Title Role Production Director
IT'S NOT A SCAM Teddy Dover Street Productions Danny Chan
PIPE DREAM Danny Pleasure Pier Productions Misha Seresin
PAPER CUTS Podcaster Zoe Papadopoulou/Paper Cut Films Laura Clifford
TREADMILL Atlas LFS & Nabil Muzayyin Pierluigi Campa
BEFORE SEVEN Man Ray Sisters Film Austin Ray & Westin Ray
FAMILY REUNION Pete Met Film Elie-Pierre Bassil
ADAM Adam Peacock Films Kelly Rembalski
SNAP Black Beret Fitzherbert Inc. Jane Hazelgrove

Workshop

Title Role Production Director
A KNIGHT'S TALE William Runaway Entertainment Rachel Kavanaugh
GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER Freddy National Theatre Studio Ola Ince
PERKIN WARBECK Various Theatre Royal Stratford East Oscar Toeman
ENTERTAINING MURDER Freddy Bywaters Lambco Productions Steve Edis
DEAR OCTOPUS Various National Theatre Studio Emily Burns
TANDLE HILL Guy Allmen National Theatre Studio Ola Ince
THE WITCHES Mr Jenkins National Theatre Studio Lyndsey Turner
SMOKE John Arcola Theatre / 3 hearts canvas Polina Kalinin & Júlia Levai

Rehearsed Reading

Title Role Production Director
WE’RE NOT A BOYBAND (TELEVISION PILOT) Ollie Louis Souyave
LOVE IS TIME Seamus Sheila Atim / Jamael Westman / Ché Walker Ché Walker
THE CRACKS Ben Macfarlane Criterion Theatre Madeleine Moore

Voice Over

Title Role Production Director
CASSIE AND THE LIGHTS Mark Theatre Royal Plymouth / Southwark Playhouse Alex Howarth

Concert

Title Role Production Director
I WISH YOU WELL: THE GWYNETH PALTROW SKI TRIAL MUS Terry Sightworsens Turbine Theatre / Ben Lockwood Shriv Rabheru

Radio

Title Role Production Director
IF WE ARE MOSES Jake Hear First Productions Craig Busek
DOCTOR WHO - EARLY ADVENTURES: AFTER THE DALEKS Victor Big Finish Productions Lisa Bowerman