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.
Title | Role | Production | Director |
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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 |
Title | Role | Production | Director |
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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 |
Title | Role | Production | Director |
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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 |
Title | Role | Production | Director |
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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 |
Title | Role | Production | Director |
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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 |
Title | Role | Production | Director |
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CASSIE AND THE LIGHTS | Mark | Theatre Royal Plymouth / Southwark Playhouse | Alex Howarth |
Title | Role | Production | Director |
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I WISH YOU WELL: THE GWYNETH PALTROW SKI TRIAL MUS | Terry Sightworsens | Turbine Theatre / Ben Lockwood | Shriv Rabheru |
Title | Role | Production | Director |
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IF WE ARE MOSES | Jake | Hear First Productions | Craig Busek |
DOCTOR WHO - EARLY ADVENTURES: AFTER THE DALEKS | Victor | Big Finish Productions | Lisa Bowerman |