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Will won an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for his recent performance as Harry Kane in James Graham's critically acclaimed DEAR ENGLAND, directed by Rupert Goold. The play originated at the National Theatre and transferred to the West End's Prince Edward Theatre. He was also nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award as Best Supporting Performer in a Play, a Stage Debut Award for Best West End Debut Performer and won the Broadway World Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Will's upcoming screen work includes DALGLIESH for Channel 5 and the upcoming feature films FALLING and TITAN.

He is a member of the critically acclaimed theatre company 1927. He is a talented writer and his comedy project, GREAT BRITISH MYSTERIES, has enjoyed multiple sold out runs at the Pleasance Soho Theatre.

Will has written and performed his plays MEDIOCRE WHITE MALE and SLEAZE for BBC Radio.

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Stage

Title	Role	Production	Director
MAN MOUNTAIN	Tyrell	Soho Theatre	Joseph Hancock
DEAR ENGLAND (BY JAMES GRAHAM)	Harry Kane	National Theatre	Rupert Goold
BAD ALTITUDE	Teddy	Soho Theatre	Joseph Hancock
MEDIOCRE WHITE MALE	Him	Park Theatre	Joe von Malachowski
THE MAZE	Danceny	Teatro Vivo	Mark Stevenson
1&ONLY	Kai	VAULTS	Sam Hooper
1599	Sir T	Soho Theatre	Joseph Hancock
GREAT BRITISH MYSTERIES?	Teddy	Soho Theatre	Joseph Hancock
TEXAS TAX MAN	Hank	VAULTS	Sarah Meadows
GOLEM	Julian	Young Vic	Suzanne Andrade
MIXED DOUBLES	Various Roles	Adelaide Fringe	Hannah Joss
GOOD PEOPLE	Stevie	English Theatre of Frankfurt	Michael Howcroft

Radio

Title	Role	Production	Director
SLEAZE	Max	BBC Radio 4	Anne Isger
THE ARCHERS	Joel	BBC Radio 4	Rosemary Watts
HARD TIMES	Harthouse	BBC Radio 4	Emma Harding
MEDIOCRE WHITE MALE	Him	BBC Radio 4	Sasha Yevtushenko
CYMBELINE	Cloten	BBC Radio 3	Emma Harding
THE INTERNEXIT	Forest	BBC Sounds	Tolly Robinson
SKETCHORAMA	Various Roles	BBC Radio 4	Gus Beattie

Television

Title	Role	Production	Director
DALGLIESH - S3	Bill Harding	Amazon/Channel 5	Roger Goldby
BUFFERING	Cardigan	Avalon	Sophie King

Feature Film

Title	Role	Production	Director
TITAN	Callum	Constantin Film	Mike P. Nelson
FALLING	Tim	Gulfstream Pictures	James & Colin Krisel

Short Film

Title	Role	Production	Director
DON'T BURY IT	Doug	New Indie Film Ltd	Kristian Fitsall
AS TIME GOES BY	Ross	Shine A Light	Ben Garfield
FLATMATES	Pete	Shine A Light	Ben Garfield
ANIMALS	God	Shine A Light	Ben Garfield

Research and Development

Title	Role	Production	Director
INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE	Various	AMC & 1927	Suzanne Andrade

Voice Over

Title	Role	Production	Director
DEATH OF ENGLAND: CLOSING TIME	Commentator	National Theatre	Clint Dyer

Rehearsed Reading

Title	Role	Production	Director
BIG MOOD	Various	Channel 4	Rebecca Asher
BIN LIDS	Ziggy	Sky and Big Light Productions	Riffy Ahmed
BAD DAD	Various Roles	King Bert	David Walliams
SICK NOTE, SEASON TWO	Various Roles	King Bert	Matt Lipsey

Commercial

Title	Role	Production	Director
GOODFELLAS	Kay	ITV	Michael Baldwin
PLAYOJO	Runner	Gas & Electric	Tom King
EASYJET/EUROPCAR	Ian	VCCP	Ben Fogg
AMAZON	Host	Amazon	Franco Farrell
AA	Young Dad	adam&eve	Pontus Lowenhielm
THE TESCO FAMILY	Freddy	BBH	Daniel Kleinman

Workshop

Title	Role	Production	Director
DEAR ENGLAND	Harry Kane	National Theatre	Rupert Goold
PLEASE RIGHT BACK	Mr. E	1927	Suzanne Andrade

Film

Title	Role	Production	Director
MEDIOCRE WHITE MALE	Him	Arch 468	Rebecca Atkinson-Lord

Web Series

Title	Role	Production	Director
M.O.T.H.E.R KNOWS BEST - SERIES TWO	Sid	Cuckoo Bang	Chris Mayo
FLAT 32	Charles	Poleroid	Rikki Lawton
THE PEARSON REPORTS	Ron	Pearson	Toni Miller
HEADSHOT	Host	RFRSH	Marcus McSweeney
OVER IT	Aiden	Another View	Ita Fitzgerald

Will won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance of Harry Kane in the critically acclaimed James Graham play 'DEAR ENGLAND'.

He was also nominated for Best Supporting performer in the Whats On Stage Awards, and won the Broadway World Award for Best Supporting Actor.

His one man play 'MEDIOCRE WHITE MALE' was adapted for BBC Radio 4 in 2024 and can be heard here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vzxs

His comedy projects have enjoyed multiple sold out runs at the Pleasance, and he is a regular writer/performer at Soho Theatre.