Jonathan Stuart Bailey (born 25 April 1988) is an English actor known for dramatic, comedic and musical roles on stage and screen. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award nominee.

Bailey began his career as a child actor in Royal Shakespeare Company productions, and by the age of eight was performing as Gavroche in a West End production of Les Misérables. Since then he has appeared in contemporary plays such as South Downs in 2012, The York Realist in 2018 and Cock in 2022; in classic plays such as the Royal National Theatre's Othello in 2013 and the Chichester Festival Theatre's King Lear in 2017; and in musicals, namely the London production of The Last Five Years in 2016 and the gender-swapped West End production 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 appeared in the adventure series Leonardo (2011–2012) and the musical comedy Groove High (2012–2013), before becoming known for roles in the crime drama Broadchurch (2013–2015), the satire W1A (2014–2017) and the comedy Crashing (2016). He gained international recognition for his leading role in the Regency-era series Bridgerton (2020–present). Bailey's role in the romantic drama miniseries Fellow Travelers (2023) earned him the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor. He has since played Fiyero in the two-part musical fantasy film Wicked (2024–25).

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