Other notable roles include appearances in Mark Gatiss’s 2017 BBC drama series Queers and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch in 2018. In 2017, he starred in Christopher Nolan’s film Dunkirk, playing lead character Tommy Jensen. He is the son of jazz musicians Tim and Linda Whitehead his father is a former member of big band Loose Tubes, credited as one of the main forces behind the 1980s renaissance of British jazz.įionn Whitehead made his acting debut in 2016, starring in the ITV mini-series Him, about a boy who has telekinetic powers. He plays the lead role of Pip in the new BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, Great Expectations.īorn in Richmond, London, in 1997, Whitehead grew up in an artistic family. READ MORE: BBC Great Expectations - plot, cast, trailer and when Steven Knight's series will be on TV Who is Fionn Whitehead?įionn Whitehead is an actor. But just what do we know about the man who plays Pip? The first episode of the new Great Expectations series will hit our screens on March 26. The series also features Ashley Thomas as Jaggers, Johnny Harris as Magwitch and Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella Havisham. Whitehead stars in the new, six-part adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel as Pip, alongside Oscar winner Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham. The series has been written and developed by Steven Knight, whose previous writing credits include Peaky Blinders. Actor Fionn Whitehead takes one of his biggest roles to date in the BBC’s new, big-budget adaptation of Great Expectations.
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