Jack Blumenau
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Jack Blumenau is a British
actor, renowned for his work portraying children and little people or borrowers.
, so it was natural for him to follow an acting career. He began acting at age 12. He spent his early youth in Ashwell, Hertfordshire
, attending Ashwell JMI until 1998, and The Highfield School
in Letchworth from 1998 to 2008. He gained a first-class honours degree from the London School of Economics
, then enrolled at Oxford
for post-graduate study.
Blumenau has two brothers, Dan and Harry.
United Kingdom
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actor, renowned for his work portraying children and little people or borrowers.
Biography
Blumenau was born to casting director Debbie O'Brien, and director/actor Colin BlumenauColin Blumenau
Colin Blumenau is a British actor and theatre director.He played Francis "Taffy" Edwards in The Bill from 1984 to 1990....
, so it was natural for him to follow an acting career. He began acting at age 12. He spent his early youth in Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Ashwell is a village and civil parish situated about four miles north of Baldock in Hertfordshire.It has a wealth of architecture spanning several centuries. The dates almost entirely from the 14th century and is renowned for its ornate church tower which stands at , and is crowned by an...
, attending Ashwell JMI until 1998, and The Highfield School
The Highfield School
The Highfield School is a specialist Science College for secondary education in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. The Highfield School teaches students aged 11-18 from Year 7 through to Year 13. The school is part of the Letchworth Sixth Form Consortium with Fearnhill School...
in Letchworth from 1998 to 2008. He gained a first-class honours degree from the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, then enrolled at Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
for post-graduate study.
Blumenau has two brothers, Dan and Harry.
Theatre
- Peter PanPeter PanPeter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with...
(2003-4, Savoy)- Peter Pan - The Prisoner's DilemmaThe Prisoner's DilemmaThe Prisoner's Dilemma is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
(RSC Barbican) - Jan - The Pirates of PenzanceThe Pirates of PenzanceThe Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera's official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences...
(2003-4, Savoy) - young pirate, and Frederick - Sherlock Holmes – The Athenaeum Ghoul (2005, UK tour) - Billy
- The Taming of the ShrewThe Taming of the ShrewThe Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1591.The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself...
(2006, Bristol Old Vic) - Biondello - Little Eyolf (2007, English Touring TheatreEnglish Touring TheatreThe English Touring Theatre is a touring theatre company in England. It is England's only touring company to receive a government subsidy for producing work for larger theatres, which is its main work...
, rehearsed reading) - Black Eyed Susan (2007, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds/ Theatre Royal Wakefield) - Jacob
- Animal Magnetism (2008, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds)
- Red Fortress (2008, Unicorn TheatreUnicorn TheatreThe Unicorn Theatre is a producer of professional theatre for children in Britain. It is based in a RIBA Award–winning centre in Tooley Street, in the London Borough of Southwark, opened in 2005...
) - Luis - The York RealistThe York RealistThe York Realist is a 2001 play by Peter Gill. It was premiered at the Lowry in November 2001 before moving to the Bristol Old Vic and the Royal Court Theatre in January 2002 by English Touring Theatre, with Gill himself directing...
(2009, Riverside Studios) - Jack - The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (2009, New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme) - Edmund
- Bleak HouseBleak HouseBleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon...
(2010, New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Television
- Best FriendsBest Friends (TV series)Best Friends is a CITV drama series based on the book of the same name by Jacqueline Wilson.-Main cast:Gemma...Chloe SmythAlice... Poppy RogersBiscuits... Alexander PownallLiz ... Julia FordKaren ... Lizzy McInnerny...
(2004, Citv) - Callum - Noah and SaskiaNoah and SaskiaNoah and Saskia is a 13-episode children's television program co-produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and British Broadcasting Corporation. The show explores a situation in which two teenagers meet in an Internet chatroom, using personas that are very different from their true selves...
(2004, BBC TV/ABC Australia Series) - Noah - Half Life (BBC TV) - Dylan
- There's a Viking in My BedThere's A Viking In My BedThere's A Viking In My Bed was a 2001 BBC children's television series about a Viking named Sigurd who falls overboard his ship and is awoke in the 21st century and befriends a young boy , who's family runs a hotel in a seaside town...
(BBC TV Series) - Tim - Reach for the Moon (LWT Series) - Kyle
- MicrosoapMicrosoapMicrosoap is a children's sitcom, co-written by Mark Haddon and co-produced by the BBC and the Disney Channel. A total of 26 episodes were made, lasting over four series, and airing from 1998-2001. The series Producer for all episodes was Andy Rowley...
(BBC TV) - Danny - Hello! (NC Grivas Productions) - Peter
- Start Now (NC Grivas Productions) - Ron
- The Railway ChildrenThe Railway ChildrenThe Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in The London Magazine during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906...
(2000, Carlton Film Productions) - Peter - Genie In The HouseGenie In The HouseGenie in the House is a British situation comedy broadcast on Nickelodeon about a widowed father with two teenage daughters who find a dusty old golden lamp while exploring the loft of their new home. A quick rub of the lamp releases Adil, a trainee genie from Balamkadaar who has been confined to...
(2006 episode Election - Ricky; 2007 episode Emma TV - Harold, Nickeloden) - As the Bell RingsAs the Bell RingsAs the Bell Rings may refer to:* As the Bell Rings * As the Bell Rings * As the Bell Rings , on Disney Channel Israel* As the Bell Rings * As the Bell Rings * As the Bell Rings...
(2007 episodes O Romeo and A Touch of Class, Disney Channel UK) - Tinker - Doctors (2008 episode, Yesterday's News) - Glen Preece
Film
- The Glow (2001 short movie, Glory Films) - David
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2003 television movie, Clerkenwell Films) - Ned
- The Railway ChildrenThe Railway ChildrenThe Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in The London Magazine during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906...
- Peter - Origin (short, 2011) - Freddy Holmes
Audio/ Narration
- The HoobsThe HoobsThe Hoobs is a BAFTA-winning children's television programme created and produced by The Jim Henson Company. It stars five creatures called Hoobs from the fictional Hoobland, and their interactions with Earth and the human race...
(Jim Henson Productions) - narrator - The Ghost of Thomas KempeThe Ghost of Thomas KempeThe Ghost of Thomas Kempe is a novel for children by Penelope Lively published in 1973. The novel won the Carnegie Medal in 1973.-Plot summary:...
(First Writes/Radio 4) - James - Spots's Bedtime Stories (Penguin/3T Prod) - Spot
- Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryCharlie and the Chocolate FactoryCharlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's book by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of the eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka....
(Penguin Audio Books) - Charlie - Charlie and the Great Glass ElevatorCharlie and the Great Glass ElevatorCharlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a children's book by British author Roald Dahl. It is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric candymaker Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator.Charlie and the Great Glass...
(Penguin Audio Books) - Charlie - Teddy Robinson (Penguin Audio Books) - Philip
- Mansfield ParkMansfield ParkMansfield Park may mean:* Mansfield Park by Jane Austen* Mansfield Park , based on the novel, directed by Patricia Rozema, starring Frances O'Connor, Embeth Davidtz, and Sheila Gish in 1999...
(Radio 4)