Star Facts
- Jack went to school with Robert Pattinson and Emma Watson
- He supports Arsenal Football Club
- Jack has appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres chat show in the US
- In 2009, Jack was accused of stealing one of legendary comedian Stewart Lee’s comedy routines
Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall Quotes
I’ve never laughed a woman into bed, but I’ve laughed one out of bed many times
Biography:
Jack makes no bones about the fact that he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His mum was an actor and his dad an agent for the likes of Colin Firth and Judi Dench. He attended the rather posh Tower House School in London with Twilight mega-hunk Robert Pattinson and the Oxford Dragon School with Emma Watson. He went on to study History of Art at the University of Manchester, but dropped out to pursue his stand up career.
He started out at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh in 2007, by 2008 he’d won the Chortle Best Newcomer award, and by 2009 he had his first solo show, Nearly Rebellious, at the Edinburgh Festival. He’s since appeared in Channel 4’s Comedy Gala, been nominated for Best Male Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards, and been named as one of Variety Magazine’s Ten Stars of the Future.
Now a regular face on the telly, you’ll no doubt have seen Jack on shows like 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Mock the Week, Would I Lie to You, Live at the Apollo, oh, and in the papers caught snorting cocaine. His latest sitcom, Fresh Meat, alongside The Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas is due to start in late 2011.