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Gentleman Jack

Gentleman Jack

HBO 2019

Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family - by taking a wife.
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The Top 10 Actors and Characters of Gentleman Jack (Ranked Cast in 2024)

Rosie Cavaliero

#1 - Rosie Cavaliero (Superintendent Dennett)

Rosie Cavaliero plays as Superintendent Dennett in Gentleman Jack.
Rosie Cavaliero is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 18 episodes.

George Costigan

#2 - George Costigan (Nevison Gallagher)

Born in Portsmouth in 1947, Costigan grew up in Salford and joined the esteemed Liverpool Everyman theatre company in 1974. He has been a regular on our screens since 1978

George Costigan plays as Nevison Gallagher in Gentleman Jack.
George Costigan is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 12 episodes.

Gemma Jones

#3 - Gemma Jones (Aunt Anne Lister)

Jennifer Gemma Jones (born 4 December 1942) is an English character actress on both stage and screen. Her film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (1995), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), the Harry Potter series (2002–11), and Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010). For her role in the BBC television film Marvellous (2014), she won the 2015 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Gemma Jones plays as Aunt Anne Lister in Gentleman Jack.
Gemma Jones is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Sophie Rundle

#4 - Sophie Rundle (Ann Walker)

Sophie Rundle (born 21 April 1988) is a British actress. She is best known for portraying Ada Shelby in the BBC One historical crime drama television series Peaky Blinders, Ann Walker in BBC One and HBO's period drama Gentleman Jack, Vicky Budd in the BBC television series Bodyguard, code-breaker Lucy in the ITV drama series The Bletchley Circle and Labia in the British/American television sitcom Episodes. She also plays Alice in Sky One's 2017 drama Jamestown.

Sophie Rundle plays as Ann Walker in Gentleman Jack.
Sophie Rundle is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Timothy West

#5 - Timothy West (Jeremy Lister)

Timothy Lancaster West, CBE is an English film, stage, presenter and television actor, with more than fifty years of varied work in the business.

Timothy West plays as Jeremy Lister in Gentleman Jack.
Timothy West is the top #5 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Vincent Franklin

#6 - Vincent Franklin (Christopher Rawson)

Vincent Franklin plays as Christopher Rawson in Gentleman Jack.
Vincent Franklin is the top #6 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Lydia Leonard

#7 - Lydia Leonard (Mariana Lawton)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lydia Leonard (born 5 December 1980) is a British actress. She was born in Paris to an Irish mother, a teacher, and Anglo-French father, a financial accountant; she lived in France until the age of five. Originally, Leonard wanted to be a barrister, which she considers to be a profession very similar to acting onstage. Her first acting role was in Nativity spectacle in school, where she played King Herod. Leonard went from Bedales School to graduate from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2003, and then won a BBC Radio Drama Carleton Hobbs bursary. Her radio credits include playing Lady Mabel in a twelve-part adaptation of Anthony Trollope's series of political novels, and Goodwill in The Pilgrim's Progress. On television she had an ongoing role in 50s-set detective series Jericho starring Robert Lindsay, and appeared in True True Lie (2006) and The Long Walk to Finchley (2008), along with a cameo in Rome (2006, The Stolen Eagle), and as a nurse in the BBC's Casualty 1909. Leonard appeared on stage as Polyxena in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hecuba starring Vanessa Redgrave and alongside Francesca Annis in the National Theatre's production of Time and the Conways. In 2005 Leonard appeared as Caroline Cushing in the original Donmar Theatre and West End productions of Frost/Nixon. In 2008 Leonard played a major role in the BBC re-make of The 39 Steps. Part of the Christmas scheduling, its first showing was the most watched program on BBC One on that day. Leonard starred as Cynthia in Joanna Hogg's 2010 feature film Archipelago. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lydia Leonard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Lydia Leonard plays as Mariana Lawton in Gentleman Jack.
Lydia Leonard is the top #7 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Peter Davison

#8 - Peter Davison (Henry Reynolds)

Peter Davison (born Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett; 13 April 1951) is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He became famous as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories. His subsequent starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort and Sink or Swim, the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice, and Albert Campion in Campion. He also played David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites, "Dangerous" Davies in The Last Detective, and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order: UK. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Davison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Peter Davison plays as Henry Reynolds in Gentleman Jack.
Peter Davison is the top #8 member of the cast and appears in 6 episodes.

Amelia Bullmore

#9 - Amelia Bullmore (Rachel Liebermann)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Amelia Bullmore (born 31 January 1964) is an English actress and writer. She was born in London and studied drama at the University of Manchester. Bullmore started working as an actor but turned to writing in 1995. Her writing credits include episodes for This Life, Attachments and Black Cab. She appeared as 'Sonja', the Ukrainian girlfriend of the protagonist in the comedy I'm Alan Partridge. She is currently featuring in commercials for Direct Line insurance where she plays a prospective customer at a car show. Bullmore was a finalist for the Dennis Potter Award in 2000 for her 90 minute drama entitled The Middle. Her first stage play, Mammals was the winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and was shortlisted for the What's On Best New Comedy Award. From 1990 she played the role of Steph Barnes in Coronation Street. She has also recently appeared on BBC Radio 4's phone-in spoof Down the Line. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amelia Bullmore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Amelia Bullmore plays as Rachel Liebermann in Gentleman Jack.
Amelia Bullmore is the top #9 member of the cast and appears in 6 episodes.

Suranne Jones

#10 - Suranne Jones (DCI Amy Silva)

Suranne Jones (born Sarah Anne Jones, 27 August 1978) is a British stage, film and television actress, known primarily for her career in television.

Suranne Jones plays as DCI Amy Silva in Gentleman Jack.
Suranne Jones is the top #10 member of the cast and appears in 6 episodes.

Last updated: nov 16, 2022

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