Oliver Jackson-Cohen Biography

Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen (born c. December 1986) is an English actor and model. He had a role in the television series Hollyoaks when he was 15, and he later appeared in the ITV series The Time of Your Life in 2007. In 2008, he played Phillip White in the BBC adaptation of Lark Rise to Candleford and in the first episode of Bonekickers. He also played Marcus in The Rooftopsmiths by Helen Rowles with Natasha Freeman as Imogen and Philip Marden as Joel. In 2009, he appeared in the indie film Life and Death at 17 starring Jennifer Lawrence and Richard Gere. He played Damon in the 2010 film Going the Distance starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. He starred in the film Faster opposite Dwayne Johnson. In 2011, he starred as Prince William, Duke of Cambridge in a series of Funny or Die with Allison Williams as newlywed Kate Middleton. Jackson-Cohen stars opposite Cynthia Nixon in the miniseries World Without End as Ralph. He appears in Mr Selfridge with Jeremy Piven where he plays the role of Roddy Temple. In 2013, Jackson-Cohen was cast as Jonathan Harker, a journalist, in NBC's television series Dracula.

Early life

Jackson-Cohen was born in Westminster, London. His mother, Betty Jackson, is a British fashion designer, and his father, David Cohen, who is French-Israeli, is his mother's business partner. Because of his French heritage he attended French school at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London and claims to have a slight French accent. On leaving school, Oliver was advised to treat acting as a hobby rather than a career. After a role in a play at the Lyric Theatre got him an agent, he began attending auditions and put university on hold to apply for a place at drama school in New York. Shortly afterwards he received his first role. He also studied with Michael Luggio at the Malisa Theatre Academy. He attended the Youngblood Theatre Company at weekends, and at 15 landed a small part in Hollyoaks. After school, he began a degree in French literature lasting "for about two weeks. I hated it." He soon got a job washing vases for a florist to keep him going between auditions. "It wasn't great but when you're that broke you'll do anything."

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Hollyoaks	Jean-Pierre	TV series
2007	The Time of Your Life	Marcus	TV series (1 episode: "Episode No.1.4")
2008	Lark Rise to Candleford	Philip White	TV series (8 episodes)
	Bonekickers	Colm	TV series (1 episode: "Army of God")
	The Rooftopsmiths	Marcus
2009	Life and Death at 17
2010	Going the Distance	Damon
	Faster	Killer
2011	Will & Kate: Before Happily Ever After	Will	TV series (4 episodes)
	What's Your Number?	Eddie
2012	The Raven	John Cantrell
	World Without End	Ralph	TV miniseries
2013	Mr Selfridge	Roderick (Roddy) Temple	TV series
	Dracula	Jonathan Harker	TV series