Bart Edwards

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Bart Edwards
File:Bart Edwards portrait.jpg
Born1989 (age 36–37)
Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present

Bart Edwards (born 1989) is a British actor. He is known for playing the roles of Jasper Hunt in the Lifetime/Hulu drama series Unreal (2018),[1] Jonathan Kay in the NRK drama Lykkeland (2018–2022),[2] Duny / Emperor Emhyr var Emreis in The Witcher for Netflix (2019–present),[3] and as Captain James Ehrendorf in the ITV six-part television drama series The Singapore Grip (2020).[4]

Education

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Edwards attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts[5] and then studied acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.[6]

Career

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In 2008 Edwards began his career in the U.K. starring as Olly Greenwood on BBC's EastEnders.[7] In 2012 he appeared in ITV's miniseries Leaving.[8]

He appeared in two indie short films directed by Mark Lobatto: Silent Treatment in 2013,[9] and Blue Borsalino in 2015.[8]

In 2015 he appeared as Joe on Channel 4's Peep Show.[10]

In 2016 Edwards had roles in Carnival Films' Call the Midwife for PBS/BBC,[8] Stan Lee's Lucky Man,[8] and Netflix/Channel 4's Fresh Meat.[8]

He played roles in the Warner Bros. fantasy film Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them in 2016,[8] and The Weinstein Company's biographical action-thriller film The Man with the Iron Heart in 2017.[citation needed]

In 2018 Edwards starred on season three of Lifetime's drama series Unreal in the role of Jasper Hunt, alongside Constance Zimmer and Shiri Appleby.[1][8]

From 2018 to 2022, he starred as Jonathan Kay in the Norwegian series Lykkeland (also known as State of Happiness),[8] which premiered at the first Cannes International Series Festival, winning two awards.[11]

In 2019 he starred in Millennium Film's horror movie The Dare[12] and appeared as Urcheon of Erlenwald / Duny / Emperor Emhyr var Emreis in The Witcher.[3]

In 2020 Edwards was cast in the six-part television drama series The Singapore Grip, where he portrayed Captain James Ehrendorf.[4]

From 2020 to 2022, he starred as Fredrik in the crime drama television series Young Wallander.[13]

In 2022 Edwards appeared as Justin in the comedy drama television series The Flatshare.[14]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 Silent Treatment The Guy Short film[9]
2015 Blue Borsalino Ernie Short film[8]
2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Police Officer 2
2017 The Man with the Iron Heart Raf Man Halifax
2019 The Dare Jay Jackson
2022 The Stranger in Our Bed Ewan
2024 Take My Hand Jason

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 EastEnders Olly Greenwood 10 episodes
2011 Casualty Jamie Episode: "Before the Fall"
2012 Leaving Tom Miniseries; 3 episodes
2015 Peep Show Joe 4 episodes
2016 Call the Midwife Denny Wray Episode #5.1
Stan Lee's Lucky Man Finn Belman Episode: "The Last Chance"
Fresh Meat Vod's Friend Episode #4.1
2018 Unreal Jasper Hunt 10 episodes
2018–2022 State of Happiness
(Nor: Lykkeland)
Jonathan Kay Main role, seasons 1–2
2019–present The Witcher Duny / Emperor Emhyr var Emreis Main role, season 3-4
Guest, seasons 1–2
2020 The Singapore Grip Captain James Ehrendorf Main role
2020–2022 Young Wallander Fredrik 7 episodes
2022 The Flatshare Justin 6 episodes

References

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