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name: "Nathan Stewart-Jarrett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nathan-stewart-jarrett"
fi1m_id: "nathan-stewart-jarrett"
imdb_id: "nm2805533"
tmdb_id: 221980
wikidata_id: "Q2535497"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 December 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T16:58:19.461671+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

## Identity

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nathan-stewart-jarrett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nathan-stewart-jarrett
- **IMDb ID:** nm2805533
- **TMDB ID:** 221980
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2535497
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Stewart-Jarrett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2535497, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2805533/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/221980

Actor. Born 4 December 1985 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 December 1985, Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Nathan Stewart Jarrett, Nathan Lloyd Stewart-Jarrett
- **Frequently works with:** [Adeel Akhtar](https://film.one/person/adeel-akhtar.md), [Lewis Arnold](https://film.one/person/lewis-arnold.md), [Samuel Donovan](https://film.one/person/sam-donovan.md), [Wayne Che Yip](https://film.one/person/wayne-che-yip.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 79 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Stewart-Jarrett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2535497, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2805533/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/221980

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Utopia*](https://film.one/tv/utopia.md) (83), [*Down Cemetery Road*](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md) (82), [*Prey*](https://film.one/tv/prey-2014.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*Misfits*](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Femme*](https://film.one/film/femme.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

> Nathan Stewart-Jarrett makes stillness useful: in *Femme*, we can see Jules wanting things he cannot admit. His performance is worth the discomfort, even when the script asks us to believe choices that make little sense.

In *Femme* (2023), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett holds a stare a fraction longer than comfort allows. His Jules wants revenge on Preston, played by George MacKay, but also wants the man himself, and cannot afford to show either. Stewart-Jarrett keeps those competing feelings visible without giving each its own emphatic gesture. We were moved by the scene in which the two sit beside each other playing a video game, because their near-silence allows a closeness that the louder confrontations cannot. His restraint is the strongest reason to see a film whose plotting we do not always believe.

His television breakthrough was Curtis Donovan in *Misfits* (2009–2012), followed by Ian in *Utopia* (2013–2014). The later leads in *Femme* and the heist series *Culprits* (2023) give him more responsibility for keeping us involved. There is another connection through Belize in *Angels in America* (2017) and the drag performer Jules: both roles concern how a person presents themselves. On preparing for *Femme*, he said: “When you put something on, how does it make you feel? How does it make you move?”

Directors Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping give him a demanding partner in MacKay. Preston's voice lifts and his shoulders drop when he is alone with Jules; Stewart-Jarrett has to keep us watching for changes that are smaller and harder to read. Neither man plays desire as a simple release from fear. For about an hour, that uncertainty makes *Femme* a tense, involving thriller. The difficulty comes when Jules makes choices the script has not persuaded us he would make, and the actor is left trying to carry them through.

We recommend *Down Cemetery Road* (2025), where he plays Downey, more readily as a thriller, despite its occasional dawdling. But that series depends chiefly on Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson's prickly exchanges, and tells us less about what Stewart-Jarrett can do. For that, start with *Femme*, with a firm warning about the brutality of its opening twenty minutes.

## Biography

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett is a British actor. He was born on 4 December 1985 in Wandsworth, London, and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 2006.

He is known for playing Curtis Donovan in the E4 series *Misfits* (2009–2012) and for roles in *Utopia* (2013), *Candyman* (2021) and *Femme* (2023), in which he played Jules. He appears as Downey in the 2025 series *Down Cemetery Road*.

His stage work includes appearances in *The History Boys* at the National Theatre and the 2017 revival of *Angels in America*. For *Femme* he shared the British Independent Film Award for Best Joint Lead Performance.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Down Cemetery Road* (2025), Fi1m 82, as Downey — [page](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md)
- *Femme* (2023), Fi1m 75, as Jules — [page](https://film.one/film/femme.md)
- *Prey* (2014), Fi1m 74, as DC Richard Iddon — [page](https://film.one/tv/prey-2014.md)
- *Utopia* (2013), Fi1m 83, as Ian Johnson — [page](https://film.one/tv/utopia.md)
- *Misfits* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Curtis Donovan — [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Down Cemetery Road* (2025), series, as Downey — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md)
- *Two Down* (2025), as Simon
- *The Painting & The Statue* (2025), as Servant 2/Dandy/Soldier 2
- *Black Doves* (2024), series, as Zack
- *Azrael* (2024), as Kenan
- *Packing Away* (2024), as Nicholas
- *Femme* (2023), as Jules — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/femme.md)
- *Culprits* (2023), series, as Joe Petrus / Muscle
- *Candyman* (2021), as Troy Cartwright
- *Genera+ion* (2021), series, as Sam
- *Soulmates* (2020), series, as Jonah
- *The Argument* (2020), as Actor Paul
- *Dracula* (2020), series, as Adisa
- *The Trial of Christine Keeler* (2019), series, as Johnny Edgecombe
- *Mope* (2019), as Steve Driver
- *Vita & Virginia* (2019), as Ralph
- *Benjamin* (2019), as Paul
- *The Kid Who Would Be King* (2019), as Mr. Kepler
- *National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika* (2017), as Belize/Mr. Lies/Voice Of Caleb/The Angel Oceania
- *National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches* (2017), as Belize/Mr. Lies
- *Cassandra French's Finishing School* (2017), series, as Elijah
- *Everyday Performance Artists* (2016), as Harvey
- *Pregnant Pause* (2016), as James
- *Houdini & Doyle* (2016), series, as Elias Downey
- *War Book* (2015), as Austin
- *Pink Grapefruit* (2015), Actor
- *The Face of an Angel* (2014), as Adam
- *The Great War: The People's Story* (2014), series, as Arthur Roberts
- *Prey* (2014), series, as DC Richard Iddon — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/prey-2014.md)
- *Dom Hemingway* (2013), as Hugh
- *Utopia* (2013), series, as Ian Johnson — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/utopia.md)
- *Utopia* (2013), as Ian
- *Utopia* (2013), series, as Ian
- *The Comedian* (2012), Actor
- *Misfits Christmas Special* (2010), as Curtis Donovan
- *Money* (2010), series, as Felix
- *Misfits* (2009), series, as Curtis Donovan — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)
- *The Light Fantastic*, Actor
- *Fonda*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![The cast of The Children's Monologues, with Director Danny Boyle at The Old Vic on Sunday 14th November 2010. Fourth from left Wunmi Mosaku](https://film.one/media/person/15317/gallery-914e7adffd27.jpg) The cast of The Children's Monologues, with Director Danny Boyle at The Old Vic on Sunday 14th November 2010. Fourth from left Wunmi Mosaku — jamie.minoprio, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Dramatic_Need_The_Children%27s_Monologues_-_cast.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nathan Stewart-Jarrett](https://film.one/media/person/15317/gallery-d4fffec8b1ae.jpg) Nathan Stewart-Jarrett — Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Nathan_Stewart-Jarrett_-_IFFR_2015.jpg/1280px-Nathan_Stewart-Jarrett_-_IFFR_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![British actor Nathan Stewart Jarrett. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/15317/gallery-361160ed27d5.jpg) British actor Nathan Stewart Jarrett. (2012) — Paul Bird, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Nathan_Stewart_Jarrett.jpg/1280px-Nathan_Stewart_Jarrett.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nathan Stewart Jarrett at the BAFTA Television Awards 2012.](https://film.one/media/person/15317/gallery-a5ca5adc6b0b.jpg) Nathan Stewart Jarrett at the BAFTA Television Awards 2012. — Paul Bird, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Nathan_Stewart_Jarrett_%28Headshot%29.jpg/1280px-Nathan_Stewart_Jarrett_%28Headshot%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nathan Stewart-Jarrett](https://film.one/media/person/15317/gallery-f546806c5072.jpg) Nathan Stewart-Jarrett — Image via TMDB
- ![Nathan Stewart-Jarrett](https://film.one/media/person/15317/gallery-ec90df459e5d.jpg) Nathan Stewart-Jarrett — Image via TMDB
- ![The cast of The Children's Monologuestop row: L to R unknown, Nonso Anozie, Sir Ben Kingsley, Jenny Jules, Wunmi Mosaku, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, u (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/15317/gallery-6a1d0da16367.jpg) The cast of The Children's Monologuestop row: L to R unknown, Nonso Anozie, Sir Ben Kingsley, Jenny Jules, Wunmi Mosaku, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, u (2010) — jamie.minoprio, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/The_Children%27s_Monologues_cast_%282010%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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