JACK'S NOT LAUGHING NOW

As he prepares to tie the knot, Jack Whitehall tells us why playing a psychotic tutor is his most intense challenge yet

- NICKY MORRIS

He made his name playing insufferable toffs on British TV screens, but now, Jack Whitehall is embracing a completely different role: that of a villainous, vengeful male nanny in Prime Video's new psychological thriller, Malice.

“I've been looking for an opportunity to do something like this and to get out of my lane and try something that's a little bit more challenging,” the 37-year-old comedian and actor exclusively tells HELLO!. “You don’t want to be playing the same part over and over again.”

It’s been almost 15 years since Jack, who first made a name for himself on the comedy circuit, shot to fame as public schoolboy JP in Channel 4’s Fresh Meat, before starring as hapless teacher Alfie Wickers in the BBC sitcom Bad Education.

His big break in Hollywood came in 2021, when he starred alongside Emily Blunt and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the Disney blockbuster Jungle Cruise, and he also appeared in Clifford the Big Red Dog that year.

Off-screen, Jack is preparing to take on an even bigger role next year, when he marries his fiancee, Roxy Horner, whom he met while touring Australia. The couple, who live in a converted pub in west London’s Notting Hill, welcomed their daughter, Elsie, in September 2023, before confirming their engagement in December the following year.