Jonathan Bailey Age, Net Worth & Biography

Jonathan Bailey is 38 years old. The English actor, born in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, on April 25, 1988, has a net worth of approximately $4 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026). Bailey is best known for playing Anthony Bridgerton in Netflix’s Bridgerton, Fiyero in the film adaptations of Wicked and Tim Laughlin in the miniseries Fellow Travelers — a career that began on the stage at the age of seven and grew into an Olivier Award, an Emmy nomination and, in 2025, the title of People’s Sexiest Man Alive.

Jonathan Bailey Quick Facts

Full Name	Jonathan Stuart Bailey
Date of Birth	April 25, 1988
Age	38 years old
Birthplace	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Net Worth	Approx. $4 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026)
Known For	Bridgerton; Wicked; Fellow Travelers

Who Is Jonathan Bailey?

Jonathan Bailey is an English actor whose career spans more than three decades, from child roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company to some of the biggest screen hits of the 2020s. He first became widely known as Anthony Bridgerton, the eldest Bridgerton sibling, in Netflix’s Bridgerton (2020–present); the show’s second season, which centred on Anthony’s romance, became the most watched English-language television series on Netflix at the time. In 2023 he played Tim Laughlin opposite Matt Bomer in the miniseries Fellow Travelers, winning a Critics’ Choice Television Award and earning a Primetime Emmy nomination, and in 2024 he played Fiyero in the film adaptation of Wicked, with his song “Dancing Through Life” reaching the Billboard Hot 100.

Bailey won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his performance as Jamie in the West End revival of Company (2019), and in 2025 he was named People‘s Sexiest Man Alive — the first openly gay man to receive the title. That same year, the box-office success of Wicked: For Good and Jurassic World Rebirth made him the highest-grossing actor of 2025. Like fellow British actors Michael B. Jordan and Jonah Hill, Bailey has moved between stage, television and film — and, like them, he has built a career that refuses to be defined by a single role.

Jonathan Bailey’s Early Life & Background

Jonathan Stuart Bailey was born on April 25, 1988, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, the son of Carole, an audiologist, and Stuart Bailey, the managing director of Rowse Honey. He grew up in the nearby villages of Benson and Brightwell-cum-Sotwell and has three older sisters. He decided he wanted to be an actor at the age of five, after his grandmother took him to see Oliver! in London, and his first appearance on stage was as a raindrop in a primary school production of Noah’s Ark. He attended Benson Primary School and The Oratory School, took ballet lessons and won a music scholarship to Magdalen College School in Oxford, where he played piano and clarinet.

Bailey secured a talent agent at fifteen and began auditioning professionally while still at school. He has described himself as someone who has “never gone in as the overdog” — a feeling that shaped the way he approached the profession. He privately came out as gay to friends and family in his early twenties and publicly in 2018, and he has since become one of the most prominent LGBTQ+ figures in British entertainment. He lives in Hove, East Sussex, and is an avid cyclist, marathon runner, triathlete and mountaineer; in 2018 he hiked to Everest Base Camp in Nepal.

Jonathan Bailey’s Career

Bailey made his professional acting debut at the age of seven with the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing Tiny Tim and Young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at the Barbican — an audition for which he sang “Where Is Love?” from Oliver!. He made his television debut in Bramwell (1996), played Little Baptiste in the RSC’s Les Enfants du Paradis (1996) and, by the age of eight, was performing as Gavroche in the West End production of Les Misérables. He played Michael Darling in a pantomime of Peter Pan at The Hexagon in Reading, Prince Arthur in the RSC’s King John (2001) and made his feature film debut in Five Children and It (2004). In 2006, on the last day of his A levels, he began rehearsing the lead role in Beautiful Thing in London, taking over from Andrew Garfield.

His early television work included guest roles in Doctors and The Bill, his first leading television role in the BBC sitcom Off the Hook (2009), the title role of Leonardo da Vinci in the CBBC series Leonardo (2011–2012) and Olly Stevens in the ITV crime drama Broadchurch (2013–2015). On stage, he earned an Evening Standard Theatre Award nomination for Outstanding Newcomer for South Downs (2011), played Cassio in Nicholas Hytner’s production of Othello at the National Theatre in 2013 — a role he has called his “big break” — and originated the role of Tim Price in the musical American Psycho (2013) at the Almeida Theatre. He also appeared in the Doctor Who episode “Time Heist” (2014), the BBC comedy W1A (2014–2017), the Channel 4 series Crashing (2016), King Lear (2017) opposite Ian McKellen at Chichester Festival Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse production of The York Realist (2018).

His breakthrough to a global audience came with Company (2018), the gender-swapped West End revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical, in which he played Jamie and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical in 2019. In 2020 he was cast as Anthony Bridgerton in Bridgerton, and in 2023 he played Tim Laughlin in Fellow Travelers, winning a Critics’ Choice Television Award and earning an Emmy nomination. In 2024 he played Fiyero in Wicked, which took $758.6 million at the box office and earned 10 Academy Award nominations, and he reprised the role in Wicked: For Good (2025). In 2025 he also starred as Dr. Henry Loomis in Jurassic World Rebirth and played Richard II at the Bridge Theatre in London, earning an Evening Standard Theatre Award nomination for Best Actor. Away from acting, he founded The Shameless Fund, an LGBTQ+ charity, in 2024, and he has run the Hackney Half Marathon for the LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us, of which he is a patron.

Facts About Jonathan Bailey

• He made his professional stage debut at the age of seven, playing Tiny Tim and Young Scrooge in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s A Christmas Carol at the Barbican.
• He decided he wanted to be an actor at the age of five, after his grandmother took him to see Oliver! in London.
• He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for Company in 2019.
• He was named People‘s Sexiest Man Alive in 2025, the first openly gay man to receive the title.
• He founded The Shameless Fund, an LGBTQ+ charity, in 2024.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jonathan Bailey?

Jonathan Bailey is 38 years old. He was born on April 25, 1988, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England.

Who is Jonathan Bailey’s partner?

Jonathan Bailey is openly gay and came out publicly in 2018. He keeps his current relationship private, and no partner is named in reliable public sources.

What is Jonathan Bailey’s net worth?

Jonathan Bailey’s net worth is approximately $4 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026).

What is Jonathan Bailey best known for?

Jonathan Bailey is best known for playing Anthony Bridgerton in Bridgerton, Fiyero in Wicked and Tim Laughlin in Fellow Travelers.

Has Jonathan Bailey won an Olivier Award?

Yes. Jonathan Bailey won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for Company in 2019.

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