# Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
**Nathan Stewart-Jarrett** (full name Nathan Lloyd Stewart-Jarrett; born 1985) is a British actor known for playing Curtis Donovan in the E4 comedy-drama *Misfits* and for a career that spans stage work at the National Theatre and on Broadway, British television drama, and horror and independent film.[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/8538/nathan-stewart-jarrett) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2805533/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1985, Wandsworth, England, UK[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nathan_stewart_jarrett) |
| Training | BRIT School, then Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 2006[4](https://luxurylondon.co.uk/culture/interviews/nathan-stewart-jarrett-interview-culprits-misfits/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2805533/) |
| Breakthrough role | Curtis Donovan in E4's *Misfits* (2009–2013, four series)[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/8538/nathan-stewart-jarrett) • [5](https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/misfits_e4/interviews/nathan_stewart_jarrett/) |
| Signature stage role | Belize in *Angels in America*, National Theatre 2017 and Broadway revival 2018[6](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Nathan-Stewart-Jarrett/) |
| Film work | Troy Cartwright in *Candyman* (2021); Jules in *Femme* (2023); Kenan in *Azrael* (2024)[7](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nathan-stewart-jarrett/) • [3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nathan_stewart_jarrett) |
| Recognition | Nominated for a British Independent Film Award in 2023 for *Femme*[7](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nathan-stewart-jarrett/) |
| Base | Born in Wandsworth, London; has lived in upstate New York since the 2018 Broadway transfer of *Angels in America*[8](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/features/nathan-stewart-jarrett-interview-femme-culprits-b2458023.html) |
## Training and early career
Stewart-Jarrett was born in [Wandsworth](https://www.edgepedia.org/wandsworth), London, and did not initially plan to act; as a teenager he thought about becoming a lawyer until a cousin's school, the [BRIT School](https://www.edgepedia.org/brit-school), a performing and creative arts institution whose former pupils include Adele, Amy Winehouse, and [Tom Holland](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-holland), changed his direction. He attended the BRIT School between the ages of 14 and 18, then trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 2006.[4](https://luxurylondon.co.uk/culture/interviews/nathan-stewart-jarrett-interview-culprits-misfits/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2805533/)
His professional stage debut came playing a number of roles in *Brixton Stories* at the Lyric, Hammersmith, followed by a National Theatre tour of *The History Boys*. Early television work included episodes of *Casualty*, *Coming Up*, and *The Bill*.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2805533/) • [4](https://luxurylondon.co.uk/culture/interviews/nathan-stewart-jarrett-interview-culprits-misfits/)
## Misfits and Utopia
Within weeks of leaving drama school he was cast as Curtis Donovan in *Misfits*, the E4 science-fiction comedy drama about young offenders doing community service who gain supernatural powers after a freak storm. Curtis, an Olympic athletics prospect caught carrying cocaine, has the ability to travel back in time and, later, to change gender; Stewart-Jarrett played the role for four years across the show's first four series.[4](https://luxurylondon.co.uk/culture/interviews/nathan-stewart-jarrett-interview-culprits-misfits/) • [9](https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/nathan-stewart-jarrett-generation-candyman-interview) • [10](https://www.channel4.com/press/news/interview-nathan-stewart-jarrett-utopia) He has said the role was far from his own temperament and took real work, and that he learned how to carry a television series there.[4](https://luxurylondon.co.uk/culture/interviews/nathan-stewart-jarrett-interview-culprits-misfits/) • [9](https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/nathan-stewart-jarrett-generation-candyman-interview)
When the character was killed off, he moved to [Channel 4](https://www.edgepedia.org/channel-4)'s conspiracy thriller *Utopia*, created by Dennis Kelly, playing Ian Johnson, a naive IT consultant drawn into a plot centered on a mysterious graphic-novel manuscript. The series premiered in January 2013.[10](https://www.channel4.com/press/news/interview-nathan-stewart-jarrett-utopia) • [11](https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/the-10-best-british-sci-fi-shows-of-all-time)
## Theatre: Angels in America and the West End
After several years focused on television, Stewart-Jarrett returned to the stage as Belize, the sharp-tongued hospital nurse and former drag queen who cares for [Roy Cohn](https://www.edgepedia.org/roy-cohn) after his AIDS diagnosis, in [Tony Kushner](https://www.edgepedia.org/tony-kushner)'s two-part *Angels in America*. He played the role at the National Theatre in London in 2017 and repeated it in the Broadway revival in 2018, opposite [Andrew Garfield](https://www.edgepedia.org/andrew-garfield), Nathan Lane, Lee Pace, and Denise Gough; it was his Broadway debut.[6](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Nathan-Stewart-Jarrett/) • [9](https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/nathan-stewart-jarrett-generation-candyman-interview) • [12](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/nathan-stewart-jarrett-angels-in-america-interview) He has described the roughly seven-and-a-half-hour production, excluding intermissions, as the most rewarding experience of his career.[9](https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/nathan-stewart-jarrett-generation-candyman-interview)
His other stage credits include *The Pitchfork Disney* at the Arcola, Tarell Alvin McCraney's *Wig Out* at the Royal Court, *Big White Fog* at the Almeida, and Jack Worthing in the National Theatre's production of *The Importance of Being Earnest*, which transferred to the West End's Noël Coward Theatre from September 2025 to January 2026 alongside [Olly Alexander](https://www.edgepedia.org/olly-alexander) and [Stephen Fry](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephen-fry).[6](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Nathan-Stewart-Jarrett/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2805533/) • [13](https://images.nationaltheatre.org.uk/uploads/2025/07/The-Importance-of-Being-Earnest-West-End-Cast-Announcement-31.07.2025.pdf)
## Film
Stewart-Jarrett's film roles began with *The Comedian* (2012) and *Dom Hemingway* (2013) opposite [Jude Law](https://www.edgepedia.org/jude-law), followed by *The Face of an Angel*, *War Book*, *Benjamin*, *Vita & Virginia*, *The Kid Who Would Be King*, and *Mope*.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nathan_stewart_jarrett) • [14](https://www.cinnamondb.com/person/nathan-stewart-jarrett) His widest exposure came as Troy Cartwright, the brother of [Teyonah Parris](https://www.edgepedia.org/teyonah-parris)'s Brianna, in [Nia DaCosta](https://www.edgepedia.org/nia-dacosta)'s 2021 *Candyman*, the Jordan Peele-produced spiritual sequel to Bernard Rose's 1992 film; reviewers singled out his supporting performance for providing lightness amid the horror.[7](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nathan-stewart-jarrett/) • [15](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/candyman-release-date-nia-dacosta-b1909815.html)
**Femme.** In Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping's debut thriller *Femme* (2023), he played Jules, a drag performer who is beaten in a homophobic attack and later pursues revenge by entering a sexual relationship with his attacker, Preston, played by George MacKay. The film earned a 93 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, the highest of his credited films, and brought him a British Independent Film Award nomination in 2023.[7](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nathan-stewart-jarrett/) • [3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nathan_stewart_jarrett) • [16](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-03-30/femme-review-nathan-stewart-jarrett-george-mackay-erotic-thriller)
He played Kenan in E.L. Katz's horror film *Azrael* (2024), opposite [Samara Weaving](https://www.edgepedia.org/samara-weaving).[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nathan_stewart_jarrett)
## Later television
His television work after *Misfits* and *Utopia* has been broad. He played the guidance counselor Sam in the [HBO Max](https://www.edgepedia.org/hbo-max) dramedy *Genera+ion* (2021), starred in the AMC anthology *Soulmates*, and appeared in the BBC/Netflix miniseries *Dracula*, the BBC's *The Trial of Christine Keeler* as Johnny Edgecombe, Hulu's *Four Weddings and a Funeral*, and *Black Doves* (2024).[17](https://www.the360mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/wp-1711246069275.pdf) • [6](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Nathan-Stewart-Jarrett/)
In the Disney+ heist series *Culprits* (2023), created by J Blakeson, he took his first television leading role as Joe Petrus, a family man with a husband and two children who is simultaneously a bodyguard for a mafia boss and an elite criminal; the audition required performing a 16-page scene.[4](https://luxurylondon.co.uk/culture/interviews/nathan-stewart-jarrett-interview-culprits-misfits/) • [18](https://www.filmtv.it/persona/123081/nathan-stewart-jarrett/) In 2025 he appeared as Downey/Michael Downey in *Down Cemetery Road*, Apple TV's adaptation of [Mick Herron](https://www.edgepedia.org/mick-herron)'s novel, starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson, which premiered on 29 October 2025.[19](https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/down-cemetery-road/) • [20](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/apple-tv-plus/apples-new-mystery-thriller-series-gets-first-trailer-and-it-looks-perfect-for-fans-of-slow-horses)
## References
1. [Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/8538/nathan-stewart-jarrett)
2. [Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2805533/)
3. [Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nathan_stewart_jarrett)
4. [Nathan Stewart-Jarrett is defying expectations, Luxury London](https://luxurylondon.co.uk/culture/interviews/nathan-stewart-jarrett-interview-culprits-misfits/)
5. [Nathan Stewart-Jarrett interview, Misfits, British Comedy Guide](https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/misfits_e4/interviews/nathan_stewart_jarrett/)
6. [Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Nathan-Stewart-Jarrett/)
7. [Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/nathan-stewart-jarrett/)
8. [Misfits star Nathan Stewart-Jarrett on playing a vengeful drag queen, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/features/nathan-stewart-jarrett-interview-femme-culprits-b2458023.html)
9. [Nathan Stewart-Jarrett on Playing Gen Z's Guidance Counselor and Anticipating 'Candyman', W Magazine](https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/nathan-stewart-jarrett-generation-candyman-interview)
10. [An interview with Nathan Stewart-Jarrett of Utopia, Channel 4 Press](https://www.channel4.com/press/news/interview-nathan-stewart-jarrett-utopia)
11. [The 10 best British sci-fi shows of all time, Space.com](https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/the-10-best-british-sci-fi-shows-of-all-time)
12. [The crossover: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Interview Magazine](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/nathan-stewart-jarrett-angels-in-america-interview)
13. [The Importance of Being Earnest West End cast announcement, National Theatre](https://images.nationaltheatre.org.uk/uploads/2025/07/The-Importance-of-Being-Earnest-West-End-Cast-Announcement-31.07.2025.pdf)
14. [Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Cinnamon DB](https://www.cinnamondb.com/person/nathan-stewart-jarrett)
15. ['Black people know how scary the world is': How the new Candyman digs deep into racism, trauma and radical justice, The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/candyman-release-date-nia-dacosta-b1909815.html)
16. ['Femme' review, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-03-30/femme-review-nathan-stewart-jarrett-george-mackay-erotic-thriller)
17. [Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Jules), The 360 Magazine](https://www.the360mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/wp-1711246069275.pdf)
18. [Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, FilmTV.it](https://www.filmtv.it/persona/123081/nathan-stewart-jarrett/)
19. [Down Cemetery Road, Apple TV Press](https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/down-cemetery-road/)
20. [Apple's new mystery thriller series gets first trailer, Tom's Guide](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/apple-tv-plus/apples-new-mystery-thriller-series-gets-first-trailer-and-it-looks-perfect-for-fans-of-slow-horses)
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