{{Short description|Welsh actor and singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Jac Yarrow | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|03|11}} | birth_place = Cardiff, Wales | occupation = Actor, singer | years_active = 2019–present }}
'''Jac Yarrow''' (born March 11, 1998) is a Welsh stage actor and singer born in Cardiff.<ref name = Bio>{{cite web|url = https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jac-Yarrow/|title = Jac Yarrow|website = BroadwayWorld|accessdate = 27 October 2024}}</ref>
Yarrow attended Arts Educational Schools, where he originated the role of Jack Kelly in ''Disney’s Newsies'' in the UK. Yarrow graduated early in 2019.<ref name = Bio/> His first West End role was the title role in ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' in 2019 at the London Palladium opposite Jason Donovan and Sheridan Smith. For his role, Yarrow was nominated for the 2020 Olivier Award for Best Actor In A Musical, Whatsonstage Awards in the same category and won The Stage Best West End Debut 2019. Following this, Yarrow appeared for two Christmas seasons (2020/2021) at the London Palladium playing himself. He reprised his role in ''Joseph'' in the summer of 2021, this time opposite pop star Alexandra Burke. Yarrow also played the role in the 2022 UK & Ireland tour and at The Princess Of Wales Theatre in Toronto, Canada in 2023. Also in 2023, he starred alongside Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga in ''Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends'', directed by Sir Matthew Bourne at the Geilgud Theatre in the West End.
Yarrow went on to portray the title role in ''Pippin 50th Anniversary concert'' at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the West End opposite Tony Award winner Alex Newell.<ref> [https://playbill.com/article/jac-yarrow-and-more-will-join-alex-newell-for-50th-anniversary-pippin-concerts-in-london Jac Yarrow and More Will Join Alex Newell for 50th Anniversary Pippin Concerts in London]</ref><ref>[https://playbill.com/article/jac-yarrow-and-jason-donovan-will-return-to-joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat-at-london-palladium Jac Yarrow and Jason Donovan Will Return to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at London Palladium]</ref> Yarrow is currently playing the role of Marius in ''Les Misérables: The Arena Spectacular World Tour'', having played the role for a four week summer run at the Sondheim Theatre in London in 2024.
On screen, Yarrow appeared as bad boy Jamie Dalton in BAFTA winning BBC drama ''In My Skin'' in 2020. Television credits also include Angelo Bernadone in ''Glow and Darkness'' (Dreamlight Productions), ''BBC’s Musicals The Greatest Show'' (2020), a guest performer on Britain’s Got Talent (ITV), This Morning (ITV) and The One Show (BBC).
<ref> [https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/production-news/bonnie-langford-and-jac-yarrow-join-west-end-les-mis-ahead-of-arena-tour Bonnie Langford and Jac Yarrow join West End Les Mis ahead of arena tour]</ref><ref>[https://playbill.com/article/jac-yarrow-channah-hewitt-gavin-lee-bonnie-langford-more-join-cast-of-les-miserables-arena-tour Jac Yarrow, Channah Hewitt, Gavin Lee, Bonnie Langford, More Join Cast of Les Misérables Arena Tour]</ref>
==Acting credits== === Theatre === Source:<ref>[https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/673813-jac-yarrow Jac Yarrow Theatre Credits AboutTheArtists]</ref><ref name = Bio/> {| class="wikitable" !Year(s) !Production !Role !Location |- |2019 |rowspan=2|''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' |rowspan=2|Joseph |rowspan=3|London Palladium, West End |- |2021 |- |2021-2022 |''Pantoland at the Palladium'' |Principal Boy |- |2022 |rowspan=2|''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' |rowspan=2|Joseph |UK National Tour |- |2022-2023 |Princess of Wales Theatre, Canada |- |2023-2024 |''Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends'' |Featured Performer |Gielgud Theatre, West End |- |rowspan=2|2024 |''Pippin'' |Pippin |Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End |- |rowspan=6|''Les Misérables'' |rowspan=6|Marius Pontmercy |Sondheim Theatre, West End |- |2024-2025 |Arena Spectacular World Tour |- |2025 |Sondheim Theatre, West End |- |rowspan=3|2026 |Arena Spectacular World Tour<ref>Wood, Alex [https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/cast-for-les-miserables-2026-arena-and-royal-albert-hall-dates-revealed_1718265/ Cast for Les Misérables 2026 arena and Royal Albert Hall dates revealed] WhatsOnStage, April 14, 2026</ref> |- |Royal Albert Hall |- |Radio City Music Hall |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yarrow, Jac}} Category:1998 births Category:21st-century Welsh male actors Category:Living people Category:Male actors from Cardiff Category:People educated at the Arts Educational Schools Category:Welsh male musical theatre actors