Jason Done

Jason Done grew up in Salford, England, totally hooked on acting from the time he caught Ken Loach’s Kes as a kid. The guy actually won a stand-up comedy contest when he was eight—yeah, eight—and it kinda set the tone for everything after. By sixteen, he snagged his school’s drama prize and landed a spot at the National Youth Theatre’s summer school, where he got to work with John Burrows. Not bad, right? He kept leveling up at Salford University, nailing a Performing Arts diploma with distinction, all while writing Monty Python-inspired sketches and gigging around the North. His pro stage debut came with Hull Truck’s A Hard Day’s Night, and TV wasn’t far behind—he scored a spot in ITV’s Mothers Ruin in ’94, then took on Blood and Peaches, a drama set in racially tense Bradford. That’s where he kinda realized dramatic work was his jam. Back on stage, he played Stubbs in London’s States of Shock, showing off an American accent good enough to turn heads. Then came a role in The English Patient, sharing scenes with Juliette Binoche, no big deal. Jason bounced between TV and film—Wokenwell gave him cult status as PC Brian Rainford, then he wound up in The Barber of Siberia and dropped jaws as the wicked Mordred in NBC’s Merlin. He kept switching it up: accents, genres, you name it. The Passion, Where the Heart Is, Band of Brothers, BBC’s Murder—he’s always somewhere interesting. He’s even written and starred in his own short film, Shooting from the Lip. Most recently? He’s outsmarting the cops as a gangster in In Deep. Wild ride.