Jonathan Oldfield

Jonathan is an award-winning performer, writer, comedian
He also directs shows, workshops and courses
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Jonathan is based in London and works across comedy, theatre, film/tv and radio.

Jonathan was second place winner at the Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off, a finalist in the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award and winner of the Patricia Routledge Award. He was a Mandy Monologue Competition Finalist and winner of the Newton Blick Award.

Jonathan is a Pleasance Theatre Associate Artist 2024-26 

Jonathan is trilingual and was raised as a 'third culture kid' across South America, Asia and Europe before moving back to the UK .

Jonathan trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, with John Yorke Storytelling and has a First Class double distinction MA(Hons) in Spanish and Italian from The University of Edinburgh.

Jonathan acts and can be seen recently in: The Power (Amazon Prime), Romeo and Juliet (AFTLS USA Tour), Twelfth Night (Theatre on Kew), Petal (Omnibus Theatre),  Nicholas Nickleby (Bristol Old Vic). Voiceover/Radio credits include: Time of the Week (BBC Radio 4) Hanna (Amazon Prime), White Lines (Netflix) and Endeavour (ITV).


Jonathan directs comedy shows. He directed Joe Kent Walters is Frankie Monroe: Live!!! which won the Best Newcomer Award at Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Awards 2024 and was winner of Best Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2024. He directed the multi-award winning Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon, which was named 3rd best comedy show of 2023 in The Telegraph and was winner of the Dave Best Joke of the Fringe 2023.

Jonathan writes and is co-creator of BBC Radio 4's character comedy series Time of the Week starring Sian Clifford. His storytelling show One Way Mirror was nominated for an OffFest Award, and was winner of the Brighton Fringe Trapeze Media Bursary. He has written multiple viral videos for social media; 10m+ views on TikTok. He currently has an original idea in development with Brock Media.


Jonathan teaches in the UK and internationally including at; Soho Theatre, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Q Factory (Amsterdam), Scottish Storytelling Centre (Edinburgh), the BBC and as a visiting lecturer across universities in the United States (Rice University Texas, John Carroll University Ohio, University of Notre Dame Indiana, Kansas State University and others)