A look inside Jack Whitehall's rise to fame

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A look inside Jack Whitehall's rise to fame
A look inside Jack Whitehall's rise to fame

JACK Whitehall is best known as being one of the country's most famous comedians.

The star has gone on to have a successful TV career, but who is he what is his net worth?

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Jack found fame on TV

Who is Jack Whitehall?

Jack Whitehall was born on July 7, 1988, in London and is a comic and actor.

His father, Michael Whitehall, was an agent for Judi Dench and Colin Firth, among others. He also has two godfathers, Nigel Havers and the late Richard Griffiths.

As a child he attended Tower House School in West London, where he was a fellow pupil with Twilight Saga star Robert Pattinson - he has often joked R-Patz stole all the best acting roles from him at school.

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Jack took a gap year where he decided to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. He later attended the University of Manchester for two terms only, to study History of Art.

Jack then got his big break presenting Celebrity Big Brother’s Big Mouth.

What is Jack Whitehall's net worth?

Whitehall is estimated to have a huge net worth of £3 million.

But that is in comparison to his father, who is estimated to be worth £10million.

Jack lives in Putney in south west London with his girlfriend.

Who is Jack Whitehall's dad?

Jack Whitehall's dad is Michael Whitehall, who has famously appearing on TV with him in Backchat and a Netflix series.

Michael is a talent agent and producer.

While working as an agent in theatre, he was responsible for Judi Dench and Colin Firth.

He's also a published author and has appeared on much-loved British chat and game shows, from Countdown to Alan Carr: Chatty Man.

Does Jack have a girlfriend?

Jack has found love model Roxy Horner.

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They made the decision to move in together when lockdown started so they wouldn't be apart.

Jack recently opened up about how Roxy collapsed at the Brit Awards soon after finding out she was diabetic.

Jack's was previously in a relationship with actress Gemma Chan.

The Sun exclusively revealed in December 2017 that the pair parted ways after 6 years as they were struggling to make their relationship work around their hectic filming schedules.

In the past, Jack's been linked to a string of women, including Kate Beckinsale and Jonas Blue's model ex Melinda London.

In April 2018 The Sun exclusively revealed how Kirsty romped with comic Jack at a star-studded party.

What TV shows and movies has Jack Whitehall been in?

Jack is a regular panellist on comedy quiz shows, including 8 out of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Mock the Week.

He was also known for appearing in Sky’s A League of their Own alongside James Corden.

As well as presenting and being a comic, Jack is also an actor and he rose to prominence when he starred as the hapless JP in Fresh Meat.

From there he went on to get his own series, Bad Education. He’s also starred in Comedy Central’s Drunk History as Sir Walter Raleigh.

Early in 2017, Jack starred in the TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel, Decline and Fall, in which he managed to keep up his record of being naked in pretty much every TV show he's in - within the first five minutes!

In 2017, Jack released a documentary on Netflix called Travels with My Father where he went to gap year-flung destinations such as Thailand and Cambodia.

Jack then hosted the Brit Awards in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

He was a guest presenter on The Graham Norton Show in 2019.

His BBC show Bad Education was turned into a feature-length film.

He also lent his voice to the blockbuster movie Frozen, where he had the role of Gothi the troll priest.

Unfortunately for Jack, the role was then reduced to a non-speaking part when the final film was released.

As well as lending his voice to Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods and lead character Rex in The Queen's Corgi.

Jack has also starred in 2016's Mother's Day and 2018's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.

In August 2018, The Sun exclusively revealed Jack Whitehall was cast to play Disney’s first-ever gay character in The Jungle Cruise.

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