Jonathan Forbes trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating
in 2001 as a BBC Carleton Hobbes Award winner. In 2001 he played
the lead role in John Deery's debut feature Conspiracy of Silence. He made his stage debut in Trevor Nunn's
production of A Streetcar Named Desire at The Lyttleton Theatre in
2002. Other theatre highlights include a season at
the RSC (Romeo&Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear), Cyrano De Bergerac
(Chichester Festival Theatre), The Good Soldier (Theatre Royal Bath) and Fatal Attraction (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
Television highlights include Fearless, Catastrophe, Hornblower, Foyle's War and Titanic,
Blood and Steel.
On his work with John Deery: "He's open minded and very easy to work
with. The script was very strong and its strength came from its
simplicity. The more we worked with the script the more impressed I was
at the power at its core."