Dominic Sherwood

 ( 21st-century English Male Actors ) 

Dominic Anthony Sherwood (born 6 February 1990) is an English actor and model, best known for his roles as Christian Ozera in the teen vampire film Vampire Academy (2014), Jace Wayland on the Freeform fantasy series Shadowhunters (2016–2019), Kurt in the series (2020) and Jeff Murphy in the Netflix legal drama Partner Track (2022).

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Early life Sherwood was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He attended Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone for his secondary school education. After studying drama and theatre in Maidstone and Sevenoaks, he left to work abroad, starting in Kenya and working for six months before moving to London.

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Career Sherwood's first acting role came in 2010, with his appearance as Jack Simmons in the third season of The Cut. The following year, he guest starred as a waiter named Tom in the Sadie J episode "Cherylistic". In 2012, he had a small role in the drama film Not Fade Away as a young Mick Jagger. He landed his first notable role in 2014, as Christian Ozera in the satirical horror film Vampire Academy, based on the novel by Richelle Mead.

In February 2015, he became known for his appearance in Taylor Swift's music video for her single "Style", which was directed by Kyle Newman. On 20 April 2015, it was announced he was chosen to play Jace Herondale in the Freeform fantasy drama series Shadowhunters, an adaptation of Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments book series. He also co-starred alongside Ed Westwick and Jeremy Sumpter in the thriller film Billionaire Ransom, and appeared in the horror-thriller film Don't Sleep with Drea de Matteo and Cary Elwes.

In 2020, Sherwood starred in the dark fantasy TV series , which was cancelled after one season.

On 13 September 2021, it was reported that Sherwood will be starring in a reboot of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1996 film Eraser, titled , which was released on 31 March 2022.

Sherwood also starred in the Netflix series Partner Track based on Helen Wan's novel of the same name. Principle production for the series began in September 2021 and ended in late February 2022 in New York.

On 11 April 2022, he began hosting a Shadowhunters rewatch podcast with co-star Katherine McNamara called Return to the Shadows.

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Personal life Sherwood dated his Vampire Academy co-star Sarah Hyland from 2015 to 2017. His last known girlfriend was Decker Sadowski, whom he broke up with in early 2024.

Sherwood has sectoral heterochromia; one of his eyes is blue while the other is half blue-half brown.

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Filmography

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Film

2012	Not Fade Away	Mick Jagger	Supporting role
2014	Vampire Academy	Christian Ozera	Main role
2016	Billionaire Ransom	James Herrick	Main role
2017	Don't Sleep	Zach Bradford	Main role
2022		Mason Pollard	Main role
TBA	White Tide	Jack	Filming

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TV

2010	The Cut	Jack Simmons	Recurring role; 11 episodes
2011	Sadie J	Tom	Episode: "Cherylistic"
2013	Mayday	Louis	Episode: "1.1"
2016–2019	Shadowhunters	Jace Herondale	Main role Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor (2018) Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor (2019)
2016	Modern Family	James	Episode: "Crazy Train"
2020		Kurt	Recurring role
2022	Partner Track	Jeff Murphy	Main role
2024	Haunted Wedding	Brian Fuller / Malcolm Buchanan	Dual role
2025	A Suite Holiday Romance	Ian	Main role

+ Music video roles
2013	"I Want You to Know"	Tchengiz
2015	"Style"	Taylor Swift
2017	"Au Revoir"	Katie Welch

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