Edward Bluemel

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Edward Robert Bluemel (born 22 May 1993) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the Sky One series A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022), the BBC thriller Killing Eve (2019–2022), and the Amazon Prime series My Lady Jane (2024).

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Early life and education Bluemel was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He attended Taunton School in Somerset, where his parents Martin and Jane taught chemistry and physics respectively. He has two siblings, a sister named Phyllida and an elder brother named Ben. Bluemel was 11 when he first got into acting through a school play and 17 when he decided to pursue it professionally. He took a year-long foundation course at RADA before going on to graduate from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting. During his time at drama school, Bluemel was flatmates with Jacob Ifan.

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Career In 2017, Bluemel made his West End debut in Love In Idleness at the Menier Chocolate Factory and Apollo Theatre, as well as his feature film debut in Access All Areas, and had his first main television role as Toby Hamilton in the ITV war drama The Halcyon. He also appeared in Touch at the Soho Theatre.

The following year, Bluemel began starring as Marcus Whitmore in the Sky One fantasy series A Discovery of Witches, an adaptation of the book of the same name by Deborah Harkness. He also appeared in the film The Commuter. In 2019, he had a recurring role as Maeve Wiley's (Emma Mackey) brother Sean in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education and joined the main cast of the BBC thriller Killing Eve for its second series as Hugo.

Bluemel played Captain Harville in the 2022 Netflix film Persuasion and Luke Nightingale in the Amazon Prime series Ten Percent. He has upcoming roles in the MGM+ series and the Amazon Prime adaptation of My Lady Jane. In 2025, Bluemel appeared as William Shakespeare opposite Ncuti Gatwa as Kit Marlowe in a West End production of Born with Teeth.

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Personal life On the side, Bluemel enjoys lo-fi music and football as hobbies. He also has an interest in fish. As of 2019, he lived in Tooting Bec, South London.

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Filmography

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Short film

2013	I'm Not Gavin		Co-writer
2018	House Finch	Jamie
2020	Behind the Filter	Barney
	Pelicans	Ben Bay
2022	Safe Word		Writer and executive producer
2023	Such A Lovely Day	Dad
2024	Greta Gerwig
	Post Mortem	James

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Film

2017	Access All Areas	Heath	Lead
2018	The Commuter	Gwen's Boyfriend
2019	How to Build a Girl	Strange Cages Manager
2022	Persuasion	Captain Harville	Netflix film

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Television

2016	Holby City	Dexter Arnold	Episode: "A Friend in Need"
2017	The Halcyon	Toby Hamilton	Main role; 8 episodes
	The Crown	Young Man (Barracks)	Unknown episodes
2018–2022	A Discovery of Witches	Marcus Whitmore	Main role
2019	Traitors	Barrie Clifton	2 episodes
2019–2022	Killing Eve	Hugo	Main role; 10 episodes
2019–2023	Sex Education	Sean Wiley	5 episodes
2020	Trying	Jonny	Episode: "Show Me the Love"
	Brave New World	Arch Songster	Episode: "Monogamy and Futility: Part 1"
2021	Please Help	Dean Nutt	Television pilot
2022	Ten Percent	Luke	6 episodes
2023–present		Richter Belmont (voice)	Lead role
2024		Dr. Stephen Ellerby	Main role
	My Lady Jane	Lord Guildford Dudley	Main role
	We Might Regret This	Levi	Main role
2025	Washington Black	Billy McGee	4 episodes
2026	Agatha Christie's Seven Dials	Jimmy Thesiger	Miniseries

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Theatre

2014	The Winter's Tale	Leontes	Richard Burton Theatre Company
	Strange Orchestra	George
	Mercury Fur	Lola	Company of Sirens
	King Lear	Earl of Gloucester	RWCMD
2015	Longing	Sergei	Richard Burton Theatre Company
	Animal	Hector / Herdsman
2017	Love In Idleness	Michael Brown	Menier Chocolate Factory and Apollo Theatre
	Touch	Paddy	Soho Theatre
2025	Born With Teeth	William Shakespeare	Wyndham's Theatre

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Video games

2022		Jeff	Voice and motion capture

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External links

• Edward Bluemel at Spotlight

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