Regé-Jean Page

Regé-Jean Page
Page in 2023
Born
London, England
Alma materDrama Centre London
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present

Regé-Jean Page (/ˌrɛɡeɪ ˈʒɒ̃ ˈpeɪdʒ/;[1]) is an English actor known for his role in the first season of Netflix's period drama series Bridgerton (2020). He has also appeared in the series Waterloo Road (2015) on BBC One, Roots (2016) on History, and For the People (2018–2019) on ABC, and has since had roles in the action film The Gray Man (2022) and the fantasy film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023).

Early life and education

Regé-Jean Page[1][2] was born to an English preacher and a Zimbabwean nurse in London, England.[3] He has a brother, Tose Page, and was once in a band with him. They also worked together as a duo named Tunya.[4][5] He spent his childhood in his mother's native Harare before moving to London for secondary school, where he took up acting as a hobby[6] and studied sound engineering at the Northern Technical College. After two years of auditioning, he matriculated at Drama Centre London.[4]

Career

Page's first acting role was in 2001 playing Tanaka in television series Gimme 6.[7] This was followed by guest appearances in British television series Casualty@Holby City in 2005, Fresh Meat in 2013, and Waterloo Road in 2015. On stage, he had roles in theatre productions of The History Boys in 2013, and The Merchant of Venice in 2015.[8] Page made his American production debut playing the role of Chicken George in the History Channel miniseries Roots in 2016,[9] a remake of the 1977 miniseries with the same name which is based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family.[10][11] The same year, Page filmed an unaired pilot episode for ABC's Spark.[12][13]

In 2017, he was cast in a supporting role in the Shondaland-produced legal drama For the People which ran for two seasons, before getting cancelled by ABC in 2019.[14][15] On film, he had minor roles in the post-apocalyptic film Mortal Engines in 2018 and drama film Sylvie's Love in 2020.[16]

In 2019, Page was cast as one of the leads in the first series of Netflix period drama Bridgerton,[17] another Shondaland project.[18] It is based on the Regency romance novel The Duke and I and was released in December 2020.[18] The show was a critical success[19] and Page received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,[19] with Time magazine including him in their 100 Next List in 2021.[20] He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy for the role.[21] Page did not return for the show's second series despite being offered to come back as he initially only signed a one-series deal, and wanted to explore other opportunities outside the show.[19][22]

In 2022, Page appeared in Netflix's film The Gray Man which received mixed reviews.[23] David Ehrlich of IndieWire described Page as "miserable in the role of a gallingly basic villain",[24] with the BBC's Nicholas Barber calling his performance "one-dimensionally evil".[25] The same year, he was made the face of Armani Code.[26] Page played a character in the fantasy film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) which received positive reviews but was deemed a "box-office bomb".[27][28][29]

Personal life

Page has been in a relationship with Emily Brown since 2019.[30][31]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2004 Troublemaker Jayu Short film
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Wedding guest Uncredited
2015 Survivor Robert Purvell
2016 Second Summer of Love Rupert Short film
The Merchant of Venice Solanio Filmed stage production
2018 Mortal Engines Captain Khora [32]
2020 Don’t Wait Performer Also producer; short film
Sylvie's Love Chico Sweetney [16]
2022 The Gray Man Denny Carmichael [33]
2023 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Xenk Yendar [28]
2025 Black Bag † Post-production [34]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 Gimme 6 Tanaka
2005 Casualty@Holby City Daniel Kimpton Episode: "Teacher's Pet / Crash and Burn"
2013 Fresh Meat Dean 2 episodes
2015 Waterloo Road Guy Braxton 8 episodes (series 10)
2016 Roots Chicken George Miniseries [10]
Spark Alex Lavelle Unaired TV pilot [12]
2018–2019 For the People Leonard Knox 20 episodes
2020 Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas Prince Charming BBC Christmas Special
Bridgerton Simon Basset Main role (series 1)
2021 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Regé-Jean Page / Bad Bunny" [35]
2022 Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale Narrator Documentary [36]

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 The History Boys Crowther Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2015 The Merchant of Venice Solanio Shakespeare's Globe, London

Audio

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2020 The Harrowing Major Tanner Podcast series
2021 The Sandman: Act II Orpheus Audio drama
The Prince and the Naturalist Narrator Calm
2022 The Sandman: Act III Orpheus Audio drama

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) Vision Awards Best Performance – Drama Roots Nominated [37]
2021 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy Series Saturday Night Live Nominated [38]
Outstanding Actor, Drama Series Bridgerton Nominated
IMDb STARmeter Awards Breakout Star Won
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama Nominated [39]
MTV Movie & TV Awards Breakthrough Performance Won [40]
Best Kiss (w/ Phoebe Dynevor) Nominated
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Won [41]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series Nominated [42]
Satellite Awards Best Actor – Television Series Drama Nominated [43]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Nominated [44]
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated

References

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  24. ^ Ehrlich, David (14 July 2022). "'The Gray Man' Review: The Russos' $200 Million Netflix Blockbuster Is the Summer's Blandest Movie". IndieWire. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  25. ^ Barber, Nicholas. "The Gray Man review: Jason Bourne 'with an identity crisis'". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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