Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall (born 7 July 1988) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television personality.

[10] He attended Tower House School in London's East Sheen area, where he was a schoolmate of actor Robert Pattinson.

[12] Whitehall auditioned for the title character in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), but the casting director was unimpressed with him because he had not read the book.

[21] He made his first of many appearances on BBC Two satirical panel show Mock the Week,[22] and in October, he guest-presented an episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

[26] In April, he featured on Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, which had been filmed live at The O2 Arena in London in March.

[28] In June and July 2010, Whitehall was a regular performer on the first series of Channel 4's Stand Up for the Week alongside Andi Osho, Kevin Bridges, Rich Hall and presenter Patrick Kielty.

[28] In October, he appeared on a second episode of Argumental,[26] and he honoured Big Brother presenter Davina McCall on the Channel 4 show A Comedy Roast.

Lyndhurst played Little Jack Whitehall in the ITV television variety show, Tonight at the London Palladium, in the episode broadcast on 28 September 2014.

[37] In March, he appeared on the BBC football programme Final Score, reporting on Arsenal's 0–0 draw with Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium.

[27] In July 2011, Whitehall appeared alongside Lorraine Kelly on the Channel 4 show King Of..., presented by Claudia Winkleman.

[41] Whitehall made his acting début in the Channel 4 comedy drama Fresh Meat, from the creators of Peep Show.

[43] In September, he and his father Michael appeared on The Million Pound Drop Live, presented by Davina McCall.

[45] He landed a six-part entertainment series on Channel 4, called Hit The Road Jack, which started airing on 20 March 2012, following Whitehall on a comedy tour of the country.

In December 2014, he made a guest appearance in the second series of the Peter Gabriel spoof The Life of Rock with Brian Pern, broadcast on BBC Two.

[52] In September 2009, Whitehall was accused of stealing one of Stewart Lee's stand-up routines for his critically acclaimed Nearly Rebellious show.

[55] When Whitehall recited his version of the routine at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, he was described by an otherwise favourable review for Metro as "repeating" Lee's sketch "almost verbatim".

[56] On 20 October 2009, Robbie Williams was accused of stealing one of Whitehall's jokes in his much-publicised "comeback" performance as part of the BBC's electric proms at the Camden Roundhouse.

[57] When Whitehall originally performed the one-liner, which plays on the phrasal verb "to look down on someone", it was voted the fifth best joke of the year's Edinburgh Fringe in a poll conducted by TV channel Dave.

[57] On 20 June 2010, a photograph of Whitehall appeared in the News of the World, purportedly showing him in possession of cocaine in Manchester.

[61] On 30 March 2010, Whitehall took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at The O2 Arena in London and broadcast on 5 April.

Whitehall then appeared at the Montreal Just for Laughs comedy festival in July, and returned to the Edinburgh Fringe in August with his second solo show, entitled Learning Difficulties.

He also performed a series of four stand-up shows with his father Michael Whitehall, called Backchat,[64] which was also completely sold out.

[65] On 30 December 2012, Whitehall appeared on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, during which he made a joke about Queen Elizabeth II.

[citation needed] Whitehall met actress Gemma Chan in 2011, when she guest starred on his series Fresh Meat.