Jacob Fortune-Lloyd

Jacob Fortune-Lloyd is an English actor, born on January 18, 1988, in Hillingdon, London. He studied English literature at the University of Oxford before training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2014.

He began his screen career with Wolf Hall and later appeared in Medici before gaining international recognition as Townes in Netflix's The Queen's Gambit. His television work also includes The Power, The Great, Bodies, and The Rig.

His film credits include Crooked House, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, See How They Run, and The Three Musketeers. In 2024, he portrayed Beatles manager Brian Epstein in the biographical drama Midas Man.

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Cast Credits

Steal (2026)
Starring as DCI Rhys Covaci (6 episodes)
Bookish (2025)
Guest starring as Stewart Howard (2 episodes)
Bodies (2023)
Starring as Charles Whiteman (8 episodes)
The Power (2023)
Starring as Ricky Monke (6 episodes)
The Rig (2023)
Starring as Darian York (4 episodes)
The Queen's Gambit (2020)
Starring as Townes (4 episodes)
The Great (2020)
Guest starring as Grigory Petrov (6 episodes)
Medici (2016)
Guest starring as Francesco Salviati (7 episodes)
Wolf Hall (2015)
Guest starring as Francis Weston (6 episodes)
Endeavour (2012)
Guest starring as Don Mercer
Strike Back (2010)
Guest starring as Spiegel (2 episodes)
Midsomer Murders (1998)
Guest starring as Gideon Tooms
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