Dominic Sherwood

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, Jace Wayland on the Freeform fantasy series Shadowhunters (2016–2019), Kurt in the series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020) and Jeff Murphy in the Netflix legal drama Partner Track (2022).

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.

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 Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, 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 Eraser: Reborn, 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.

Personal life Sherwood dated his Vampire Academy co-star Sarah Hyland from 2015 to 2017. From 2023 to 2024, Sherwood was in a relationship with American actress Decker Sadowski. As of 2025, Sherwood is dating actress Francesca Corney.

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

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 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 Eraser: Reborn Mason Pollard Main role TBA White Tide Jack Filming

TV Year Title RoleNotes 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 roleNominated – 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 Penny Dreadful: City of Angels 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 Year Title Artist 2013 "I Want You to Know" Tchengiz 2015 "Style" Taylor Swift 2017 "Au Revoir" Katie Welch