Jack Archer

Jack Archer is a British-Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Jamie Marshbrook in The Bay, Michael Leeks in Call The Midwife and Provence in Marie Antoinette, created by Deborah Davis of The Favourite.

Education Archer attended the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where he trained as an actor.

Career Archer made his debut in the stage production Nivelli's War at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast which transferred to the New Victory Theater in New York. He received a 'Best Actor' nomination from The Stage Debut Awards for his performance as the lead role Ernst. Archer then played Hamilton in The Finborough Theatre's revival of Quaint Honour, staged once before in 1958, where he was nominated for the Offie for 'Best Male Performance in a Play'. In 2020, he joined the lead cast of Torben Betts' Monogamy which toured the UK and went on to run at The Park Theatre in London. Archer has also starred in various other productions in London including Confessional at the Southwark Playhouse, Blue at the Gate Theatre and When The Sea Swallows Us Whole at The Vault Festival.

Archer made his screen debut as Jamie Marshbrook in the second series of The Bay on ITV. He then starred as Joseph in the 2021 film The Haunting of Alice Bowles written and directed by Philip Franks. He appeared in the tenth series of Call the Midwife as Michael Leeks, in a story following conversion therapy in Britain during the 1960s. Since 2022, Archer has starred in a television adaptation of Marie Antoinette's life written by Deborah Davis. Each 8-part series was part shot in Versailles, produced by Canal+ and Banijay, and aired on the BBC, PBS and Disney+. He plays the role of Count Louis-Stanislas-Xavier of Provence, who will become Louis XVIII after the French Revolution.

Filmography

Television Year Title Role Notes 2021 The Bay Jamie Marshbrook Series regular Call the Midwife Michael Leeks Episode: "Series 10, Episode 4" 2022– Marie Antoinette Provence Series regular 2024 Franklin Thomas Grenville Recurring role 2025 Virdee Alastair Boardman Recurring role 2026 Lynley Frazer Moran Episode: "This Body of Death" Mobland Fergus

Film Year Title Role Notes 2019 Shawn Shawn Short film All Your Good Intentions Eric Short film The Haunting of Alice Bowles Joseph 2022 The Pink Pill Boy Short film 2023 Nights JP Short film