Oliver Dench

Oliver Mayer (born 9 September 1993), known professionally as Oliver Dench, is an English actor and director. He is a co-founding artistic director of the Revolve Theatre Company. On television, he is known for his roles in the CW series Pandora (2019–2020) and the BritBox period drama Hotel Portofino (2022–).

Early life Dench was born in Reading. His maternal grandfather was Jeffery Dench, actor and brother of Judi Dench. He attended Gillotts School and the Henley College. Dench has said he was "obsessed with Shakespeare as a child thanks to my granddad".

Career In 2014, Dench formed the Henley-on-Thames-based Revolve Theatre Company with Joe Morris and Tom Smith. Their debut show at the Henley Fringe Festival was Dench in a one-man version of Hamlet playing all fifteen roles.

Dench made his television debut in 2016 as Will Palmerston in the Canadian YTV series Ride about an equestrian school in England. He made his London stage debut in School Play at Southwark Playhouse in 2017. He appeared in the 2018 Sky Kids series The Athena.

In 2019, Dench began starring in the CW science fiction series Pandora as Xander Duvall, a role he would play for both seasons. He played Iullus in the first season of Domina before the role was taken over by Joseph Ollman. As of 2022, Dench stars as Lucian Ainsworth in the period drama Hotel Portofino. He starred as Cliff in the Paris revival of Cabaret that December at Le Lido on the Champs-Élysées.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2013 One Night at the Aristo Bartender Short film 2018 Technology Orphan Lifeline Voice Short film TBA Queen of the Redwood Mountains

Television Year Title Role Notes 2016–2017 Ride Will Palmerston Main role 2018–2019 The Athena Sam Warner Main role 2019 Noughts + Crosses Anthony 1 episode 2019–2020 Pandora Xander Duvall Main role 2021 Domina Iullus 2 episodes Whitstable Pearl Max Azarov Episode: "The Free Waters" 2022–2024 Hotel Portofino Lucian Ainsworth Main role 2025 Sister Boniface Mysteries Miles Fletcher Episode: "The Happiest Family" 2026 Rivals Hugo K Bruce Series 2

Stage Year Title Role Notes 2012 A Christmas Carol Young Scrooge Reading Repertory Theatre 2013 Romeo and Juliet Paris Reading Minster 2014 One Man Hamlet Various Henley Fringe Festival The Witch of Edmonton Morris Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon / Royal Shakespeare Company 2015 Much Ado About Nothing Borachio St James's Church, Reading Romeo and Juliet Romeo The Boater, Bath 2017 School Play Tom Southwark Playhouse, London 2022 Cabaret Cliff Le Lido, Paris