Jack Tarlton (born 24 July 1976) is a British actor from Edinburgh, Scotland, known for his theatre and television work.
Life and career Tarlton took part in a week-long theatre workshop in Edinburgh when he was nine and decided then that he wanted to be an actor. He joined youth theatre groups, and after finishing secondary school went to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).Biographical note for Jack Tarlton in programme book for Propeller at the Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, June 2009.
At the National Theatre he has appeared as Meshak Gardiner and other roles in Once in a Lifetime (2005) and the Porter and a Society Gent in From Morning to Midnight (2013).National Theatre Archive search for Jack Tarlton, accessed 12 August 2026. From 2005 to 2006, he appeared as Meshak in the original Royal National Theatre production of Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy.
In 2006-2007 he was a member of the Propeller company, appearing as Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew and Orsino in Twelfth Night (Old Vic and international tour). He returned to the company in 2009 playing Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice and Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream (UK and international tour).
Other theatre work includes Jackie Jackson in The Deep Blue Sea (Bath, London and UK tour), Hastings in She Stoops to Conquer (Manchester Royal Exchange), Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Chichester Festival Theatre), Eric Birling in An Inspector Calls (Garrick Theatre), and Aleksey in A Month in the Country and Paris in Troilus and Cressida (Royal Shakespeare Company).
Filmography Film YearFilmRole Notes 2014 The Imitation Game Charles Richards
Television YearFilmRole Notes 1998 The Cater Street Hangman Det. Sgt. Webster 1999 Life Support Alan Cousins The Price of Love 2001 Swivel on the Tip Various 2001 Hearts and Bones John Episode #2.4 2004 Dead Ringers Sam Hothead Episode #3.2 2004 The Genius of Mozart Mozart Three-part dramatised documentary 2004 True Horror with Anthony Head Stanley Worth Witches 2005 Doctor Who Reporter Tom Hitchingson Episodes: Aliens of London, World War Three 2005 The Golden Hour Paramedic Mitch Jones Episode #1.4 2010 Doctors Coming to Get You 2019 8 Days: To the Moon and Back Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Commemorative documentary first shown on BBC2 on 10 July 2019 2019–2022 Traces Fiscal John Recurring role; 7 episodes 2020–2023 Outlander Kenny Lindsay Recurring role; 10 episodes
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