Luke Jerdy is a British-Iranian stage & screen actor with roots in Derby and south-east London.

He has won critical acclaim for self-penned solo show Y’MAM (Young Man’s Angry Movements), the reopening play at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre this June.

★★★★ The Guardian: “lucid and engaging… he gives a superb performance.”

★★★★ Liverpool Echo: “The show is beautiful in its unflinching investigation of problematic male behaviour… Jerdy is a powerhouse performer”

On screen, Luke is best known for his portrayal of Jesse Donovan in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks, a character he played for 5 years. Luke can currently be seen in season 3 of The Girlfriend Experience (Starz).

Further credits for screen include: Efrahim in Chosen (Sterling Pictures); The Turing Engima (Mad Manc Media); Doctors (BBC).

Stage includes: Something That Means Something (Theatre503); Peter in Peter Pan (Theatre By The Lake); Sebastian in Twelfth Night (Everyman, Liverpool); Billy & Albert in War Horse (West End); Galka Motalka (Royal Exchange, Manchester).