Nathan Bryon is a writer and actor, author, who grew up eating as much Uxbridge Road Caribbean food as his bank balance would allow. He is best known to viewers for his role as regular character Jamie is Some Girls and Benidorm's sunniest holiday maker, Joey Ellis. Nathan has written for critically acclaimed Cbeebies' animation Rastamouse, BAFTA award winning Swashbuckle and on all three series of BAFTA nominated Apple Tree House Cbeebies alongside BAFTA winning Gigglebiz. Nathan's one-man show 'MIXED BRAIN' a show about his mixed heritage premiered at the Roundabout at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Nathan's latest play Dexter and Winter detective Agency toured in the Paines Plough Roundabout for 6 months and has been published by Nick Hern Books. Nathan has secured a 3 picture book deal with Penguin Random house. His first book Look Up! (June 2019) was the number 1 picture book from a debut author and illustrator in 2019, On the Sunday Times Bestseller list and Won the overall Waterstones Children's book prize in 2020. Clean UP! The follow up was published in July 2020. Illuminated has just optioned the book to develop into a TV series. In addition, Nathan co-wrote a Sky Arts short 'NEW BLOOD' starring Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks, The short was nominated for a digital Broadcast award. The short can be found to watch on NOW TV and Sky On Demand. The short was developed into a TV series 'Bloods' co-created by Nathan which comes to Sky 1 6x30 in 2021 One of Nathan's passions is creating his own work about his black British experience. He created 'REALITY', a comedic social commentary ethnology series, which has had two solo premiers at the BFI in NFT1. 'Reality' has also screened and won various awards around the world at film festivals. Nathan is currently writing series 3.0. Nathan has various TV projects in development with Roughcut, Three Stones Media, BBC Studios, Genial Productions, and a feature film in development with BBC Films produced Damian Jones.
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Biography from IMDb.
- July 3, 1991 (35)
- Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
- Actor, writer and producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Known for
What are Nathan Bryon's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Nathan Bryon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Nathan Bryon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Rye Lane(2023)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Bloods(2021)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Ecstasy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Bad Nature (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Ghosts(2019)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Lifeline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Mumatar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Leroy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Up All Night(2015)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all filmsBBC Comedy Feeds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Some Girls(2012)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Benidorm(2007)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Whole Hog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 18th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles, 11 of them dated from 2007 to 2023.
Film career
- 2007Screen debut· Benidorm
Awards
3 major nominations and no wins, 2022–2024.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Emerging Talent, Fiction
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Writer, Comedy
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
Who does Nathan Bryon work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nathan Bryon's MovieCove titles; Tom Melia shares the most, 2.
- Tom MeliaShared titles: Rye Lane (2023), Bloods (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Melia
