Jamie Demetriou

Jamie Demetriou is one of the UK’s leading comedy actors, writer-performers and character comedians. In 2020, Jamie won three BAFTAs for his series, STATH LETS FLATS. The show won the Best Scripted Comedy BAFTA and Jamie personally won the Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme BAFTA and the Best Writer: Comedy BAFTA. In 2022, Jamie won his fourth BAFTA for the series - for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme once again. 

His hit debut series STATH LETS FLATS, which he wrote and in which he stars in as the titular character, has run for three seasons on Channel 4 and received widespread, exuberant critical acclaim. It airs in the US on HBO Max. Series 3 started aired in late 2021 and received a host of 5 star reviews. The Independent described the first episode as - “One of the funniest half-hours of TV in a long time.” Canada's The Globe and Mail described the series as, "A masterpiece of British weirdness." Vulture Magazine's reviewer wrote - "It was exactly what I’d hoped it would be — funny and absorbing but not demanding or mean . . . Now I’ve run out of episodes, and I miss it already."

In early 2021, Jamie filmed a regular role in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s Apple series, THE AFTERPARTY, which also stars Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoe Chao, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer, Dave Franco and John Early.

As an actor, Jamie Demetriou has graced our screens – big and small – in a host of productions recently. On the feature front - Jamie has roles in Lena Dunham's CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY, Netflix’s EUROVISION with Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrell, Disney’s CRUELLA with Emma Stone, and indie feature THE ELECTRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN with Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy. He will soon be seen in Warner Bros' tentpole feature - BARBIE.

Further feature credits include The Professor in Working Title’s smash hit, PADDINGTON 2, the headmaster in Disney's PINOCCHIO and  the role of Dimidius in HORRIBLE HISTORIES: THE MOVIE. He also played the lead villain Mr. Ahmad in the Netflix global-release feature GAME OVER, MAN! alongside the WORKAHOLICS team. 

Jamie’s other recent TV roles include a regular role in TBS’ Miracle Workers with Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi and a semi-regular role in Hulu’s THE GREAT with Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. Jamie also played the regular role of Marcus in Hulu's FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, created by Mindy Kaling and based on Richard Curtis's hit 90s film. Other television roles include Steve Coogan’s THIS TIME WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE for BBC One, Julia Davis’ hit series for Sky and HBO, the BAFTA-winning SALLY 4EVER, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s phenomenon, FLEABAG, for the BBC. More recently, Jamie played a guest lead in an episode of the hit mockumentary series, DOCUMENTARY NOW! and played a recurring role in LIVE AT THE MOTH CLUB for Dave. 

Jamie has voiced characters in various features and TV series. He can currently be heard as Dr. Phillips in NIGHT AT THE MUSEM: KAHMUNRAH RISES AGAIN. He also played Moriarty, opposite Johnny Depp’s Sherlock, in Paramount’s animation feature film SHERLOCK GNOMES. 

Jamie wrote and starred in his own Sky Halloween Comedy Short, OH GOD. 

A US version of STATH LETS FLATS is currently in development. 

Jamie's incredible debut character show PEOPLE DAY was one of the overwhelming critical hits of the 2013 Edinburgh Festival.

“A Steve Coogan in the making.”  The Independent (5 star review)

 “A spectacular comedic work” Fest (5 star review)

Jamie wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed BBC3 Comedy Feed PEOPLE TIME along with Ellie White, Liam Williams and Claudia O’Doherty:

“ It’s rare to see something at the pilot stage that is so fully-formed and so confident. Also – no small matter, this, for a comedy – it is hilarious.” The New Statesman

"The most startlingly good sketch group to have come out of this island since Absolutely." The Guardian