Jonny Sweet

Jonny is a talented actor, writer, performer and producer.

His original comedy narrative series TOGETHER which he wrote and starred in and was produced by Cave Bear Productions and aired on BBC Three to critical acclaim. The series was derived from his successful BBC Radio 4 comedy HARD TO TELL which he also wrote and starred in and ran for two series.

He co-wrote comedy series CHICKENS for Sky, produced by Big Talk Productions and starred in the series as co-lead with fellow writers Joe Thomas and Simon Bird. He also recently wrote an episode of GAP YEAR, the Tom Basden created comedy narrative made by Eleven Films for E4, EOne and TNT.

In 2009 he won the coveted Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer for his show MOSTLY ABOUT ARTHUR (directed by Stefan Golaszewski), which Nica Burns described as: “a delicious hour of character comedy…unexpected, highly original, very funny. Watch out for him” He also appeared in Tom Basden’s play PARTY at the Edinburgh Festival which won a Fringe First award.

WICKED LITTLE LETTERS written by Jonny and starring Olivia Coleman and Jessie Buckley was released in 2023 to critical acclaim.

Jonny’s first novel THE KELLERBY CODE was published in March 2024. He is currently adapting this for the screen.