Jack Thorne
Known for: Writing
Born: December 6, 1978
Place of birth: Bristol, England, UK
Jack Thorne FRSL (born 6 December 1978) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and producer. A massive fan of hard science fiction, he is best known for writing the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the films Wonder (2017), Enola Holmes (2020) and the latter's sequel (2022), and the television programme His Dark Materials (2019–2022). Between 2010 and 2015, Thorne co-wrote three mini-series – This Is England '86, This Is England '88, and This Is England '90 – with director Shane Meadows. In 2023, Jack Thorne's four-part mini-series Best Interests was released, starring Michael Sheen and Sharon Horgan. It was nominated for several awards, winning Best Limited Series at the Banff Rockie Awards. Thorne's two 2025 mini-series, Toxic Town and Adolescence, were released on Netflix to widespread critical acclaim. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Thorne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
38 movies · 33 TV shows, newest first
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Letters to My Younger Future Self
2026
6.8
Enola Holmes 3
2026
2.2
Falling
2026
9.8
Making of Lord of the Flies
2026
7.6
Lord of the Flies
2026
6.6
The Hack
2025
7.8
Adolescence
2025
7.1
Toxic Town
2025
6.9
JOY
2024
7.0
An Almost Christmas Story
2024
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Equal Play
2024
7.5
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
2024
6.6
Best Interests
2023
7.4
Enola Holmes 2
2022
7.3
Am I Being Unreasonable?
2022
7.4
The Swimmers
2022
2.8
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
6.8
Then Barbara Met Alan
2022
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National Theatre Live: After Life
2021
7.0
Help
2021
9.9
A Christmas Carol
2020
5.0
CripTales
2020
6.3
Dirt Music
2020
7.2
Enola Holmes
2020
6.3
The Secret Garden
2020
6.4
The Eddy
2020
6.6
Radioactive
2020
6.8
The Aeronauts
2019
7.8
His Dark Materials
2019
6.2
The Accident
2019
7.9
The Virtues
2019
6.1
Kiri
2018
8.1
Wonder
2017
7.0
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
6.5
National Treasure
2016
5.7
The Last Panthers
2015
7.9
This Is England '90
2015
5.1
War Book
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Don't Take My Baby
2015
6.1
Glue
2014
6.2
A Long Way Down
2014
5.6
Jonah
2013
5.6
Sinbad
2012
7.5
This Is England '88
2011
7.2
The Fades
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The Swarm
2011
4.6
Skins
2011
7.8
This Is England '86
2010
6.3
The Scouting Book for Boys
2010
6.5
Cast Offs
2009
8.1
Skins
2007
4.4
The One Show
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A Supermarket Love Song
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The Mascot
2005
7.5
Shameless
2004
5.7
Coming Up
2003
6.0
Newsnight
1980
5.9
Question Time
1979
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Sovereign
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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Séance on a Wet Afternoon
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Jane
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Chork
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Stranger Things: The First Shadow
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Treasure Island
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Wavewalker: Breaking Free
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Untitled Jack Thorne Spy Thriller
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