Jonathan Howard (born 17 November 1984) is an English actor. He is known for his role in the series Dream Team as Gavin Moody and as Ian Boothby in Thor: The Dark World (2013). In Spring 2025 he joined the cast of the ITV soap Coronation Street as Carl Webster.
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Early and personal life
Howard was born in Lancashire, England and has lived in London since 2005. In August 2018, actress Élodie Yung gave birth to their daughter.
Career
Howard started acting in 2001 with his first role in educational TV show for youths called Looking After the Penneys as Scott Penney. He was a part of the final cast between 2005 and 2007 of the TV series Dream Team, playing Gavin Moody, a young footballer. He then went to train at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) between 2008 and 2011. In 2012, he was in the TV miniseries Titanic as Sixth Officer Moody. He appeared as Sam Thawley, a young, handsome bar patron, on Series 4 of Downton Abbey.
In 2013, he appeared in the zombie war film World War Z with Brad Pitt as one of Camp Humphrey's soldiers and in the Marvel Studios film Thor: The Dark World as Ian Boothby, Darcy's intern and love interest. The following year, he appeared in series 2 of the TV series Mr Selfridge as Ed and in several episodes of the sitcom Episodes.
