Charlie Stemp

Stemp was born and raised in Peckham, London.[1] He attended the Belcanto London Academy Theatre School,[2] and trained for three years at Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom.[3] He is also a keen football and rugby player.[4]

After graduating, Stemp performed in Wicked in London's West End [5] and was cast as Eddie in the international tour of the musical Mamma Mia!.[6] Stemp also appeared in the film Knarcolepsy.[7]

Stemp appeared as the lead actor in Sir Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Half a Sixpence, written by Julian Fellowes. He first performed the role at Chichester Festival Theatre from July to September 2016.[8] In October 2016, the musical transferred to the Noel Coward Theatre in the West End, and extended its booking to 2 September 2017. For this role, Stemp won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Musical and was nominated for the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

Stemp appeared on Broadway in the revival of Hello, Dolly!, starting on 20 January 2018, officially on 22 February 2018, as Barnaby Tucker. He took over the role originally played by Taylor Trensch. This marked his Broadway debut.[9] The show closed on 25 August 2018.

On 13 September 2018 it was announced that Stemp would be playing the role of Bert in a West End revival of Mary Poppins opposite Zizi Strallen in the title role, due to open at the Prince Edward Theatre in the autumn of 2019.