Jon Pointing
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
Press clippings
Royal Television Society Awards 2024 nominations
Black Ops, Extraordinary, Such Brave Girls, Big Boys, Juice and There She Goes are amongst the nominees in the Royal Television Society Awards 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 7th March 2024Jon Pointing's favourite attraction in all of London
The Big Boys star on his abiding love for this literally underground London gem.
Joe Mackertich, Time Out, 20th February 2024Big Boys review
Bright, tender and really, really funny.
Rachael Healy, i Newspaper, 14th January 2024Big Boys review
Sweet, sensitive misfit comedy is something to be savoured.
Nick Hilton, The Independent, 14th January 2024I talk to Jon Pointing
"This type of friendship hasn't been seen because not enough people are being let through the door to create these characters. I love that we've hit on something with Big Boys that a lot of people can relate to."
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 12th January 2024Jon Pointing: 'Schools should teach boys to talk about mental health'
Jon Pointing, star of Bafta-nominated Big Boys, talks to Emily Baker about male mental health, being accepted by the LGBTQ+ community and today's toxic comedy discourse.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 10th January 2024Jon Pointing: 'Football, rugby, banter - you do what you can as a teenager to fit in'
The star of Channel 4's hit student comedy Big Boys, and creator Jack Rooke, talk class, sexuality and why it's time to retire Love Actually.
Helen Brown, The Telegraph, 6th January 2024Smothered review
Romcoms are hard to get right, harder still to put distance between them and Richard Curtis, but Sky continue in this vein, Smothered being their third of recent months.
Aidan Smith, The Scotsman, 9th December 2023Smothered review
A zeitgeisty portrait of millennial life.
Nick Hilton, The Independent, 7th December 2023