Edward Bluemel
Edward Robert Bluemel is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the Sky One series A [Discovery of Witches (TV series)|A Discovery of Witches], the BBC thriller Killing Eve, and the Amazon Prime series My Lady Jane.
Early life and education
Bluemel was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He attended Taunton School in Somerset, where his parents Martin and Jane taught chemistry and physics respectively. He has two siblings, a sister named Phyllida and an elder brother named Ben. Bluemel was 11 when he first got into acting through a school play and 17 when he decided to pursue it professionally. He took a year-long foundation course at RADA before going on to graduate from the Royal Welsh [College of Music & Drama] in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting. During his time at drama school, Bluemel was flatmates with Jacob Ifan.Career
In 2017, Bluemel made his West End debut in Love In Idleness at the Menier Chocolate Factory and Apollo Theatre, as well as his feature film debut in Access All Areas, and had his first main television role as Toby Hamilton in the ITV war drama The Halcyon. He also appeared in Touch at the Soho Theatre.The following year, Bluemel began starring as Marcus Whitmore in the Sky One fantasy series A Discovery of Witches, an adaptation of the book of the same name by Deborah Harkness. He also appeared in the film The Commuter. In 2019, he had a recurring role as Maeve Wiley's brother Sean in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education and joined the main cast of the BBC thriller Killing Eve for its second series as Hugo.
Bluemel played Captain Harville in the 2022 Netflix film Persuasion and Luke Nightingale in the Amazon Prime series Ten Percent. He has upcoming roles in the MGM+ series Belgravia: The Next Chapter and the Amazon Prime adaptation of My Lady Jane. In 2025, Bluemel appeared as William Shakespeare opposite Ncuti Gatwa as Kit Marlowe in a West End production of Born with Teeth.