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Layton Williams is an Olivier Award-winner and Tony-nominated actor, who in 2026 made his Broadway debut as the Iceberg in Titanique. He won the Olivier Award in 2025 for his performance in the West End production.

On screen, Layton will next appear as a series regular in the second season of Netflix’s Geek Girl.

Layton is also a three-time recipient of a Black British Theatre Award plus a What's On Stage Award winner. 

His television credits include Stephen in BBC One’s Bad Education and narrator of BBC Three’s dating series I Kissed A Boy, as well as I Hate Suzie, The Cleaner, Murder, They Hope and Benidorm.

Layton’s theatre credits include King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar (West End), Emcee in Cabaret (West End), Jamie in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (West End), Paul in Kiss Me, Kate (Sheffield Crucible), Seaweed in Hairspray! (West End), Angel in RENT (London), The Car Man and Simon in Lord of the Flies (Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures), and Young Michael in Thriller Live! (West End).

His film credits include Rocketman, The Bad Education Movie, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and People We Meet on Vacation.