Early Life and Education
Whitehall was born in Westminster, London, to actress Hilary Amanda Jane (née Isbister) and Michael John Whitehall. His father was an agent for Judi Dench, Colin Firth and Richard Griffiths, and wrote the memoir Shark-Infested Waters. Whitehall has a sister, Molly Louisa (born 1989), and a brother, Barnaby William (born 1992). His godfathers are the actors Nigel Havers and Richard Griffiths. He attended Tower House School in London, where he was a fellow pupil with Twilight Saga star Robert Pattinson. He has made jokes about this, often mentioning that he resented Pattinson for taking all the best acting roles in the school plays. Whitehall has also mentioned in an interview how he auditioned for the role of Harry Potter after the casting team visited his school. He went on to attend the Dragon School in Oxford and then Marlborough College, an independent school in Wiltshire. Whitehall took a gap year where he decided to pursue a career in stand-up comedy which was successful. He attended the University of Manchester to study History of Art. While at the university he lived in the Owens Park Tower.
He is a supporter of Arsenal F.C. and has stated that his comedy hero is Jack Dee, having briefly met him as a teenager.
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