NATHAN STEWART-JARRETT

“DRACULA,” “CANDYMAN”

Approaching different roles inspires Stewart-jarrett to invent different processes.

“Sometimes it might be [a piece of] music, sometimes it might be art,” he says. “You have to follow your instinct with each one. I just try to not think so much, try to get out of my own way.”

He’s also something of a sponge, absorbing the lessons and habits of other actors, such as Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield, whom he appeared with on Broadway in the 2018 revival of “Angels in America.”

“I always watch; naturally I try to steal from every other actor I work with,” he says with a chuckle. “I’m constantly observing, trying to thieve it away from them.”

Having spent years on television, including on shows such as “Misfits” and “Utopia,” Stewart-jarrett still finds something in theater he can’t get on screen. “I love feeling the audience,” he says. “I don’t think I’ve had that experience on the screen thus far.”

He’ll have plenty of chances in the days ahead, with projects in the works including the Jordan Peele-produced horror reboot “Candyman,” appearing with Yahya Abdul-mateen II and Colman Domingo.

Other upcoming projects include a “Dracula” series from “Sherlock” creators Stephen Moffat and Mark Gatiss and a role in the AMC anthology series “For Life” from Brett Goldstein and “Black Mirror” writer Will Bridges.

While Stewart-jarrett loves filmmaking and considers even the worst day on a set to be a great day, he keeps an open mind to the future. “You re-check in [with yourself] every few years,” he says. “I ask myself, ‘Do I still like this?’ and then I say, ‘Yeah, I do,’ and then carry on.”

— Paul Plunkett

REPRESENTATION: Agency:

ICM (U.S.), Curtis Brown (U.K.); Management: Silver Lining Entertainment; Legal: Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

INFLUENCES: Bob Hoskins, Julianne Moore, Olivia Colman