Bradley Jaden

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Bradley Jaden (born Bradley Wilson) is an English actor. His West End credits include the leading roles of Javert and Enjolras in Les Misérables, Fiyero in Wicked, and Lancelot in Camelot.^[1]

In addition to his leading West End credits is also understudying the title role in Shrek the Musical and Jean Valjean in Les Mis.^[1] He starred as Raoul in the Italian premiere of The Phantom of the Opera.^[2] He reprised the role of Inspector Javert in Les Misérables: The Arena Spectacular World Tour.^[3] Bradley also starred in EastEnders in 2022 as Sonia's lodger.

In 2011, Jaden made his West End debut in Shrek the Musical understudying the titular role and playing Papa Bear.^[4]

In 2014, he made his Les Mis debut playing Lesgles and understudying the role of Enjolras.^[5][6] He would later takeover the role of Enjolras and understudy Jean Valjean for the show's 30th anniversary.^[7]

In 2016, Jaden joined the international tour cast of Wicked playing the role of Fiyero. He later reprised the role in the West End production.^[8]

In 2018, Jaden rejoined Les Mis playing the role of Javert. He would be the last actor to play the role in the Queen's Theatre.^[9]

He reprised his role of Enjolras in the Gielgud Theatre's Les Misérables: The Staged Concert in 2019. He would then take over the role of Javert from Michael Ball and continue with the role in the Sondheim Theatre production and left the cast in September 2022. He rejoined the cast for two weeks in January 2024.^[10]

In 2022, Jaden played Sir Lancelot in Camelot opposite Ramin Karimloo and Lucy St. Louis at the London Palladium.^[11]

Since January 31, 2023, Jaden has played Jed, who is Sonia Fowler's lodger in the television soap opera EastEnders.^[12]

In June 2023, it was announced Jaden would play Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny in the Italian premiere of The Phantom of the Opera opposite Karimloo as the Phantom and Earl Carpenter as Monsieur André.^[2]

In September 2023, Jaden joined Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga in the cast of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends for a limited 16 week season at the Gielgud Theatre.^[13] He made his United States performance debut in June 2024, he brought his own concert show to New York City at Sony Hall.^[14]

In the fall of 2024, he reprised the role of Javert in Les Misérables: The Arena Spectacular World Tour. He shared the role with Michael Ball and performed opposite Alfie Boe, Killian Donnelly, and Peter Joback as Valjean. Jaden performed the role in the UK, Australia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, and the United Arab Emirates.^[3]

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