David Jonsson

David Jonsson (born 4 September 1993) is a British actor and writer. He began his career on the West End. He is known for his roles in the BBC Two and HBO series Industry (2020–), the film Rye Lane (2023), and Alien: Romulus (2024). For Rye Lane, he earned a British Independent Film Award nomination.

In 2022, Jonsson appeared on the Evening Standard list of Londoners to watch and was one of British GQ's Men of the Year Honourees. He was named a 2023 Bright Young Thing by Tatler and a Screen International Star of Tomorrow.

Jonsson grew up in Custom House, an area of the East London Docklands. His father was an IT engineer at Heathrow Airport and his mother worked for the Metropolitan Police. Jonsson is the youngest of four, with an older brother and two older sisters. He describes his background as Creole with African (Nigerian and Sierra Leonean), Caribbean and Swedish heritage.

After getting in trouble at and dismissed from school, Jonsson transferred to a school in Hammersmith. He told his mother that he wanted to be an actor. Once he completed his GCSEs, Jonsson spent two years in New York. On returning to London at the age of 18, he joined the National Youth Theatre and won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting in 2016.