Dominic Sherwood Bio
Dominic Anthony Sherwood is an English actor and model whose work across film and television has centered on fantasy, horror and drama. Born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 6 February 1990, Sherwood trained in drama and theatre before beginning a professional acting career in 2010 and has since built a resume that includes feature films, network television series and streaming projects.
Early Life and Background
Dominic Anthony Sherwood was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and attended Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone for his secondary education. He studied drama and theatre in Maidstone and Sevenoaks before leaving to work abroad and then returning to pursue acting in the United Kingdom and beyond.
Details about Sherwood’s immediate family are not provided in the verified record available for this profile. His formative training in local drama programs and subsequent time working outside the United Kingdom preceded his move into professional acting roles that began in 2010.
Path to Celebrity
Sherwood’s early exposure to professional acting began with television work and small film roles that established his versatility on screen. His first credited appearance came in 2010 on the television series The Cut, followed by guest and bit parts that led to casting in larger projects and visibility in music video and ensemble film work.
Early opportunities included guest roles on British television and a small part in the feature film Not Fade Away, which contributed to casting considerations for larger genre productions and helped him transition from domestic television into international film and scripted series work.
Dominic Sherwood Career
Early Career (2010–2014)
Sherwood’s professional acting career began in 2010 with an appearance as Jack Simmons in the third season of The Cut, marking his first credited television role. He followed that television debut with a series of guest parts and small film appearances, including a supporting part in the drama film Not Fade Away, and continued to build a résumé of genre and dramatic credits through 2014.
By 2014 Sherwood secured his first notable film role, moving from supporting television work to a larger part in a studio-backed project, and began to attract attention from casting directors for projects that required a commanding presence in fantasy and youth-oriented genre material.
Breakthrough (2014–2019)
Sherwood’s first major screen breakthrough came with his 2014 role as Christian Ozera in the feature film Vampire Academy, an adaptation of Richelle Mead’s novel that raised his profile in teen and fantasy circles. The performance introduced him to an international audience and led to additional casting opportunities in both film and television.
The next defining career phase began when Sherwood was cast as Jace Wayland on the Freeform series Shadowhunters, an adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments book series. Playing Jace Wayland from 2016 through 2019, Sherwood became widely recognized for his lead role on a serialized fantasy drama that ran on Freeform and reached an international streaming audience, establishing him as a familiar presence in genre television.
During and after his time on Shadowhunters, Sherwood continued to work across formats, appearing in the Taylor Swift music video for the single “Style” in 2015, co-starring in the thriller Billionaire Ransom and taking a part in the horror-thriller Don’t Sleep. In 2020 he appeared in the dark fantasy series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, and in 2022 he portrayed Jeff Murphy in the Netflix legal drama Partner Track, demonstrating a continuing trajectory into streaming and network productions.
Notable Works and Milestones
Signature credits for Sherwood include the film Vampire Academy and the television series Shadowhunters, both of which contributed substantially to his public recognition and professional standing. Additional milestones include prominent appearances in feature films and a transition into significant streaming work with the Netflix series Partner Track and the 2022 release of Eraser: Reborn, projects that broadened his onscreen range beyond the fantasy genre.
Dominic Sherwood Award Nominations
There are no verified major award nominations recorded in the provided source material for Dominic Anthony Sherwood. Publicly available records included in this profile do not document nominations from major industry awarding bodies within the scope of the verified facts.
Dominic Sherwood Awards Won
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Dominic Sherwood Family
Dominic Anthony Sherwood was born and raised in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Specific public information about his parents or broader family members was not provided in the verified material used to prepare this profile.
Personal Life
Sherwood dated his Vampire Academy co-star Sarah Hyland from 2015 to 2017, a relationship that has been publicly reported. He was later in a relationship with Decker Sadowski that is recorded in the verified facts as ending in 2024; no children are listed in the provided record.
Among personal details noted in public sources, Sherwood has sectoral heterochromia, a distinctive eye coloration in which one eye appears primarily blue and the other is partially blue and brown. He continues to live and work between film and television projects and remains active in both on-screen acting and modeling engagements.