Anthony Delaney

Anthony Delaney

As an actor, Anthony has worked across stage and screen since he graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2010. Screen credits have included Fair CityPenny Dreadful and Hellboy. Anthony also plays DS Jordan MacDonald in Harry Wild (Acorn TV & AMC+), starring Jane Seymour.

In 2022, Anthony completed his PhD at the University of Exeter investigating Cotqueans: Queer Domesticity in eighteenth-century England. He is currently an Honorary Fellow at the University of Exeter. His writing has appeared numerous times in publications such as BBC History and The Guardian and he has delivered talks and seminars for institutions such The National Trust, The British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Sorbonne University, and Kensington Palace. As a broadcaster, Anthony is the co-host of History Hit’s hugely popular podcast After Dark.  His first book, Queer Georgians: A Hidden History, will be published in 2025 by Doubleday in the UK and Grove Atlantic in the US. He lives in London.

Anthony is represented by Charlotte Merritt.