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Oliver Stark

British actor (born 1991)

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Oliver Leon Jones (born 27 June 1991), known professionally as Oliver Stark, is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Evan "Buck" Buckley in 9-1-1 on Fox/ABC, and as Ryder in AMC's martial arts-based drama Into the Badlands.

Oliver Leon Jones was born on 27 June 1991 in London, England. After joining the acting union in the UK, he registered under the name "Oliver Stark" as "Oliver Jones" was not available. He decided to use his late grandmother's maiden name, "Stark".

Stark's first professional acting job came in 2011 when he was cast in David Alexander's short film Follow for the UK Film Council. Stark then went on to have guest roles in Luther and Casualty.

Stark then had a number of film roles (Underworld Blood Wars) and other TV roles before starring as series regular, Ryder, in AMC's martial arts-based drama Into the Badlands in 2015. Since 2018, Stark has played firefighter Evan "Buck" Buckley, a main character on the Fox/ABC procedural drama, 9-1-1.

Stark resides in Los Angeles, California. He has been romantically linked to model Hannah Gottesman since 2016. In a podcast interview with actress Maggie Lawson in 2025, Stark spoke about raising a cat and three dogs with his partner. They have since then adopted another dog.

In a Men's Health interview in 2022, Stark confirmed he is vegan.

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