Jason Done

Jason Done
Born	(1973-04-05) 5 April 1973 Walkden, Lancashire, England
Occupations	Actor narrator
Years active	1981–present
Television	Where the Heart Is (1999–2001) Waterloo Road (2006–2013) Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! (2014–2018) Monsters Inside Me (2022) Emmerdale (2026–present)

Jason Done (born 5 April 1973) is an English actor and narrator. He is best known for portraying the role of Tom Clarkson in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2006–2013). Done's other notable credits include Mordred in the miniseries Merlin (1998), and Stephen Snow in ITV drama series Where The Heart Is (1999–2001). In 2026, he joined the cast of the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Steve Sykes.

Career

Where The Heart Is

Done appeared as Stephen Snow in the ITV drama series Where The Heart Is, taking over the part in series 3 from William Ash, in 1999. Stephen Snow was the son of Peggy Snow (Pam Ferris) and Vic Snow (Tony Haygarth). Done portrayed Stephen throughout series 3, 4 and part of 5, during which the character left the fictional town of Skelthwaite.

Waterloo Road

On 9 March 2006, Done began appearing as English teacher Tom Clarkson in the successful BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road. On 10 April 2013, it was announced that Done would be leaving his role as Tom after seven years and eight series. Tom left the series in the final episode of the eighth series, on 4 July 2013, in a shock twist which saw him fall from the school roof after helping troubled pupil Kyle Stack (George Sampson) from committing suicide. Done is the second longest-serving cast member.

Theatre

Done later appeared in a travelling production of Macbeth, which was held at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, in Manchester.

Television

In May 2014, Done appeared as Andrew Wendell in Casualty and in October 2014 as Paul Brightway in the story "The Lions of Nemea", part of series 8 of the ITV drama series Lewis. He also starred in Closets, a short film. On 7 February 2016, Done appeared in the TV series Vera. In 2016, he appeared in the ITV/Netflix series Paranoid. Done later joined the cast of the soap opera Emmerdale as guest character Steve Sykes, with his first appearance airing on 24 July 2026.

Narration

Done narrated the BBC Three documentary series Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands, its 2014 spin-off Junior Paramedics, the BBC series Hair, the BBC series Emergency Rescue Down Under and the Channel 5 documentaries Can't Pay We'll Take It Away, Inside Kings Cross: The Railway and Paddington Station 24/7 along with Ice Lake Rebels and the UK narration to Monsters Inside Me.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2015	Closets	Henry Clever	Short film
2019	Underwater	Mr. Lawlor
	The Road to Gehenna	Father Tom
2024	Old Guy	Milo
2025	Fackham Hall	J.R.R. Tolkien

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Once Upon a Time in the North	Policeman	Episode: "The Time Morris Launched His Boat"
	Mother's Ruin	Clive Watson	Main role; 6 episodes
1995	Blood and Peaches	Gary	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	Peak Practice	Mark Rogers	Episode: "Bedside Manners"
	Class Act	Douglas Fewster	Series 2: Episode 5
1995–1996	Coronation Street	PC Bathurst	Recurring role; 3 episodes
1996	Fist of Fun	Various	Recurring role; 2 episodes
	The Bill	Mark Davies	Episode: "Cold Feet and Hot Coffee"
1997	Wokenwell	PC Brian Rainford	Main role; 6 episodes
1998	Merlin	Mordred	Miniseries; 2 episodes
1999–2001	Where the Heart Is	Stephen Snow	Series regular; 34 episodes
2001	Band of Brothers	Drunk GI	Episode: "Points"
2002	The King and Us	Reverend Philips	Television film
	Murder	Christopher Maurer	Miniseries; 4 episodes
2003	In Deep	Sean Denning	Episode: "Full Disclosure"
	Spoilt	Lee	Television film
	Burn It	Pat	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2004	Sea of Souls	Mike O'Connor	Episode: "Seeing Double"
	Conviction	Sol Draper	Miniseries; 4 episodes
2005	No Angels	Sean	Series 2: Episode 1
	The Golden Hour	Nevin	Series 1: Episode 1
2006–2013	Waterloo Road	Tom Clarkson	Series regular; 158 episodes
2009–2017	Monsters Inside Me	Narrator	70 episodes
2012	Secret State	Dr. Mark Ashcroft	Series 1: Episode 1
2014	Casualty	Andrew Wendall	Episode: "Games for Boys"
	Our Zoo	Neville Kelly	Episode: "The Final Decision"
	Lewis	Paul Brightway	Episode: "The Lions of Nemea"
2015	Inspector George Gently	Andrew Cullen	Episode: "Breathe in the Air"
	Prey	Gary Sadler	Episode: "The Chase"
2016	Saved	Narrator	4 episodes
	Vera	Philip	Episode: "Tuesday's Child"
	Comedy Playhouse	Elliot	Episode: "Broken Biscuits"
	Suspects	Grant Johnson	Episode: "The Enemy Within"
	Paranoid	Dennis	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2017	Creeped Out	Andrew	Episode: "A Boy Called Red"
2018	Moving On	Gary	Episode: "Neighbour"
	The Innocents	Doug Squirries	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2020	Run	Jake	Miniseries; 4 episodes
2021	Innocent	Gary Walker	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	Time	P.O. Banks	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2022	Four Lives	Barking Police Sergeant	Series 1: Episode 3
	Death in Paradise	Connor Faircroft	Episode: "A Double Bogey"
2023	The Long Shadow	Des O'Boyle	Series 1: Episode 7
2024	Brassic	Keith	Episode: "Heartbreak"
2026	Silent Witness	Sgt Robert Andrews	Episodes: "The Disappearance of Alice Hill: Parts 1 & 2"
2026–present	Emmerdale	Steve Sykes	Recurring role

External links

• Jason Done at IMDb