Hunter played the character Hedges inThe Secret Agent – a BBC miniseries starringStephen Graham andToby Jones about a 19th century shop owner who doubles as a Russian spy.[6]
He starred as the alternate Alexander Hamilton in the original production of hit West End musicalHamilton at theVictoria Palace Theatre in London from 2017-2018 before taking on the lead role full-time from December 2018 to early 2019.[7]
In 2019 he took on the role of Hal Pincher in the third season of period TV dramaHarlots, alongsideAlfie Allen as his brother Isaac.[8]
In 2020 he played Tom in series 1 ofShondaland’s historical-romance TV seriesBridgerton,[9] which became the most watched original TV series ever onNetflix[10]
The Times, which gave the play five stars, wrote: “The excellent Hunter sells us both on Heathcliff’s capricious cruelty and on the context of it”[13] while theEvening Standard said: “Hunter powerfully expresses the character’s seething resentment and brutal iron will.”[14] The British Theatre Guide called his depiction “an excellent performance of a difficult, complex character”.[15]
