Jeremy Northam
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| Born | Jeremy Philip Northam December 1, 1961 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Spouse(s) | Liz Moro (April 2005-present) |
Jeremy Philip Northam (born December 1, 1961) is an award-winning English actor.
Northam was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, the son of Rachel, a potter and professor of economics, and John Northam, a professor of literature and theatre, as well as Ibsen specialist and teacher first at Clare College, Cambridge and later at Bristol.[1] Northam was educated at Bristol Grammar School and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Northam performed at the Royal National Theatre - he replaced Daniel Day Lewis in the role of Hamlet (1989) and won the Olivier Award in 1990 for "most promising newcomer" for his performance in The Vosey Inheritance. He made his American film debut in The Net (1995), but has appeared frequently in British films such as Carrington (1995), Emma (1996), The Winslow Boy (1999), An Ideal Husband (1999), Enigma (2001) and as Welsh actor and singer Ivor Novello in Gosford Park (2001). In 2002 he starred in the film Cypher alongside Lucy Liu. Presently, he can be seen portraying St. Thomas More on the Showtime series, The Tudors.
His audiobook work includes The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis for Harper Audio and A Death Divided by Clare Francis for Macmillan.[2]
[edit] Filmography
- The Tudors (2007)
- The Invasion (2007)
- Checkmate (2006)
- A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
- Guy X (2005)
- Bobby Jones: A Stroke of Genius (2004)
- The Statement (2003)
- The Singing Detective (2003)
- Martin and Lewis (2002) (TV)
- Cypher (2002)
- Possession (2002)
- Gosford Park (2001)
- Enigma (2001)
- The Golden Bowl (2000)
- The Winslow Boy (1999)
- An Ideal Husband (1999)
- Gloria (1999)
- Happy, Texas (1999)
- The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
- The Tribe (film) (1998) (TV)
- Amistad (1997)
- Mimic (1997)
- Emma (1996)
- Voices (1995)
- The Net (1995)
- Carrington (1995)
- A Village Affair (1994) (BBC TV)
- Wuthering Heights (1992)
- A Fatal Inversion (1992) (BBC TV)
- Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1992)
- Journey's End (1988) (TV)
- Piece of Cake (1988) (mini series)
- Suspicion (1987) (TV)
- Wish Me Luck (1987-88) (TV series)
[edit] References
- ^ Jeremy Northam Biography (1961-)
- ^ MAB 313
