Jeremy Northam Biography
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Jeremy Northam
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| Jeremy Northam | |
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| Born | Jeremy Philip Northam 1 December 1961 Cambridge, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse(s) | Liz Moro (April 2005 - present) |
Jeremy Philip Northam (born 1 December 1961) is an award-winning English actor.
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Personal life
Northam was born in Cambridge, 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 Royal Holloway, University of London, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Career
Screen and stage
Northam performed at the Royal National Theatre — he replaced Ian Charleson in the role of Hamlet (1989), and won the Olivier Award in 1990 for "most promising newcomer" for his performance in The Voysey 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.
In 2007 and 2008, he portrayed Thomas More on the Showtime series, The Tudors.
He played singer Dean Martin in the CBS movie Martin and Lewis (2002) (TV) and played golfer Walter Hagen in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004). In 2009 he played John Brodie-Innes in the 2009 film Creation, based on the life of Charles Darwin.
Other Work
His audiobook work includes The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis for Harper Audio and A Death Divided by Clare Francis for Macmillan.2. For SilkSoundBooks, he recorded The Real Thing and Other Short Stories and The Aspern Papers, both written by Henry James. In Gosford Park Soundtrack, Jeremy sings the songs And her mother came too, What a Duke Should Be, Why Isn't It You, The Dancing Years, and The Land of Might Have Been.
Credits
Filmography
- 1939 (2009)
- Creation (2009)
- Dean Spanley (2008)
- Fiona's Story (2008) (TV)
- The Tudors (TV series) (2007-2008)
- 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 (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)
Theatrography
- Old Times, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 2004
- Obstetrician, Certain Young Men, Almeida Theatre, London, 1999
- Mr. Horner, The Country Wife, Royal Shakespeare Company, Pit Theatre, 1994
- Berowne, Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London, 1994
- Elomire, La Bête, Really Useful Theatre Company, 1993
- Philip, The Gift of the Gorgon, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit (theatre), London, 1992
- The Way of the World, 1992
- The Three Sisters, 1991
- Osric, then later title role, Hamlet, National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, London, 1989
- Edward Voysey, The Voysey Inheritance, National Theatre Company, Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1989
- Also appeared in productions of School for Scandal and The Shaughraun, National Theatre Company.
References
- ^ Jeremy Northam Biography (1961-)
- ^ MAB 313