Jeremy Northam
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Jeremy Northam | |
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Born | Jeremy Philip Northam 1 December 1961 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
Alma mater | Bedford College, London (B.A., 1984) Bristol Old Vic Theatre School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1987–present |
Spouse | Liz Moro (m. 2005; div. 2009?) |
Parent(s) | John Northam Rachel Howard |
Jeremy Philip Northam (born 1 December 1961) is an English actor.
Northam has featured in notable films including Emma, An Ideal Husband, Gosford Park, The Winslow Boy and Enigma. In television, he also played Thomas More in the Showtime series The Tudors and from 2016 to 2017 he appeared as Anthony Eden in the Netflix series The Crown.
Early life and education
Northam was born on 1 December 1961, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. His father was John Northam, a professor of literature and theatre.[1] Northam studied English at Bedford College, London (B.A. English, 1984) and acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.[2][3]
Career
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Screen and stage
Northam performed at the Royal National Theatre – he replaced both Ian Charleson and Daniel Day-Lewis in the role of Hamlet (1989) when they had to withdraw and won the Olivier Award in 1990 for "most promising newcomer" for his performance in The Voysey Inheritance.
He 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). He made his American film debut in The Net (1995).
In 2002, he starred in the film Cypher. That same year, he portrayed singer Dean Martin in the CBS film Martin and Lewis and golfer Walter Hagen in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius in 2004. In 2007 and 2008, he portrayed
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. For SilkSoundBooks, he recorded The Real Thing and Other Short Stories and The Aspern Papers, both written by Henry James. In 2007 he recorded Gerard Manley Hopkins poems for "The Great Poets" edition for Naxos Audiobooks. In 2009, he recorded Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene for CSA Word. He recorded the audio book Dark Matter, a ghost story by Michelle Paver, in September 2010; it was released on 21 October 2010, by Orion.
In the Gosford Park soundtrack, Northam sings the Ivor Novello songs "And Her Mother Came Too", "What a Duke Should Be", "Why Isn't It You", "I Can Give You the Starlight" and "The Land of Might Have Been" accompanied by his brother Christopher on piano.
Personal life
Northam married Canadian film/television make-up artist Liz Moro in April 2005; they later divorced.[citation needed]
Filmography
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Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Journey's End | Captain Stanhope | TV film |
American Playhouse | Mr. Benson | TV series (1 episode: Suspicion) | |
Piece of Cake | 'Fitz' Fitzgerald | TV mini-series (5 episodes) | |
Wish Me Luck | Colin Beale | TV series (14 episodes: 1988-1989) | |
1992 | House of Glass | Gerald Stafford | TV film |
A Fatal Inversion | Rufus Fletcher | TV series (3 episodes) | |
Wuthering Heights | Hindley Earnshaw | ||
1993 | Soft Top Hard Shoulder | John | |
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
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Hugo Trent | TV series (1 episode: "Dead Man's Mirror") | |
1995 | A Village Affair | Anthony Jordan | TV film |
Carrington | Beacus Penrose | ||
The Net | Jack Devlin | American Film Debut | |
Voices | Philip Heseltine/Peter Warlock | ||
1996 | Emma | Mr. Knightley | |
1997 | Mimic | Dr. Peter Mann | |
Amistad | Judge Coglin | ||
1998 | The Tribe | Jamie | |
The Misadventures of Margaret | Edward Nathan | ||
1999 | Happy, Texas | Harry Sawyer, aka Steven "Steve" | ALFS Award for British Actor of the Year |
Gloria | Kevin | ||
An Ideal Husband | Sir Robert Chiltern | Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor ALFS Award for British Actor of the Year | |
The Winslow Boy | Sir Robert Morton | Edinburgh International Film Festival Award for Best British Performance ALFS Award for British Actor of the Year Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor | |
2000 | The Golden Bowl | Prince Amerigo | |
2001 | Enigma | Mr. Wigram | |
Gosford Park | Ivor Novello | Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble | |
2002 | Possession | Randolph Henry Ash | |
Cypher | Morgan Sullivan/Jack Thursby/Sebastian Rooks | Catalan International Film Award for Best Actor
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Martin and Lewis | Dean Martin | TV film | |
2003 | The Singing Detective | Mark Binney | |
The Statement | Colonel Roux | ||
2004 | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | Walter Hagen | |
2005 | Guy X | Col. Woolwrap | |
A Cock and Bull Story | Mark | ||
2007 | The Invasion | Tucker Kauffman | |
2007–2008 | The Tudors | Sir Thomas More | TV series (15 episodes) |
2008 | Fiona's Story | Simon | TV film |
Dean Spanley | Fisk Junior | ||
2009 | The Payback | ||
Creation | Reverend Innes | ||
Glorious 39 | Joseph Balcombe | ||
2010 | Miami Medical | Dr. Matthew Proctor | TV series (13 episodes) |
2012 | White Heat | Edward | TV series (6 episodes) |
2015 | Eye in the Sky | Brian Woodale | |
The Man Who Knew Infinity | Bertrand Russell | ||
2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | Aubrey Longrigg | |
2016–2017 | The Crown | Anthony Eden | Main role (11 episodes: 2 )
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2019 | Official Secrets | Ken Macdonald | |
2023 | Freud's Last Session
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Ernest Jones | Filming |
Theatre
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- Edward Voysey, National Theatre Company, Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1989
- Also appeared in productions of School for Scandal and The Shaughraun, National Theatre Company.
- Osric, then later title role, Hamlet, National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, London, 1989
- The Three Sisters, 1991
- The Way of the World, 1992
- Philip, The Gift of the Gorgon, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit(theatre), London, 1992
- Elomire, La Bête, Really Useful Theatre Company, 1993
- Berowne, Barbican Theatre, London, 1994
- Mr. Horner, The Country Wife, Royal Shakespeare Company, Pit Theatre, 1994
- Obstetrician, Certain Young Men, Almeida Theatre, London, 1999
- Old Times, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 2004
- Richard Greatham, Hay Fever, Noël Coward Theatre, London, 2012
Further reading
- Larman, Alexander (2014). "Northam, Jeremy (1961-)—Actor". ScreenOnline.org.uk. London, England: British Film Institute. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- BFI Staff (2023). "Jeremy Northam". BFI.org.uk. London, England: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
References
External links
- Jeremy Northam at IMDb
- Jeremy Northam at the BFI's Screenonline