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Jeremy Philip Northam (born December 1, 1961) is an award-winning English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
.

Career
ham performed at the Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre

The Royal National Theatre, London, England, is generally known as the National Theatre and commonly as The National. It is located on the The South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England, immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge....
 - he replaced Daniel Day Lewis in the role of Hamlet
Hamlet

Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle King Claudius, who has murdered King Hamlet, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude ....
 (1989) and won the Olivier Award
Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, Order of Merit was an English people Stage actor, Theatre director, and Theatrical producer. He is one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft and Ralph Richardson....
 in 1990 for "most promising newcomer" for his performance in The Vosey Inheritance.

He made his America
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
n film debut in The Net
The Net (film)

The Net is a 1995 in film directed by Irwin Winkler and starring Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam and Dennis Miller. The storyline is based on the public fear of Big Brother in the United States....
 (1995), but has appeared frequently in British films such as Carrington
Carrington (film)

Carrington is a film released in 1995 in film about the life of the England artist Dora Carrington, who was known simply as Carrington....
 (1995), Emma
Emma (1996 film)

Emma is a 1996 in film period film based on the Emma by Jane Austen. Directed by Douglas McGrath, it stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, and Ewan McGregor....
 (1996), The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy (1999 film)

The Winslow Boy is a 1999 in film film adaptation of Terence Rattigan's dramatic play The Winslow Boy. It was made by Winslow Partners Ltd....
 (1999), An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband (film)

An Ideal Husband is a 1999 in film feature film based on the play by Oscar Wilde.Starring Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver...
 (1999), Enigma
Enigma (2001 film)

Enigma is an English 2001 in film film set during World War II. It stars Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet and is based on the novel Enigma by Robert Harris ....
 (2001) and as Welsh
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
 actor and singer Ivor Novello
Ivor Novello

David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Wales composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the early 20th century....
 in Gosford Park
Gosford Park

Gosford Park is a 2001 in film film directed by Robert Altman. The screenplay is by Julian Fellowes, based on an idea by Altman and producer Bob Balaban....
 (2001).






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Jeremy Philip Northam (born December 1, 1961) is an award-winning English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
.

Personal life


Northam was born in Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
, the son of Rachel, a potter
Pottery

Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. Major types of pottery include earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. The places where such wares are made are called potteries....
 and professor of economics, and John Northam
John Northam

John Northam was a professor emeritus of literature and drama, ranked among the foremost Henrik Ibsen scholars in the world.Northam entered Clare College, Cambridge to read Classics from 1941 to 1942, then English Literature between 1946 and 1948....
, a professor of literature and theatre, as well as Ibsen specialist and teacher first at Clare College, Cambridge
Clare College, Cambridge

Clare College is a college of the University of Cambridge, the second oldest surviving college after Peterhouse, Cambridge.Clare is famous for its chapel choir and for its gardens, which form part of what is known as the Backs, the back of the colleges that overlook the River Cam....
 and later at Bristol. Northam was educated at Bristol Grammar School
Bristol Grammar School

Bristol Grammar School is a co-educational Independent school in Redland, Bristol, Bristol, England.It was founded in 1532 by two brothers, Robert Thorne and Nicholas Thorne, when it was housed in the St Bartholomew's Hospital, Bristol, as part of the new founding of schools after Henry VIII of England's closure of the monasteries, where p...
 and Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has around 7,345 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 120 different countries....
, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, opened by Laurence Olivier in 1946, is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama, an organisation securing the highest standards of training in the performing arts, and is an associate school of the Faculty of Creative Arts of the University of the West of England....
.

Career


Screen & Stage

Northam performed at the Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre

The Royal National Theatre, London, England, is generally known as the National Theatre and commonly as The National. It is located on the The South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England, immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge....
 - he replaced Daniel Day Lewis in the role of Hamlet
Hamlet

Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle King Claudius, who has murdered King Hamlet, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude ....
 (1989) and won the Olivier Award
Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, Order of Merit was an English people Stage actor, Theatre director, and Theatrical producer. He is one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft and Ralph Richardson....
 in 1990 for "most promising newcomer" for his performance in The Vosey Inheritance.

He made his America
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
n film debut in The Net
The Net (film)

The Net is a 1995 in film directed by Irwin Winkler and starring Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam and Dennis Miller. The storyline is based on the public fear of Big Brother in the United States....
 (1995), but has appeared frequently in British films such as Carrington
Carrington (film)

Carrington is a film released in 1995 in film about the life of the England artist Dora Carrington, who was known simply as Carrington....
 (1995), Emma
Emma (1996 film)

Emma is a 1996 in film period film based on the Emma by Jane Austen. Directed by Douglas McGrath, it stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, and Ewan McGregor....
 (1996), The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy (1999 film)

The Winslow Boy is a 1999 in film film adaptation of Terence Rattigan's dramatic play The Winslow Boy. It was made by Winslow Partners Ltd....
 (1999), An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband (film)

An Ideal Husband is a 1999 in film feature film based on the play by Oscar Wilde.Starring Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver...
 (1999), Enigma
Enigma (2001 film)

Enigma is an English 2001 in film film set during World War II. It stars Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet and is based on the novel Enigma by Robert Harris ....
 (2001) and as Welsh
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
 actor and singer Ivor Novello
Ivor Novello

David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Wales composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the early 20th century....
 in Gosford Park
Gosford Park

Gosford Park is a 2001 in film film directed by Robert Altman. The screenplay is by Julian Fellowes, based on an idea by Altman and producer Bob Balaban....
 (2001). In 2002 he starred in the film Cypher
Cypher (film)

Cypher is a Canada sci-fi thriller released in 2002 in film, directed by Vincenzo Natali and written by Brian King . It stars Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu....
 alongside Lucy Liu
Lucy Liu

Lucy Alexis Liu is an Taiwanese American actress. She became known for her role in the television program#seasons/series Ally McBeal and has also appeared in several notable film roles, including Chicago , Kill Bill, and Charlie's Angels ....
.

In 2007 and 2008, he portrayed Thomas More
Thomas More

Saint Thomas More was an English lawyer, author, and statesman who in his lifetime gained a reputation as a leading Renaissance humanist scholar, and occupied many public offices, including Lord Chancellor ....
 on the Showtime
Showtime

Showtime is a Pay TV brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States....
 series, The Tudors
The Tudors

The Tudors is a historical fiction television series created and entirely written by Michael Hirst . The series is based upon the early reign of English people monarch Henry VIII of England, and is named after his Tudor dynasty....
.

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)

Other Work

His audiobook work includes The Silver Chair
The Silver Chair

The Silver Chair is part of The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy fiction written by C. S. Lewis. It was the fourth book published and is the sixth book chronologically....
 by C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis , commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as Jack, was an academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist....
 for Harper Audio and A Death Divided by Clare Francis
Clare Francis

Clare Mary Francis Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom novelist also known for her former career as a sailor.Clare Francis was born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, and spent summer holidays on the Isle of Wight, where she learnt to sail....
 for Macmillan.. For SilkSoundBooks, he recorded The Real Thing and Other Short Stories and The Aspern Papers, both written by Henry James. In Gosford Park Soundtrack
Soundtrack

The term soundtrack refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded so...
, 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.

Filmography

  • 1939
    1939 (film)

    1939 is an upcoming United Kingdom period film drama film written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff and starring Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie, Jeremy Northam, Christopher Lee and David Tennant....
     (2009)
  • Creation
    Creation (2009 film)

    Creation is an upcoming biographical drama film about the life of Charles Darwin. It is directed by Jon Amiel and stars Paul Bettany as Darwin and Jennifer Connelly as his wife, Emma Darwin....
     (2009)
  • Dean Spanley
    Dean Spanley

    Dean Spanley is a 2008 New Zealand and British comedy drama film, with fantasy elements, from Paramount Pictures, Atlantic Film Group and General Film Corporation , directed by Fijian New Zealander Toa Fraser....
     (2008)
  • Fiona's Story (2008) (TV)
  • The Tudors (TV series) (2007-2008)
  • The Invasion
    The Invasion (film)

    The Invasion is a 2007 in film science fiction film starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. The screenplay was written by Dave Kajganich, and it is the fourth film adaptation of the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, following the 1956 in film film Invasion of the Body Snatchers directed by Don Siegel, the 1978 remake...
     (2007)
  • Checkmate (2006)
  • A Cock and Bull Story
    A Cock and Bull Story

    'A Cock and Bull Story' is a 2006 in film United Kingdom comedy Film director by Michael Winterbottom. It is a Story within a story, featuring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon playing themselves as egotistical actors during the making in a screen adaptation of Laurence Sterne's 18th century novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent...
     (2005)
  • Guy X
    Guy X

    Guy X is a 2005 in film black comedy war film directed by Saul Metzstein, based on the novel No One Thinks Of Greenland by John Griesemer....
     (2005)
  • Bobby Jones: A Stroke of Genius
    Bobby Jones: A Stroke of Genius

    Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius is a motion picture based on the life, specifically the golfing career, of Bobby Jones , the first player in the sport to ever consecutively win all four of the men's major golf championships ....
     (2004)
  • The Statement
    The Statement

    The Statement is a 2003 in film drama film film director by Norman Jewison and starring Michael Caine. It is based on The Statement by Brian Moore , with a screenplay screenwriter by Ronald Harwood....
     (2003)
  • The Singing Detective
    The Singing Detective (film)

    The Singing Detective is a 2003 in film based on the BBC miniseries The Singing Detective, a work by Dennis Potter. It stars Robert Downey Jr....
     (2003)
  • Martin and Lewis (2002) (TV)
  • Cypher
    Cypher (film)

    Cypher is a Canada sci-fi thriller released in 2002 in film, directed by Vincenzo Natali and written by Brian King . It stars Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu....
     (2002)
  • Possession (2002)
  • Gosford Park
    Gosford Park

    Gosford Park is a 2001 in film film directed by Robert Altman. The screenplay is by Julian Fellowes, based on an idea by Altman and producer Bob Balaban....
     (2001)
  • Enigma
    Enigma (2001 film)

    Enigma is an English 2001 in film film set during World War II. It stars Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet and is based on the novel Enigma by Robert Harris ....
     (2001)
  • The Golden Bowl
    The Golden Bowl (film)

    The Golden Bowl is a US-UK co-produced Merchant Ivory film, adapted from Henry James' novel The Golden Bowl....
     (2000)
  • The Winslow Boy
    The Winslow Boy (1999 film)

    The Winslow Boy is a 1999 in film film adaptation of Terence Rattigan's dramatic play The Winslow Boy. It was made by Winslow Partners Ltd....
     (1999)
  • An Ideal Husband
    An Ideal Husband (film)

    An Ideal Husband is a 1999 in film feature film based on the play by Oscar Wilde.Starring Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver...
     (1999)
  • Gloria
    Gloria (1999 film)

    Gloria is a remake of Gloria written and directed by John Cassavetes. The remake was directed by Sidney Lumet and starred Sharon Stone as Gloria....
     (1999)
  • Happy, Texas
    Happy, Texas (film)

    Happy, Texas is a comedy film released in 1999 directed by Mark Illsley, and starring Steve Zahn, Jeremy Northam and William H. Macy....
     (1999)
  • The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
  • The Tribe
    The Tribe (film)

    The Tribe could refer to:*The Tribe *The Tribe ...
     (1998) (TV)
  • Amistad
    Amistad (1997 film)

    Amistad is a 1997 in film Steven Spielberg film based on the true story of a slave mutiny that took place aboard a La Amistad in 1839, and the Amistad that followed....
     (1997)
  • Mimic
    Mimic (film)

    Mimic is an American science fiction film horror film, with elements of a slasher film, released in 1997 in film. film director by Guillermo del Toro, the script was inspired by a short story of the same name by Donald A....
     (1997)
  • Emma
    Emma (1996 film)

    Emma is a 1996 in film period film based on the Emma by Jane Austen. Directed by Douglas McGrath, it stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, and Ewan McGregor....
     (1996)
  • Voices (1995)
  • The Net
    The Net (film)

    The Net is a 1995 in film directed by Irwin Winkler and starring Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam and Dennis Miller. The storyline is based on the public fear of Big Brother in the United States....
     (1995)
  • Carrington
    Carrington (film)

    Carrington is a film released in 1995 in film about the life of the England artist Dora Carrington, who was known simply as Carrington....
     (1995)
  • A Village Affair (1994) (BBC TV)
  • Wuthering Heights
    Emily Brontė's Wuthering Heights

    Emily Bront?'s Wuthering Heights was a 1992 feature film adaptation of Emily Bront? novel Wuthering Heights.Paramount Pictures was forced to use the author's name in the title of the film as Samuel Goldwyn Studio owned the rights to the simple title Wuthering Heights due to the copyright on their Wuthering Heights of the novel....
     (1992)
  • A Fatal Inversion
    A Fatal Inversion

    A Fatal Inversion is a 1987 novel by Ruth Rendell, written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. The novel won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger in that year and, in 1987, was also shortlisted for the Dagger of Daggers, a special award to select the best Gold Dagger winner of the award's 50 year history....
     (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
    Wish Me Luck

    'Wish Me Luck' is a United Kingdom television drama about the exploits of British women agents during the Second World War. The series was made by London Weekend Television for the ITV network between 1987 and 1989 and created by Lavinia Warner and Jill Hyem, who had previously produced and written the BBC women prisoner of war series Ten...
     (1987-88) (TV series)


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