Stephen Moyer
Encyclopedia
Stephen Moyer is an English actor who has starred as vampire Bill Compton in the HBO series True Blood
since 2008.
. He attended St Martin's School
, a comprehensive school
in Hutton, Essex
, and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
.
He became Brentwood Theatre's first patron in October 2007, especially supporting their "Reaching Out, Building On" campaign to help fund the 2008 completion of backstage facilities.
After graduating from LAMDA, Stephen Moyer worked in theatre for five years. He worked with the National Theatre of Wales, the Royal Shakespeare Company
and the Oxford Stage Company, work which included going on tour and playing Romeo in productions of Romeo and Juliet
. He then made the transition to television and film.
, who plays his character's love interest in the HBO series True Blood
. They had been dating since filming the series pilot in 2007. On 21 August 2010, Moyer and Paquin married at a private residence in Malibu, California. They reside in Venice, Los Angeles.
Moyer has a son, Billy, born in 2000, and a daughter, Lilac, born in 2002, from previous relationships.
True Blood
True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
since 2008.
Early life and career
Moyer was born in Brentwood, EssexBrentwood, Essex
Brentwood is a town and the principal settlement of the Borough of Brentwood, in the county of Essex in the east of England. It is located in the London commuter belt, 20 miles east north-east of Charing Cross in London, and near the M25 motorway....
. He attended St Martin's School
St Martin's School
St Martin's School is a comprehensive school in Hutton, Brentwood.St. Martin's is a co-educational, comprehensive, foundation school for pupils aged 11 to 19 years. In 2000 the DfES designated St. Martin's as a national beacon school of excellence and in 2005 the DfES designated St...
, a comprehensive school
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in Hutton, Essex
Hutton, Essex
Hutton is a former country village in south Essex. Today, it acts more as a commuter suburb of Brentwood. It has good links to Central London via Shenfield train station which is just from Hutton...
, and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art is a leading British drama school in west London. LAMDA's president is Timothy West and its new principal is Joanna Read, who recently succeeded Peter James...
.
He became Brentwood Theatre's first patron in October 2007, especially supporting their "Reaching Out, Building On" campaign to help fund the 2008 completion of backstage facilities.
After graduating from LAMDA, Stephen Moyer worked in theatre for five years. He worked with the National Theatre of Wales, the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
and the Oxford Stage Company, work which included going on tour and playing Romeo in productions of Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
. He then made the transition to television and film.
Personal life
On 5 August 2009, it was confirmed that Moyer had become engaged to Anna PaquinAnna Paquin
Anna Helene Paquin is a Canadian-born New Zealand actress. Paquin's first critically successful film was The Piano, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1994 at the age of 11 – the second youngest winner in history...
, who plays his character's love interest in the HBO series True Blood
True Blood
True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
. They had been dating since filming the series pilot in 2007. On 21 August 2010, Moyer and Paquin married at a private residence in Malibu, California. They reside in Venice, Los Angeles.
Moyer has a son, Billy, born in 2000, and a daughter, Lilac, born in 2002, from previous relationships.
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Prince Valiant Prince Valiant (1997 film) Prince Valiant is a 1997 independent sword and sorcery film directed by Anthony Hickox. It is based on the long running Prince Valiant comic strip of Hal Foster, some panels of which were used in the movie.-Plot:... |
Prince Valiant | |
| 1998 | Comic Act | Danny | |
| 2000 | Quills | Prouix, the Architect | |
| 2001 | Trinity Trinity (film) Trinity is a 2001 cult science fiction film. It was written and directed by Gary Boulton-Brown, and stars Tom McCamus , Lucy Akhurst , and Stephen Moyer .-Plot summary:... |
Brach | |
| 2004 | Deadlines | Alex Randal | |
| 2005 | Undiscovered Undiscovered Undiscovered is a 2005 film directed by Meiert Avis. The plot is about a group of aspiring entertainers who intend to establish their careers in Los Angeles. Released on August 26, 2005, the film received a largely negative reception - as of January 8, 2008 the film had a 7% rating at Rotten... |
Mick Benson | |
| 2007 | 88 Minutes 88 Minutes 88 Minutes is a 2007 American thriller film directed by Jon Avnet starring Al Pacino, Benjamin McKenzie, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, and Neal McDonough. Filming began in the Vancouver area on October 8, 2005 and wrapped in December 2005... |
Guy LaForge | |
| Alternate Endings | Editor | ||
| 2008 | Restraint Restraint (2008 film) Restraint is a 2008 Australian thriller film, directed by David Denneen, written by Dave Warner and starring Stephen Moyer, Travis Fimmel and Teresa Palmer. The film was shot on location around New South Wales, Australia in mid-2005. Working titles during production were, Ravenswood, Guests and... |
Andrew | |
| 2010 | Open House | Josh | |
| 2011 | Priest | Owen Pace | |
| The Caller The Caller (2010 film) The Caller is a supernatural thriller directed by Matthew Parkhill and written by Sergio Casci, starring Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer and Lorna Raver. The movie was filmed totally in Puerto Rico... |
John Guidi | ||
| The Double The Double (film) The Double is a 2011 spy film, starring Richard Gere and Topher Grace, released on October 28, 2011.-Plot:A retired CIA operative is paired with a young FBI agent to unravel the mystery of a senator's murder, with all signs pointing to a Soviet assassin.... |
Russian assassin | ||
| 2012 | The Barrens The Barrens (film) The Barrens is an upcoming horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and starring Stephen Moyer.-Plot:A man takes his wife and two children on a camping trip in the New Jersey Pine Barrens and becomes convinced they are being stalked by the legendary monster the Jersey Devil.... |
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Television
| Year | Series | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1994 | Conjugal Rites Conjugal Rites - Performance history :Conjugal Rites was first performed in the United Kingdom at the Watford Palace Theatre on 24 January 1991. It starred Nicky Henson and Gwen Taylor.... |
Philip Masefield | 13 episodes |
| 1995 | Castles | Martin Franks | 16 episodes |
| 1996 | Lord of Misrule | Olly | TV movie |
| Cadfael Cadfael Brother Cadfael is the fictional main character in a series of historical murder mysteries written between 1977 and 1994 by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter under the name "Ellis Peters". The character of Cadfael himself is a Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey, in western England,... |
Godwin | Episode: "A Morbid Taste for Bones" | |
| 1997 | A Touch of Frost | D.C. Burton | Episode: "Penny for the Guy" |
| The Grand The Grand (TV series) The Grand was a British television drama series first broadcast on ITV in 1997-1998. It was written by Russell T Davies and set in a hotel in Manchester in the 1920s.... |
Stephen Bannerman | 8 Episodes | |
| 1998 | Ultraviolet Ultraviolet (TV serial) Ultraviolet is a 1998 British television serial written and directed by Joe Ahearne and starring Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba and Philip Quast. It was produced by World Productions for Channel 4.-Synopsis:... |
Jack Beresford | Episode: "Habeas Corpus" Episode: "Persona Non Grata" |
| 1999 | Highlander: The Raven Highlander: The Raven Highlander: The Raven was a short-lived spin-off from the television series Highlander, continuing the saga of a female Immortal. The series followed the character of Amanda , an Immortal who had a recurring role in Highlander: The Series... |
Jeremy Dexter | Episode: "Thick as Thieves" |
| Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was... |
Christopher Wainwright | Episode: "Death in Disguise" | |
| Life Support | Dr. Tom Scott | Unknow episodes | |
| Cold Feet Cold Feet Cold Feet is a British comedy-drama television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network. The series was created and principally written by Mike Bullen as a follow-up to his award-winning 1997 Comedy Premiere of the same name. The storyline follows three couples experiencing the... |
Nick Marsden | Episode: #2.5 | |
| 2000 | The Secret | Marcel Birkstead | TV movie |
| Sunburn Sunburn (TV series) Sunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday reps. It was broadcast on BBC One between 16 January 1999 and 1 May 2000, running for two series of six and eight episodes respectively. The first was set and filmed in Cyprus and the second in Algarve... |
Trevor Watts | Episode: #2.1 | |
| Peak Practice Peak Practice Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time... |
Chris Rhodes | Episode: "Hit and Run" | |
| 2001 | Princess of Thieves Princess of Thieves Princess of Thieves is a romantic action-adventure TV movie starring Keira Knightley, produced by Granada Productions in 2001 and first broadcast on The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC in the United States that same year... |
Prince Philip | TV movie |
| Men Only | Jason | TV movie | |
| Uprising Uprising (film) Uprising is a 2001 war/drama television movie about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Avnet and Paul Brickman... |
Simcha Rotem Simcha Rotem Simcha Rotem born Szymon Rathajzer, also known as Kazik , served as the head courier of the Jewish Fighting Organization , which planned and executed the Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis.-The Warsaw ghetto:In 1942 he joined the ZOB... (nom de guerre: Kazik) |
TV movie | |
| 2002 | Menace | Mark | TV movie |
| 2003 | Perfect | Mark | TV movie |
| Entrusted | David Quatermain | TV movie | |
| 2004 | NY-LON NY-LON NY-LON is a British drama series that aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. The series was created and written by Simon Burke and Anya Camilleri... |
Michael Antonioni | 7 Episodes |
| The Final Quest | Young Danny Duke | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Waking the Dead Waking the Dead (TV series) Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series... |
Steven Hunt | Episode: "Undertow: Part 1" |
| 2006 | Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
Dr. Mark Ellis | Episode: "Waste of Space" |
| 2007 | Lillies Lilies (BBC TV series) Lilies is a British period-drama television series, written by Heidi Thomas, which ran for one eight-episode series in early 2007 on BBC One. The show's tagline was "Liverpool, 1920... |
Mr. Brazendale | 8 Episodes |
| The Starter Wife | Sam | 6 Episodes | |
| Empathy | Jimmy Collins | TV movie | |
| 2008–present | True Blood True Blood True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana... |
Bill Compton | Regular |
| 2010 | Ice | Peterson | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Transformers: Darkness Rising | Barricade Barricade (Transformers) Barricade is the name of four fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Generation 1:Barricade first featured in 1990 as part of a Decepticon race track patrol team, his vehicle mode being a Formula One racing car.... |
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Awards
- 2009 – Won, Satellite Award for Best TV Ensemble for True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
- 2009 – Won, Scream Award for "Best Actor in a Horror Movie or TV Show," for True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
- 2009 – Nominated, Teen Choice Award for "Choice Summer TV Star: Male," for True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
- 2010 – Nominated, Saturn AwardSaturn AwardThe Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. The Saturn Awards were devised by Dr. Donald A. Reed in 1972, who felt that films within...
for "Best Actor in Television" for True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana... - 2010 – Nominated, Teen Choice Award for "Choice Summer TV Star: Male," for True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
- 2010 – Nominated, Scream Award for "Best Horror Actor" for True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
- 2010 – Won, Scream Award for "Holy Sh*t! Scene of the Year" for True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
- 2010 – Nominated, Satellite Award for "Best Actor in a TV Drama Series" for True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
- 2011 – Won, Saturn AwardSaturn AwardThe Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. The Saturn Awards were devised by Dr. Donald A. Reed in 1972, who felt that films within...
for "Best Actor in Television" for True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana... - 2011 – Nominated, Scream Award for "Best Horror Actor" for True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...