He has two older brothers, Christopher and Tim, and an older sister, Kate. Through them he has 10 nieces and nephews, plus some great nieces and nephews.
Jeremy Northam is an English actor. He was born on December 1, 1961, in Cambridge, England. His parents are John and Rachel Northam. He has two sisters, Jane and Sarah. Northam was educated at Winchester College and Brasenose College, Oxford.
He began his acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Northam has appeared in many films and television shows. His film credits include The Tudors, The Winslow Boy, Gosford Park, and The Golden Bowl. His television credits include The Bletchley Circle, Whitechapel, and Endeavour.
Northam has been married to actress Lucy Russell since 2006. They have two daughters.
General Info
Full Name
Jeremy Northam
Date Of Birth
December 1, 1961
Height
1.88 m
Profession
Actor, Singer
Education
Bristol Grammar School, Bedford College, London, University of London, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Family
Spouse
Liz Moro
Parents
John Northam, Rachel Northam
Siblings
Christopher Northam, Kate Northam, Tim Northam
Accomplishments
Awards
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Satellite Award for Best Ensemble – Motion Picture, London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year, Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer...
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Movies
Emma, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Gosford Park, The Net, An Ideal Husband, The Invasion, Dean Spanley, Eye In The Sky, Mimic, Happy, Texas, Our Kind of Traitor, The Winslow Boy, The Golden Bowl, Possession, Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, Cypher, Glorious 39, Enigma, Guy X, A Cock and Bull Story, Amis...
TV Shows
Miami Medical, The Tudors, Wish Me Luck, Piece of Cake, The Crown
I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate. Not just about the thing itself, but also producing aesthetic, stylistic, political and moral discussions.
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Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It's a paradox that's at the heart of any kind of storytelling.
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All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth about us or about human nature or about human situations without being tied into the minutia of documentary events. Otherwise we might as well just make documentaries.
Facts
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Fact
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Majored in English at London University, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
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Has a flat in Marylebone and formerly owned a house three miles from the coast in Norfolk, where he liked to cook fish.
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He has two older brothers, Christopher and Tim, and an older sister, Kate. Through them he has 10 nieces and nephews, plus some great nieces and nephews.
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He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1990 (1989 season) for Most Promising Newcomer for his performance in "The Voysey Inheritance".
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While playing the small role of "Osric" and understudying the title role in a 1989 production of "Hamlet", Jeremy replaced star Daniel Day-Lewis when the actor had a total breakdown in mid-performance.
performer: "All Things Bright and Beautiful" - uncredited
Martin and Lewis
2002
TV Movie performer: "That's Amore" - uncredited
Gosford Park
2001
performer: "Nuts in May" 1921, "The Land of Might-Have-Been" 1924, "And Her Mother Came Too" 1921, "I Can Give You the Starlight" 1939, "What a Duke Should Be" 1916, "Why Isn't It You" 1937, "Keep the Home Fires Burning" 1915
The Net
1995
performer: "MOON RIVER"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Entertainment Tonight
2010
TV Series
Himself
On the Edge of War: Uncovering 'Glorious 39'
2010
Video short
Himself
Breakfast
2008
TV Series
Himself
We've Been Snatched Before
2008
Video documentary short
Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1996-2002
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Behind the Scenes of 'Possession'
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself
8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
2002
TV Special
Himself
A Salute to Robert Altman, an American Maverick
2002
TV Movie
Himself
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
2002
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Daily Show
2002
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
TV Short documentary
Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1997
TV Series
Himself - Guest
HBO First Look
1995
TV Series documentary short
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Farewall to the King: Michael Hirst on The Tudors Finale
2010
Video short
Sir Thomas More (uncredited)
The Tudors
2010
TV Series
Sir Thomas More
Awards
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2003
International Fantasy Film Award
Fantasporto
Best Actor
Cypher (2002)
2002
Critics Choice Award
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Best Acting Ensemble
Gosford Park (2001)
2002
FFCC Award
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Ensemble Cast
Gosford Park (2001)
2002
OFCS Award
Online Film Critics Society Awards
Best Ensemble
Gosford Park (2001)
2002
Special Achievement Award
Satellite Awards
Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
Gosford Park (2001)
2002
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
Gosford Park (2001)
2002
Best Actor
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
Cypher (2002)
2000
Evening Standard British Film Award
Evening Standard British Film Awards
Best Actor
An Ideal Husband (1999)
2000
ALFS Award
London Critics Circle Film Awards
British Actor of the Year
Happy, Texas (1999)
1999
Best British Performance
Edinburgh International Film Festival
The Winslow Boy (1999)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2017
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
