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Actor Jeremy Northam Profile:

Jeremy Northam

Profile:
Famous as: Actor
Birth Name: Jeremy Philip Northam
Birth Date: December 01, 1961
Birth Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Claim to fame: As Ivor Novello in ?Gosford Park? (2001)

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Biography:
Jeremy Philip Northam was born in Cambridge, England to parents John and Rachel, both university professors. John Northam is best known for his translations of Henrik Ibsen. Jeremy graduated from Bedford College, University of London, in 1984 with a bachelor of arts degree in English Literature. Northam was the recipient of the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award ? the British equivalent of the Tony ? for outstanding newcomer, for his 1990 performance as ?Edward Voysey?, the moral pivot of the Royal National Theatre revival of the 1905 play, ?The Voysey Inheritance?. In 1994, he made his American film debut in the thriller, The Net (1995), with Sandra Bullock, followed by his beloved portrayal of ?Mr. Knightley? in Miramax?s Emma (1996), starring opposite Gwyneth Paltrow. Northam has continued to thrill his audiences with his many acclaimed performances, which include big budget productions, smart, independent projects and even television and audio books.

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Personal life:
Northam was born in Cambridge, the youngest of four siblings. His mother, Rachel (n?e Howard), was a potter and professor of economics, and his father, John Northam, was a professor of literature and theatre, as well as being an Ibsen specialist and teacher (first at Clare College, Cambridge and later at Bristol). Northam was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Bedford College, University of London, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He married Canadian film/television make-up artist Liz Moro in April 2005, though they later divorced.

Creation movie still

Career:

Screen and stage:
Northam performed at the Royal National Theatre ? he replaced Daniel Day-Lewis 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, 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).

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In 2002 he starred in the film Cypher alongside Lucy Liu. 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 2007 and 2008, he portrayed Thomas More on the Showtime series, The Tudors. He played John Brodie-Innes in the 2009 film Creation, based on the life of Charles Darwin.

Lindsay Duncan and Jeremy Northam

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. 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.?

Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam

Trivia:
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.
He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1990 (1989 season) for Most Promising Newcomer for his performance in ?The Voysey Inheritance?.
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.
Has a flat in Marylebone and formerly owned a house three miles from the coast in Norfolk, where he liked to cook fish.
Majored in English at London University, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Jeremy Northam at Blood River Hollywood Premiere

Personal Quotes:
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.
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.
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.

Jeremy Northam attends an event

Filmography:
Late Quartet, A (2012)
oMiami Medical (2010) ? TV
Glorious 39 (2009)
Creation (2009)
Dean Spanley (2008)
The Tudors (2007) ? TV
The Invasion (2007)
The Payback (2006)
Guy X (2005)
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius (2004)
The Statement (2003)
The Singing Detective (2003)
Possession (2002)
Cypher (2002)
Martin and Lewis (2002) ? TM
Gosford Park (2001)
Enigma (2001)
The Golden Bowl (2000)
An Ideal Husband (1999)
The Winslow Boy (1999)
Happy, Texas (1999)
Gloria (1999)
The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
The Tribe (1998) ? TV
Amistad (1997)
Mimic (1997)
Emma (1996)
Carrington (1995)
The Net (1995)
Voices (1995)
A Village Affair (1994)
Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1992)
Wuthering Heights (1992)
A Fatal Inversion (1992) ? TM
Journey?s End (1988) ? TM
Piece of Cake (1988) ? TV
Suspicion (1987) ? TM
Wish Me Luck (1987) ? TV

Jeremy Northam awards

Awards:
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2002
Won BFCA Award
category Best Acting Ensemble for Gosford Park (2001)
shared with Eileen Atkins; Michael Gambon; Clive Owen

Chlotrudis Awards
1997
Got nomination for Chlotrudis Award
category Best Supporting Actor for Emma (1996)

Edinburgh International Film Festival
1999
Won Best British Performance
for The Winslow Boy (1999)

Evening Standard British Film Awards
2000
Won Evening Standard British Film Award
category Best Actor for An Ideal Husband (1999)

Fantasporto
2003
Won International Fantasy Film Award
category Best Actor for Cypher (2002)

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2002
Won FFCC Award
category Best Ensemble Cast for Gosford Park (2001)
shared with Kristin Scott Thomas; Emily Watson; Kelly Macdonald

Laurence Olivier Awards
1990
Won Laurence Olivier Award
category Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre for ?The Voysey Inheritance?

London Critics Circle Film Awards
2000
Won ALFS Award
category British Actor of the Year for Happy, Texas (1999)

Online Film Critics Society Awards
2002
Won OFCS Award
category Best Ensemble for Gosford Park (2001)
shared with Alan Bates; Ryan Phillippe; Eileen Atkins

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2002
Got nomination for PFCS Award
category Best Acting Ensemble for Gosford Park (2001)
shared with Alan Bates; Ryan Phillippe; Eileen Atkins

Satellite Awards
2002
Won Special Achievement Award
category Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble for Gosford Park (2001)
shared with Helen Mirren; Clive Owen; Ryan Phillippe

Screen Actors Guild Awards
2002
Won Actor Award
category Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture for Gosford Park (2001)
shared with Eileen Atkins; Michael Gambon; Clive Owen

Sitges ? Catalonian International Film Festival
2002
Won Best Actor
for Cypher (2002)

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