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Jeremy Northam is a Actor British born on 1 december 1961 at Cambridge (United-kingdom)

Jeremy Northam

Jeremy Northam
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Birth name Jeremy Philip Northam
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 december 1961 (62 years) at Cambridge (United-kingdom)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award

Jeremy Philip Northam (born 1 December 1961) is an English actor.

He is best known for his roles in the films Gosford Park, Emma, Amistad, The Winslow Boy, Enigma, Martin and Lewis, and as Thomas More in the Showtime series The Tudors. Most recently, he starred in the BBC Two drama White Heat.

Biography

Northam was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, the youngest of four siblings. His mother, Rachel (née 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 lecturer (first at Clare College, Cambridge and later at Bristol). Northam was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Bedford College, University of London (BA English 1984) now part of Royal Holloway, 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.

Best films

Emma (1996)
(Actor)

Usually with

Gavin Hood
Gavin Hood
(2 films)
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson
(2 films)
Mark Illsley
Mark Illsley
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jeremy Northam (36 films)

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Actor

Official Secrets, 1h52
Directed by Gavin Hood
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors Keira Knightley, Matthew Smith, Matthew Goode, Ralph Fiennes, Indira Varma, Rhys Ifans
Roles Ken MacDonald
Rating72% 3.6489753.6489753.6489753.6489753.648975
2003. Les Etats-Unis et l'Angleterre s'apprêtent à intervenir en Irak car l’administration Bush prétexte, sans preuve plausible, que Saddam Hussein détient des armes de destruction massive. Employée des renseignements britanniques, au sein du Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Katharine Gun reçoit dans ses courriels un mémo secret indiquant que les États-Unis sollicitent l'aide de la Grande-Bretagne pour rassembler des informations compromettantes sur certains délégués du Conseil de l'ONU afin de les obliger à voter en faveur de l'invasion. S'ils votent contre, elles seront divulguées publiquement. Stupéfaite, Gun hésite à révéler la machination liée à cette intervention illégale. Malgré tout, elle envoie anonymement le mémo à la presse afin de tenter d'empêcher la guerre qui s'annonce inutile et aux conséquences désastreuses. Mais, en choisissant d'exposer cette vaste conspiration politique, la lanceuse d'alerte met en danger sa vie, son couple, sa liberté et son sens du patriotisme. Car sa décision est considérée comme une trahison aux yeux des services secrets britanniques.
The Man Who Knew Infinity, 1h48
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about mathematics
Actors Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Kevin McNally, Jeremy Northam, Stephen Fry, Toby Jones
Roles Bertrand Russell
Rating71% 3.5998253.5998253.5998253.5998253.599825
Srinivasa Ramanujan est l'un des plus grands mathématiciens de notre temps. Élevé à Madras en Inde, il intègre la prestigieuse université de Cambridge en Angleterre pendant la Première Guerre mondiale et y développe de nombreuses théories mathématiques sous l'égide de son professeur G.H. Hardy.
Our Kind of Traitor, 1h48
Directed by Susanna White
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Damian Lewis, Naomie Harris, Mark Gatiss, Jeremy Northam
Roles Aubrey Longrigg
Rating61% 3.098323.098323.098323.098323.09832
A British couple, Perry (McGregor) and Gail (Harris), get embroiled with a Russian oligarch and high-profile money launderer Dima (Skarsgård) while on holiday in Marrakech. Dima leads them into a tortuous journey through Paris, the Swiss Alps and London.
Eye in the Sky, 1h42
Directed by Gavin Hood
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Robot films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Iain Glen
Roles Brian Woodale
Rating72% 3.6474753.6474753.6474753.6474753.647475
Colonel Katherine Powell (Mirren) leads a secret drone mission to capture a terrorist group living in a safehouse in Nairobi, Kenya. When Powell learns that the group plans to carry out a suicide attack, her objective is changed to kill the terrorists. Drone pilot Steve Watts (Paul) targets the safehouse for destruction but reports a nine-year-old girl entering the kill zone. Powell contacts politicians and lawyers to determine whether or not to take action.
Glorious 39, 2h3
Directed by Stephen Poliakoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie, David Tennant, Christopher Lee, Eddie Redmayne
Roles Joseph Balcombe
Rating63% 3.1973.1973.1973.1973.197
In present-day London, Michael Walton (Toby Regbo) visits his cousins, Walter and Oliver Page (Christopher Lee and Corin Redgrave). Michael, interested in family history, asks them about his great aunt, Anne Keyes (Romola Garai), the sister of his grandmother, Celia (Juno Temple). Anne, an actress, was the eldest of the three Keyes children; desperate for children, her father, Member of the House of Commons, Alexander (Bill Nighy) and mother, Maud (Jenny Agutter) had adopted her, however, Maud then gave birth to Ralph (Eddie Redmayne) and Celia. Michael is curious to learn what happened to Anne, which leads Walter to reminisce of the summer of 1939, at the Keyes estate in Norfolk.
Creation
Creation (2009)
, 1h48
Directed by Jon Amiel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Northam, Toby Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Campbell
Roles John Brodie-Innes
Rating65% 3.2987053.2987053.2987053.2987053.298705
British naturalist Charles Darwin is a young father who lives a quiet life in an idyllic village. He is a brilliant and deeply emotional man, devoted to his wife and children. Darwin is especially fond of his eldest daughter Annie, a precocious and inquisitive ten-year-old. He teaches her much about nature and science, including his theory of evolution, and tells her stories of his travels. Her favourite story, despite the sad ending, is about the young orangutan Jenny, who is brought from Borneo to the London Zoo, where she finally died of pneumonia in the arms of her keeper. Darwin is furious when he learns that the family clergyman has made Annie kneel on rock salt as punishment for contradicting him about dinosaurs, as their existence and extinction contradicts the church's position that life is unchanging and that the Earth is very young.
Dean Spanley, 1h40
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about religion
Actors Jeremy Northam, Peter O'Toole, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Judy Parfitt, Dudley Sutton
Roles Narrator - Fisk Junior
Rating71% 3.5988353.5988353.5988353.5988353.598835
The screenplay is an adaptation of fantasy author Lord Dunsany's My Talks with Dean Spanley, a 14-chapter novella published in 1936. It is set in Edwardian England.
The Invasion, 1h38
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Veronica Cartwright, Roger Rees
Roles Tucker Kaufman
Rating59% 2.951122.951122.951122.951122.95112
After the space shuttle Patriot crashes on Earth, a fungus-like alien lifeform is discovered on the remaining parts scattered over US territory. Once people come into contact with the organism, they are controlled by it when they enter REM sleep. One of the first people infected is Tucker Kaufman, a CDC director investigating the crash.
A Cock and Bull Story, 1h34
Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical
Themes Films about films
Actors Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes, Shirley Henderson, Raymond Waring, Stephen Fry
Roles Mark
Rating66% 3.347373.347373.347373.347373.34737
A Cock and Bull Story depicts Steve Coogan playing himself as an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life. Coogan is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's, calling himself the "co-lead".
Guy X
Guy X (2005)
, 1h41
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Jason Biggs, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Northam, Michael Ironside
Roles Col. Woolwrap
Rating50% 2.504272.504272.504272.504272.50427
The movie takes place after the Vietnam War in 1979 and revolves around Corporal Rudy Spruance (Jason Biggs), a soldier mistakenly sent to Qangattarsa, a U.S. Army Medical Corps base in the Arctic instead of his official base in Hawaii. He soon finds out that his records have accidentally been replaced by the records of Corporal Martin Pederson, who probably has been sent to Hawaii. While he is posted as the base's PIO (Public Information Officer), he finds out that underneath the base, there is a secret and classified hospital ward, where the near-insane commanding officer, Lt. Col. L. G. Woolwrap (Jeremy Northam), has been ordered to keep soldiers from a secret mission led by himself in the Vietnam War who have incurable wounds.
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, 2h8
Directed by Rowdy Herrington
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Golf films
Actors Jim Caviezel, Claire Forlani, Devon Gearhart, Jeremy Northam, Malcolm McDowell, Aidan Quinn
Roles Walter Hagen
Rating65% 3.296273.296273.296273.296273.29627
In 1936, golfer Bobby Jones comes to Scotland to visit the Old Course at St. Andrews. Unsure of his reception, he is warmly welcomed by many spectators.
The Singing Detective
Directed by Jon Amiel, Keith Gordon
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Michael Gambon, Jim Carter, Robin Wright, David Dorfman, Mel Gibson
Roles Mark Binney
Rating53% 2.6988552.6988552.6988552.6988552.698855
Dan Dark, écrivain rongé par une lente maladie dégénérative du cerveau, ne peut trouver la guérison qu'en s'immergeant dans un monde onirique qu'il a créé pour les besoins de l'un de ses ouvrages. Toutefois ce monde onirique s'insinue au fil du temps dans le monde réel.
The Singing Detective, 1h49
Directed by Keith Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Films about sexuality, Musical films
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Jeremy Northam, David Dorfman, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody
Roles Mark Binney
Rating53% 2.6988552.6988552.6988552.6988552.698855
Suffering from the skin disease psoriasis and crippling psoriatic arthritis, detective novelist Dan Dark is in such pain in a hospital that he begins to delve into fantasy, resulting in several storylines told simultaneously:
The Statement, 2h
Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Northam, Alan Bates, Charlotte Rampling, Ciarán Hinds
Roles Colonel Roux
Rating61% 3.096423.096423.096423.096423.09642
Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine), a French Nazi collaborator, orders seven Jews executed during World War II. Some 40 years later, he is pursued by "David Manenbaum" (Matt Craven), a hitman who is under orders to kill Brossard and leave a printed 'Statement' on his body proclaiming the assassination was vengeance for the Jews executed in 1944. Brossard kills "Manenbaum," hiding the dead body after finding the printed "Statement" and discovering that his pursuer was travelling on a Canadian passport. Brossard for years has taken refuge in sanctuaries in southern France within the Traditionalist Catholic community, appealing to long-time allies who have operated in great secrecy to shield him and provide him with funds. But now they bring increased scrutiny to themselves for continuing to do so.
Cypher
Cypher (2002)
, 1h35
Directed by Vincenzo Natali
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Films about altered memories, Spy films, Films about computing, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Actors Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu, Nigel Bennett, Timothy Webber, David Hewlett, Kari Matchett
Roles Morgan Sullivan
Rating66% 3.3493053.3493053.3493053.3493053.349305
Morgan Sullivan (Northam), a recently unemployed accountant, is bored with his suburban life. Pressured by his wife to take a job with her father's company, he instead pursues a position in corporate espionage. Digicorp's Head of Security, Finster (Bennett), inducts Morgan and assigns him a new identity. As Jack Thursby, he is sent to conventions to secretly record presentations and transmit them to headquarters. Sullivan is soon haunted by recurring nightmares and neck pain. When he meets Rita Foster (Liu) from a competing corporation, his life starts to become complicated.