Jeremy Northam: photo, biography, personal life

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Jeremy Northam is a popular English actor. He was married to actress Lisa Moreau. Known in the UK and abroad mainly as a theater actor. Many have seen Jeremy in the television series The Crown, Poirot, The Tudors, in the feature film Wuthering Heights.

The actor is 188 centimeters tall.

Childhood

Jeremy was born on 1961-01-12 in Cambridge, England. His full name is Jeremy Philip Northam. The actor's father, John Northam, professor, taught foreign literature at the University of Cambridge, translated books by foreign writers into English.

Jeremy's mother, Rachel, was also a teacher. The future actor was the youngest of four children. Jeremy has two older brothers and a sister.

The actor's parents did not live very richly. The family valued books and knowledge more than material values. Thanks to this, even before starting school, the boy read well and was developed beyond his years. When it came time to send him to school, the teachersthey advised to move Northam up two classes at once.

All Jeremy's childhood, his father was engaged in the translation of plays, so the boy became interested in theater at an early age. Already at the age of six, he began to participate in the productions of the children's theater.

When the future actor turned eleven, his family moved to the city of Bristol. The boy stopped playing on stage for a while, but he did not stop loving the theater. To be closer to his dream, Jeremy Northam got a part-time job in the theater.

Student years

After leaving school, Northam followed in his father's footsteps. He entered the University of London at the Faculty of Philology. The guy studied English language and literature at Bedford College, but he never graduated. He understood that English literature was not for him.

All Northam's thoughts were about acting. In his dreams, Jeremy was transferred to the day when he will achieve recognition and fame, and his photo will appear in all the newspapers. Jeremy Northam, whose personal life at that time was boring and mundane, decided to drastically change his fate.

Career start

A theater school worked at the Bristol city theater "Old Vic". It was there that the future actor entered, dropping out of college. In parallel with his studies, Jeremy played in local theater productions, was fond of pantomime.

In the late 80s, Jeremy made his way to television. One of his first works is the picture "Suspicion" directed by Andrew Grieve in 1987. Like all aspiring film and television actors, at firstJeremy has appeared in small and cameo roles.

In 1989, Northam was invited to work at the National Theatre. In the production of Hamlet, the actor played the role of Osric. One day the main actor - the performer of the role of Hamlet - fell ill, and he urgently needed a replacement. It was decided to send Jeremy Northam to the stage as Hamlet.

Jeremy didn't have time to rehearse, but he knew the role well and always dreamed of playing it. Critics praised the work of the young actor, it gave a good impetus to his theatrical career.

The following year, Northam played the role of Edward in the production of "Voysey's Legacy" based on the play by Harley Granville Barker. For this role, Jeremy was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in the Most Promising Actor category.

In 1992, the successful young actor was hired by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Here he played Philip from the play "Gordon's Gift" by playwright Peter Schafer, Horner from "The Country Wife" by William Wycherly, and Biron in the production of "Love's Labour's Lost" based on Shakespeare's work.

Cinema

Northam began acting in feature films in 1992. At that time, he took part in the projects "Fatal Inversion" directed by Tim Fyvell and "Wuthering Heights" directed by Peter Kozminsky.

The painting "Wuthering Heights" is a film adaptation of the work of the famous English writer Emily Bronte. Filmed at the studioParamount. Jeremy played the role of Hindley Earnshaw in the film, while the main roles went to actors Paul Jeffery, Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.

The melodramatic period film was warmly received by audiences and critics alike. The role of Hindley Earnshaw was one of the best of Northam's career.

Northam started acting actively in films in 1995. Films by Jeremy Northam of the period: "The Net", "Carrington", "Voices from the Locked Room", "Country Romance", "Emma" and others.

In the thriller "Network" directed by Irwin Winkler, Northam played one of the main roles - the negative character, cyber-terrorist Jack Devlin. The main female role in the film was played by actress Sandra Bullock.

According to the plot, Angela Bennett, a software testing specialist, is working on some kind of Trojan program that terrorists are trying to introduce into the country's most important social facilities. Due to an emergency at work, Angela is sent on vacation. She is going to Mexico for a vacation. Here Jack Devlin meets a girl. All Jack needs from Angela is a floppy disk with the program. For the sake of this diskette, he is ready to do anything.

The budget of the picture was 22 million dollars. It grossed over $110 million at the box office. Reviews of the painting "Network" were mostly positive.

TV series

In 2007, CBC, BBC and Showtime launched a new historical television series"The Tudors". The creator of the project, Michael Hirst, filmed it with the joint efforts of television companies in Britain, Ireland and Canada.

The action of the television series takes place in 16th century England. Particular attention in the series was paid to the era of the reign of King Henry VIII.

Northam in the project got the role of the English philosopher and writer Sir Thomas More. He starred in The Tudors for the first two seasons. The series ran for four seasons in total.

The roles in the project were played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Natalie Dormer, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Nick Dunning and other actors.

The Tudors have received multiple Golden Globe, Saturn and Emmy nominations.

In 2016, Jeremy played the role of Count Anthony Eden in the television series The Crown. The Crown is a project by Peter Morgan. The plot is based on the life of the British royal family in the middle of the 20th century.

The series also starred Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Atkins and others.

The show has already received many prestigious awards such as Emmy, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Awards

There are not many TV and cinema awards in the actor's asset yet. In 2002, Jeremy received the Screen Actors Guild Award for his participation in the film "Gosford Park" in the nomination "Best Cast". In 2017, in the same nomination and for the same award, the actor was nominated for his work on the television series The Crown.

Private life and family

JeremyNortham was married to the little-known actress Lisa Moreau. The couple married in April 2005.

From 1997 to 2000 Lisa starred in the television series Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. From then until 2013, nothing was heard about the girl in the world of cinema. Now Moreau has returned to her acting career. She plays small and episodic roles in little-known films. Northam and Moreau divorced in 2009. The actor has no children.

The press has no information about whether Northam's heart is busy now. Jeremy does not like to advertise his personal relationships.