Jason Flemyng

Jason Iain Flemyng (born 25 September 1966) is an English actor. He is known for his work with British filmmakers Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughn appearing in the Ritchie films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch (2000), (both films were also produced by Vaughn) and appearing in Vaughn's films Layer Cake (2004), Kick-Ass (2010), and X-Men: First Class (2011).

He has also appeared in Hollywood productions such as Rob Roy (1995), the Alan Moore comic book adaptations From Hell (2001) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Transporter 2 (2005), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). He has also appeared in prominent roles in both theatre and television in the UK. Flemyng speaks French fluently, and has made three films in that language.

Early life Flemyng was born on 25 September 1966 in Putney, London, the son of Scottish director Gordon Flemyng. He decided he wanted to become an actor after appearing in theatrical productions at his school, Christ's Hospital in Sussex. "I always wanted to be an actor," he later told the BBC. "From the time I fancied a girl who played Dorothy in the school production of The Wizard of Oz. I auditioned for the role of the scarecrow so that I could have the most stage time with her, but she ended up running off with the tin man!"

In the 1980s, he was involved with the National Youth Theatre and the political organisation the Young Socialists. where he was a classmate of Hermione Norris. He was then a regular in the ITV drama series Doctor Finlay from 1993 to 1996. He went on to appear in films such as The Red Violin and Deep Rising (1998), Snatch (2000), George A. Romero's Bruiser (2000) and Rock Star (2001). The latter film was a disappointment, but Flemyng commented that: "It was a bit of a nightmare... the film cost a fortune and didn't make back the money it was meant to... But I still get a huge kick out of doing films like that and From Hell. Any day you walk onto a set and Sean Connery or Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt is there has to be a good day." In 2005 he also played the part of Dimitry, a Russian ex-biological weapons specialist, in Transporter 2, where he was briefly reunited with Jason Statham.

In 2009, Flemyng joined the cast of the ITV science fiction cult drama series Primeval during its third series, as maverick ex-policeman Danny Quinn. He received top billing as the series' new star, taking over from Douglas Henshall. In March 2010 Flemyng earned a lead role as Cpl. Callow in the war/horror film The 4th Reich.

On 15 August 2010, it became public that he had been cast in the role of Azazel in the X-Men prequel, X-Men: First Class, directed by Matthew Vaughn.

In 2011, Flemyng reprised his character of Danny Quinn in the last episode of Primevals fourth series, it is said that he would return as Danny Quinn one last time before the finale of the shows fifth series.

In 2012, he starred in I Give It a Year (released in Feb 2013), as the bride's brother-in-law in a British romcom by Working Title. In 2014, he had the leading role of 18th century cartographer, Jonathan Green in the fantasy film Forbidden Empire.

After two years, he completed work on the feature film The Journey on which he also serves as producer, in which he plays Ozzy. The film was written especially for him and took two years to complete, it was filmed in Greece and London and is directed by Lance Nielsen In January 2015, Flemyng signed with UK-based Evolution Pictures to direct the vampire film Eat Locals.

Flemyng appears as himself in the 2018 short film To Trend on Twitter in aid of young people with cancer charity CLIC Sargent with comedians Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Helen Lederer and David Baddiel.

In 2021, Audible released Flemyng's recording of William Gibson's acclaimed sci-fi novel Neuromancer.

Personal life For nine years, Flemyng and actress Lena Headey were a couple; the relationship ended in 2001. Flemyng married Elly Fairman in the summer of 2008, in Tuscany, Italy. The pair have twin boys, Noah and Cassius, who were born in 2012. The boys made their screen acting debut in 2026, starring as twins Sam and Eric in BBC's Lord of the Flies. In 2020, Flemyng said they had all suffered from COVID-19. Flemyng enjoys long-distance running and has completed several marathons. Flemyng is a supporter of Chelsea F.C.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 The Jungle Book Lieutenant John Wilkins 1995 Rob Roy Gregor 1996 Stealing Beauty Gregory Hollow Reed Frank Donally Indian Summer Tonio Also known as Alive & Kicking 1997 The James Gang Frank James The Life of Stuff Willie Dobie Spice World Brad Also known as Spiceworld: The Movie 1998 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Tom The Red Violin Frederick Pope Deep Rising Mulligan 1999 Tube Tales Luke Segment: "Mr. Cool" 2000 Snatch Darren 2000 Bruiser Henry Creedlow 2001 Anazapta Nicholas The Body Father Walter Winstead From Hell John Netley Mean Machine Bob Likely The Bunker Corporal Bruno Baumann Rock Star Bobby Beers 2002 Below Stumbo 2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde 2004 Lighthouse Hill Charlie Davidson Aaltra L'Anglais à la moto Atomik Circus – Le retour de James Bataille James Bataille Drum Jim Bailey Layer Cake Larry "Crazy Larry" Flynn Seed of Chucky Santa Claus 2005 A Woman in Winter David Transporter 2 Dimitri 2006 Pu-239 Vlad Rollin' with the Nines Captain Fleming Telling Lies Jack Munro Backwaters Jason Weiss 2007 Stardust Primus The Death and Life of Bobby Z Brian Cervier The Riddle Don Roberts 2008 Mirrors Larry Byrne Shifty Glen The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Thomas Button Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best CastNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2009 Solomon Kane Malachi City of Life Guy Berger 2010 Clash of the Titans Acrisius / Calibor Kick-Ass Lobby Goon The Social Network Spectator Uncredited Made in Romania Himself Dead Cert Chelsea Steve Ironclad Beckett 2011 X-Men: First Class Azazel Jack Falls Damien Hanna Sebastian Lost Christmas Frank 2012 Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation Rob Hart Great Expectations Joe Gargery 2013 I Give It a Year Hugh Welcome to the Punch Harvey Crown Sunshine on Leith Harry Harper Words of Everest Edmund Hillary 2014 Forbidden Empire Jonathan Green Top Dog Dan Gemma Bovery Charles Bovery The Journey Ozzy Stonehearst Asylum Swanwick 2015 Meet Pursuit Delange: The Movie Jonty Smith 2016 Sweet Maddie Stone Mr. Straker Short film 2017 Access All Areas Pete Kurtz Revolt Stander The Black Prince Dr. Login 2018 Walk Like a Panther Ginger Frost 2019 Viy 2: Journey to China Jonathan Green Military Wives Crooks Homeless Ashes Gavin 2021 Boiling Point Alastair Skye 2022 The 355 Elijah Clarke 2024 Firecracker Detective Gray Ka Whawhai Tonu Daniel Morgan Touchdown Professor Steven Landers The Stoic Carlisle 2025 A Working Man Wolo Kolisnyk 2026 Batman: Knightfall Matt Hatter / Jervis Tetch Voice; Direct-to-video Pegasus Bridge Nigel Poett Viy 3: Journey to India Jonathan Green

Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 Rich Tea and Sympathy John Merrygrove 6 episodes Screen One Colin Episode: "A Question of Attribution" 1992 The Good Guys Dave Gilchrist Episode: "Find the Lady" The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Emile 2 episodes Witchcraft Assistant Director 2 episodes 1993 Lovejoy Danny Episode: "God Helps Those" 1993–1994 Doctor Finlay Dr. David Neil 12 episodes 1996 Beck Laurie Quinn Episode: "Pride Before a Fall" 1997 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Peter Milton Episode: "The Double" The Temptation of Franz Schubert Franz von Schober Television film The Hunger Young Man Episode: "Menage a Trois" 1998 Tess of the D'Urbervilles Alec D'Urberville Television film 1999 Alice in Wonderland The Knave of Hearts Television film Chasseurs d'écume William Callaghan Miniseries Love in the 21st Century Nick Episode: "Commitment" 2004 When I'm 64 Ray "Little Ray" Television film Agatha Christie's Marple Lawrence Redding Episode 2: "The Murder at the Vicarage" 2005 The Quatermass Experiment Professor Bernard Quatermass Television film Faith Martin Television film Manhunters Jim Corbett Episode: "The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag" The Ghost Squad DS Jimmy Franks Episode: "Firewall" 2006 Losing Gemma Zac 2 episodes 2009–2011 Primeval Danny Quinn 9 episodes 2011 Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors The Narrator Documentary 2013 Black Mirror Jack Napier Episode: "The Waldo Moment" 2014 The Musketeers Vadim Episode: "Sleight of Hand" The Missing Mark 8 episodes 2015 The Last Kingdom King Edmund Episode: "Episode 2" 2017 SS-GB Colonel George Mayhew 5 episodes 2017–2018 Jamestown Sir George Yeardley 13 episodes 2018 Save Me Tam 6 episodes 2019–2022 Pennyworth Lord Harwood Main role 2019–2022 Love, Death & Robots Paln Episode: "Bad Travelling" 2019 A Christmas Carol The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Miniseries 2020 Two Weeks to Live DI Alan Brooks Main role 2022 The Walk-In Nick Lowles Main role 2023 A Town Called Malice Albert Lord Main role 2024 The Famous Five Great Supremo Main role 2025 Prime Target Stephen Patrick Nield Main role 2025 Trigger Point Steven Wyles 6 episodes (Season 3)

Video games Year Title Role 2025 Killing Floor 3 Foster