Jeremy Northam

Jeremy Philip Northam (born 1 December 1961) is an English actor. His film credits include The Net, Emma (1996), An Ideal Husband (1999), Amistad (1997), The Winslow Boy (1999), Gosford Park (2001) and Enigma (2001). In television, he also played Thomas More in the Showtime series The Tudors (2007–2008) and appeared as Anthony Eden in the Netflix series The Crown (2016–2017).

Early life and education Northam was born on 1 December 1961, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. His father was John Northam, a professor of literature and theatre. Northam studied English at Bedford College, London (B.A. English, 1984) and acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He is an alumnus of the Royal Holloway, University of London.

Career Screen and stage Northam made his screen debut on television in the series American Playhouse, as Mr. Benson in the episode "Suspicion". He followed with appearances in ITV's Wish Me Luck (1987) and Piece of Cake (1988).

He played John Brodie Innes in the 2009 film Creation,

Other work His audiobook work includes The Silver Chair (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 6) by C. S. Lewis,

In the Gosford Park soundtrack, Northam sings the Ivor Novello songs "And Her Mother Came Too",

Personal life Northam married Canadian film and television make-up artist Liz Moro in April 2005; they later divorced.

Acting credits Film and television Year Film Role Notes 1988 American Playhouse Mr. Benson TV series (1 episode: Suspicion) Wish Me Luck Colin Beale TV series (14 episodes: 1988–1989) Piece of Cake 'Fitz' Fitzgerald TV mini-series (5 episodes) Journey's End Captain Stanhope TV film 1992 House of Glass Gerald Stafford TV film A Fatal Inversion Rufus Fletcher TV series (3 episodes) Wuthering Heights Hindley Earnshaw 1993 Soft Top Hard Shoulder John Agatha Christie’s Poirot Hugo Trent TV series (1 episode: "Dead Man's Mirror") 1995 A Village Affair Anthony Jordan TV film The Way of the World, Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), 1992. 2002 Sitges Film Festival (of Catalonia) Best Actor Cypher 2003 International Fantasy Film Award Awards Fantasporto - Best Actor Cypher