Jim Sturgess

James Anthony Sturgess (born 16 May 1978) He spent most of his youth skateboarding, and listening to hip-hop. After graduating, he moved to London and worked in a shop selling trainers, whilst seeking acting work and writing music. Their son was born in 2020.

Acting career In 2007, he was cast in Julie Taymor's musical Across the Universe,

In 2009, he played Gavin Kossef in Crossing Over, at the London FrightFest Film Festival, a popular horror film festival. Sturgess appears as Jamie Morgan, a young man whose life has always been blighted by the large, heart-shaped port wine birthmark on his face and sells his soul to the devil. Sturgess won the Best Actor Award at the 2010 Fantasporto Film Festival for his role.

In 2010, Sturgess starred in the film The Way Back, The novel, about two students who meet on 15 July 1988, follows them on every 15 July for the next 20 years. Directed by Lone Scherfig, filming was completed on 17 September 2010. Also during 2010, he filmed Upside Down. Filming was completed in May 2010 in Montreal, and as of early 2013 a limited international release was planned. Described as a "sci-fi romance", the film is the second full-length feature from writer and director Juan Diego Solanas. It was originally slated for release in 2011, A third film project in 2010 was Promised Land, to be directed by Michael Winterbottom and, according to Variety, would "recount the lead up to the 1948 partition of Palestine and the subsequent creation of the state of Israel". Sturgess was to star as a British officer hunting down the extremist Jewish factions. The film was put on hiatus and later got cancelled because funding could not be secured.

In March and April 2011, filming took place for Ashes, a film directed by Mat Whitecross. The picture has been described as a contemporary film noir thriller starring Ray Winstone and Lesley Manville along with Sturgess. Filmed in the Isle of Man, the production was partially funded by the band Coldplay, university friends of the director. Sturgess performed six roles working alongside Tom Hanks and Halle Berry in the 2012 science fiction film Cloud Atlas.

In the last half of 2013, Sturgess worked in three films. The first was Stonehearst Asylum,

In 2016, he starred as Callum Ferguson in the BBC Two drama Close to the Enemy, alongside Freddie Highmore and Phoebe Fox.

Music career

Sturgess has been writing and performing his own music since the age of 15. He has appeared in the London music scene for many years in bands such as Saint Faith, and Sturgess provided the vocals.

In 2016, he released five exclusive demos with his band Tragic Toys,

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 Bryant 2005 Mouth to Mouth Red 2007 Across the Universe Jude Feeny 2008 George Boleyn 21 Ben Campbell Fifty Dead Men Walking Martin McGartland 2024 Apartment 7A Alan Marchand 2027 Vernon Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 Erik 2 episodes 2000 Thursday the 12th Martin Bannister Television film Other People's Children Barry Episode 1.2 2001 Banjo Episode 1.1 Heartbeat Crossing Over "Make Your Mind Up"(Writer and performer) "Hine ma tov"(Traditional) "Heartless" Heartless "The Other Me" "Panic and Magic"(O'Brien/Stoney/Sturgess) [Inspired by the film Heartless]

Awards and nominations Year Awards Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2008Teen Choice AwardsChoice Movie: Male Breakout Star 21 and Across the Universe Vancouver Film Critics CircleBest Actor in a Canadian FilmFifty Dead Men Walking 14th Empire Awards Empire Award for Best Newcomer 2010 Fantasporto Film Festival international Fantasy Film – Best actorHeartless 2013 CinEuphoria Awards Best Supporting Actor – International Cloud Atlas 2016 National Film Awards UK Best Breakthrough Performance in a FilmKidnapping Freddy Heineken