Northam was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, the youngest of four children. 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).[1] He has described his upbringing as not wealthy, but warm.[2]
His audiobook work includes The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis for Harper Audio and A Death Divided by Clare Francis for Macmillan.[4] For SilkSoundBooks, he recorded The Real Thing and Other Short Stories and The Aspern Papers, both written by Henry James. In 2007 he recorded Gerard Manley Hopkins poems for "The Great Poets" edition for Naxos Audiobooks. In 2009, he recorded Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene for CSA Word. He recorded the audio book Dark Matter, a ghost story by Michelle Paver, in September 2010; it was released on 21 October 2010, by Orion.
In the Gosford Parksoundtrack, Northam sings the Ivor Novello songs "And Her Mother Came Too", "What a Duke Should Be", "Why Isn't It You", "I Can Give You the Starlight" and "The Land of Might Have Been" accompanied by his brother Christopher on piano.
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Jeremy Philip Northam born 1 December 1961 is an English actor and singer After a number of television roles he earned attention as Mr Knightley in the 1996 film adaptation of Jane Austen s Emma He has appeared in the films An Ideal Husband Gosford Park Amistad The Winslow Boy Enigma Cypher Dean Spanley and Martin and Lewis amongst others He also played Thomas More in the Showtime series The Tudors From 2016 to 2017 he appeared as Anthony Eden in the Netflix series The Crown Jeremy NorthamNortham in 2010BornJeremy Philip Northam 1961 12 01 1 December 1961 age 61 Cambridge Cambridgeshire EnglandAlma materBedford College London B A 1984 Bristol Old Vic Theatre SchoolOccupation s Actor singerYears active1987 presentSpouseLiz Moro m 2005 div 2009 Parent s John NorthamRachel Howard Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Screen and stage 2 2 Other work 3 Filmography 4 Theatre 5 Personal life 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and education EditNortham was born in Cambridge Cambridgeshire the youngest of four children His mother Rachel nee 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 1 He has described his upbringing as not wealthy but warm 2 Northam was educated at King s College School Cambridge Bristol Grammar School and Bedford College London B A English 1984 now part of Royal Holloway University of London 3 and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Career EditScreen and stage Edit Northam performed at the Royal National Theatre he replaced both Ian Charleson and Daniel Day Lewis in the role of Hamlet 1989 when they had to withdraw and won the Olivier Award in 1990 for most promising newcomer for his performance in The Voysey Inheritance He has appeared frequently in British films such as Carrington 1995 Emma 1996 The Winslow Boy 1999 An Ideal Husband 1999 Enigma 2001 and as Welsh actor and singer Ivor Novello in Gosford Park 2001 He made his American film debut in The Net 1995 In 2002 he starred in the film Cypher That same year he portrayed singer Dean Martin in the CBS film Martin and Lewis and golfer Walter Hagen in Bobby Jones Stroke of Genius in 2004 In 2007 and 2008 he portrayed Thomas More on the Showtime series The Tudors He played John Brodie Innes in the 2009 film Creation based on the life of Charles Darwin In the 2015 film The Man Who Knew Infinity he portrayed the philosopher Bertrand Russell He played British Prime Minister Anthony Eden in the 2016 Netflix drama series The Crown Other work Edit His audiobook work includes The Silver Chair by C S Lewis for Harper Audio and A Death Divided by Clare Francis for Macmillan 4 For SilkSoundBooks he recorded The Real Thing and Other Short Stories and The Aspern Papers both written by Henry James In 2007 he recorded Gerard Manley Hopkins poems for The Great Poets edition for Naxos Audiobooks In 2009 he recorded Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene for CSA Word He recorded the audio book Dark Matter a ghost story by Michelle Paver in September 2010 it was released on 21 October 2010 by Orion In the Gosford Park soundtrack Northam sings the Ivor Novello songs And Her Mother Came Too What a Duke Should Be Why Isn t It You I Can Give You the Starlight and The Land of Might Have Been accompanied by his brother Christopher on piano Filmography EditYear Film Role Notes1988 Journey s End Captain Stanhope TV filmAmerican Playhouse Mr Benson TV series 1 episode Suspicion Piece of Cake Fitz Fitzgerald TV mini series 5 episodes Wish Me Luck Colin Beale TV series 14 episodes 1988 1989 1992 House of Glass Gerald Stafford TV filmA Fatal Inversion Rufus Fletcher TV series 3 episodes Wuthering Heights Hindley Earnshaw1993 Soft Top Hard Shoulder JohnAgatha Christie s Poirot Hugo Trent TV series 1 episode Dead Man s Mirror 1995 A Village Affair Anthony Jordan TV filmCarrington Beacus PenroseThe Net Jack Devlin American Film DebutVoices Philip Heseltine Peter Warlock1996 Emma Mr Knightley1997 Mimic Dr Peter MannAmistad Judge Coglin1998 The Tribe JamieThe Misadventures of Margaret Edward Nathan1999 Happy Texas Harry Sawyer aka Steven Steve ALFS Award for British Actor of the YearGloria KevinAn Ideal Husband Sir Robert Chiltern Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor ALFS Award for British Actor of the YearThe Winslow Boy Sir Robert Morton Edinburgh International Film Festival Award for Best British Performance ALFS Award for British Actor of the Year Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor2000 The Golden Bowl Prince Amerigo2001 Enigma Mr WigramGosford Park Ivor Novello Critics Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble Cast Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture Nominated Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble2002 Possession Randolph Henry AshCypher Morgan Sullivan Jack Thursby Sebastian Rooks International Fantasy Film Award for Best Actor Catalan International Film Award for Best ActorMartin and Lewis Dean Martin TV film2003 The Singing Detective Mark BinneyThe Statement Colonel Roux2004 Bobby Jones Stroke of Genius Walter Hagen2005 Guy X Col WoolwrapA Cock and Bull Story Mark2007 The Invasion Tucker Kauffman2007 2008 The Tudors Sir Thomas More TV series 15 episodes 2008 Fiona s Story Simon TV filmDean Spanley Fisk Junior2009 The PaybackCreation Reverend InnesGlorious 39 Joseph Balcombe2010 Miami Medical Dr Matthew Proctor TV series 13 episodes 2012 White Heat Edward TV series 6 episodes 2015 Eye in the Sky Brian WoodaleThe Man Who Knew Infinity Bertrand Russell2016 Our Kind of Traitor Aubrey Longrigg2016 2017 The Crown Anthony Eden Main role 11 episodes Seasons 1 2 2019 Official Secrets Ken MacdonaldTheatre EditEdward Voysey The Voysey Inheritance National Theatre Company Cottesloe Theatre London 1989 Also appeared in productions of School for Scandal and The Shaughraun National Theatre Company Osric then later title role Hamlet National Theatre Company Olivier Theatre London 1989 The Three Sisters 1991 The Way of the World 1992 Philip The Gift of the Gorgon Royal Shakespeare Company The Pit theatre London 1992 Elomire La Bete Really Useful Theatre Company 1993 Berowne Love s Labour s Lost Royal Shakespeare Company Barbican Theatre London 1994 Mr Horner The Country Wife Royal Shakespeare Company Pit Theatre 1994 Obstetrician Certain Young Men Almeida Theatre London 1999 Old Times Donmar Warehouse Theatre London 2004 Richard Greatham Hay Fever Noel Coward Theatre London 2012Personal life EditNortham married Canadian film television make up artist Liz Moro in April 2005 though they later divorced He has said he wished he took life less seriously 5 References Edit Jeremy Northam Biography 1961 This much I know Jeremy Northam TheGuardian com 19 February 2012 Notable Alumni RHC website Royal Holloway College University of London archived from the original on 25 July 2008 retrieved 31 May 2013 MAB 313 This much I know Jeremy Northam TheGuardian com 19 February 2012 External links EditJeremy Northam at IMDb Jeremy Northam at the BFI s Screenonline Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jeremy Northam amp oldid 1132722667, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
