Jeremy Northam is a popular English actor. He was married to actress Lisa Moro. Known in the UK and abroad mainly as a theater actor. Many saw Jeremy in the television series Crown, Poirot, The Tudors, in the feature film Wuthering Heights.
The growth of the actor is 188 centimeters.
Childhood
Jeremy was born on 12/01/1961 in the city of Cambridge in 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, also worked as 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 to study at school, the boy read well and was beyond his years of development. When it came time to send him to school, teachers advised me to transfer Nortam two classes higher.
All his childhood, Jeremy his father was engaged in the translation of plays, so the boy was fascinated by the theater in early childhood. Already at the age of six, he began to participate in productions of the children's theater.
When the future actor was eleven, his family moved to the city of Bristol. The boy stopped playing on stage for a while, but did not stop loving the theater. To be closer to his dream, Jeremy Northam got a job as a side job in the theater.
Student years
After leaving school, Nortam followed in his father's footsteps. He entered the University of London at the Faculty of Philology. The guy studied English and literature at Badford College, but never graduated. He understood that English literature was not for him.
All of Northam’s thoughts were about his acting career. In his dreams, Jeremy was carried forward on the day when he will achieve recognition and fame, and in all the newspapers will appear his photo. Jeremy Northam, whose personal life at that time was boring and mundane, decided to drastically change his fate.
Carier start
At the Bristol city theater "Old Vic" there was a theater school. That is what the future actor did, leaving 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 painting "Suspicion" directed by Andrew Greave in 1987. Like all novice film and television actors, at first Jeremy starred in small and episodic roles.
In 1989, Nortam was invited to work at the National Theater. In the production of "Hamlet", the actor played the role of Ozrik. 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 on stage in the role of Hamlet Jeremy Northam.
Jeremy did not have time at the rehearsal, but he knew the role well and always dreamed of playing it. Critics praised the work of the young actor, this gave a good impetus to his theatrical career.
The following year, on the stage, Northam played the role of Edward in the production of "The Legacy of Woixie" based on the play by Harley Granville Barker. For this role, Jeremy was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in the category "Most Promising Actor."
In 1992, a successful young actor was hired by the Royal Shakespeare Theater. Here he played Philip from the play “The Gift of Gordon” by playwright Peter Schafer, Horner from “The Village Wife” by William Wicherly, and Biron in the production of “The Fruitless Efforts of Love” based on Shakespeare's work.
Cinema
In feature films, Northam began acting in 1992. At that time, he took part in the projects Fatal Inversion directed by Tim Faywell and Wuthering Heights directed by Peter Kozminski.
Wuthering Heights is a film adaptation of the work of the famous English writer Emily Bronte. The film was shot at Paramount Studio. Jeremy played the role of Hindley Earnshaw, while the main roles went to actors Paul Jeffrey, Rafe Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.
The melodramatic historical film was warmly received by both the audience and critics. The role of Hindley Earnshaw has become one of the best in Northam's career.
Actively acted in films Nortem began in 1995. Films of Jeremy Northam of that period: "Network", "Carrington", "Voices from the locked room", "Village novel", "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, program testing specialist Angela Bennett is engaged in a certain 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 rest in Mexico. Here Jack Devlin meets a girl. Jack from Angela needs only 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. At the box office was collected more than 110 million dollars. Reviews about the picture "Network" were mostly positive.
TV serials
In 2007, CBC, BBC and Showtime launched the Tudors new historical television series. The creator of the project, Michael Hurst, shot it with the joint efforts of television companies in Britain, Ireland and Canada.
The television series takes place in the 16th century in England. Particular attention in the series was given to the era of the reign of King Henry VIII.
Nortam in the project got the role of the English philosopher and writer Sir Thomas More. He starred in The Tudors in the first two seasons. In total, the series survived four seasons.
The roles in the project were played by Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Natalie Dormer, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Nick Dunning and other actors.
The Tudors have been nominated several times for the Golden Globe, Saturn and Emmy.
In 2016, Jeremy played the role of Count Anthony Eden in the television series Crown. The Crown is a project by Peter Morgan. The plot is based on the life of the royal family of Great Britain in the middle of the 20th century.
Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Atkins and others also played in the series.
The show has already received many prestigious awards, such as Emmys, Golden Globes, and the Guild of Actors.
Awards
There are not many television and cinematic awards in the asset of the actor. In 2002, Jeremy received an award from the Guild of Actors for participating 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 Crown.
Personal life and family
Jeremy Northam was married to the little-known actress Lisa Moreau. The couple got married in April 2005.
From 1997 to 2000 Lisa starred in the television series "Honey, I have reduced children." From then until 2013, nothing was heard about the girl in the world of cinema. Now Moreau returned to her acting career. She plays small and episodic roles in little-known films. In 2009, Nortam and Moreau divorced. The actor has no children.
The press does not have information about whether Nortam’s heart is occupied now. Jeremy does not like to advertise his personal relationship.