Northam, Jeremy 1961–

PERSONAL

Full name, Jeremy Philip Northam; born December 1, 1961, in Cambridge, England; son of John (a professor of literature and theatre) and Rachel (a professor of economics and a potter) Northam. Education: Bedford College, London, B.A., 1983; studied at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Addresses: Agent—International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1934. Publicist—I/D Public Relations, 8409 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career: Actor.

Awards, Honors: Laurence Olivier Award, most promising newcomer of the year in theatre, Society of West End Theatre, 1989, for The Voysey Inheritance; Chlotru-dis Award nomination, best supporting actor, Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film, 1997, for Emma; Edinburgh International Film Festival Award, best British performance, 1999, for The Winslow Boy; Film Award, British actor of the year, London Critics Circle, 2000, for Happy, Texas, An Ideal Husband, and The Winslow Boy; Evening Standard British Film Award, best actor, 2000, for An Ideal Husband; Screen Actors Guild Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, Florida Film Critics Circle Award, Online Film Critics Society Award, Special Achievement Award from Satellite Awards, International Press Academy, and Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination, all best acting ensemble (with others), 2002, for Gosford Park; Catalo-nian International Film Festival Award and International Fantasy Film Award, Fantasporto, both best actor, 2002, for Cypher.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Hindley Earnshaw, Wuthering Heights (also known as Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights"), Paramount, 1992.

John, Soft Top, Hard Shoulder, 1992.

Anthony Jordan, A Village Affair, Anchor Bay, 1994.

Peter Warlock/Philip Heseltine, Voices (also known as Voices from a Locked Room), Voices Productions, 1995.

Jack Devlin, The Net, Columbia, 1995.

Beacus Penrose, Carrington, Gramercy, 1995.

Mr. Knightley, Emma, Miramax, 1996.

Judge Coglin, Amistad, DreamWorks, 1997.

Dr. Peter Mann, Mimic, Dimension Films, 1997.

Edward Nathan, The Misadventures of Margaret (also known as Les folies de Margaret), TFI International, 1998.

Harry Sawyer, Happy, Texas, Miramax, 1998.

Sir Robert Chiltern, An Ideal Husband, Miramax, 1999.

Kevin, Gloria, Columbia, 1999.

Sir Robert "Bobby" Morton, The Winslow Boy, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999.

Prince Amerigo, The Golden Bowl (also known as La coupe d'or), Lions Gate Films, 2001.

Wigram, Enigma (also known as Enigma—Das geheimnis), Manhattan Pictures International, 2001.

Ivor Novello, Gosford Park, USA Films, 2001.

Randolph Henry Ash, Possession, Warner Bros., 2002.

Morgan Sullivan, Cypher, Miramax, 2002.

Mark Binney, The Singing Detective, Paramount Classics, 2003.

Colonel Roux, The Statement, Sony Pictures Classics, 2003.

Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, Film Foundry Releasing, 2004.

Lane Woolwrap, Guy X, Film and Music Entertainment/Spice Factory/Movision/Wizz Films, 2005.

Mark, A Cock and Bull Story (also known as Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story), Newmarket Films, 2006.

Tucker, The Visiting, Warner Bros., 2006.

The Payback, Thema Production, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Captain Stanhope, Journey's End, 1988.

Mr. Benson, "Suspicion," American Playhouse, PBS, 1988.

Jamie, The Tribe, BBC, 1998.

Dean Martin, Martin and Lewis, CBS, 2002.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Hugo Trent, "Dead Man's Mirror," Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's "Poirot"), PBS, 1988.

"Fitz" Fitzgerald, Piece of Cake, CBS, 1990.

Rufus Fletcher, A Fatal Inversion, BBC, 1991.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Making of'Gosford Park," Bravo, 2001.

A Salute to Robert Altman, an American Maverick, Bravo, 2002.

Behind the Scenes of"Possession," Bravo, 2002.

Narrator, Cary Grant: A Class Apart, TNT, 2004.

Television Appearances; Series:

Colin Beale, Wish Me Luck, ITV, 1987.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 2002.

Stage Appearances:

Osric, then later title role, Hamlet, National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, London, 1989.

Edward Voysey, The Voysey Inheritance, National Theatre Company, Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1989.

The Three Sisters, 1991.

The Way of the World, 1992.

Philip, The Gift of the Gorgon, Royal Shakespeare Company, 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.

Also appeared in productions of School for Scandal and The Shaughraun, National Theatre Company.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Newsmakers, Issue 2, Gale, 2003.

Periodicals:

Empire, November, 2001, pp. 87-88.

Interview, May, 2001, p. 42.

Los Angeles, July 1, 1999, p. 46.

People Weekly, September 30, 1996, p. 108.