Jason Flemyng Biography

Fast Facts

• Winner of the Best Actor Award at the Geneva Film Festival for his role in "Alive and Kicking" in 1996
• Nominated for the Critics Choice Award at the 2009 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards in the Best Acting Ensemble for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button․"
• Ran in the Marathon for the National Leukemia Trust with some of his fellow actors
• Graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in the early 1990s
• Made his screen acting debut in the TV series "Rich Tea and Sympathy" in 1991
• Quote: "[Acting] was a way of talking to girls without being cool․ Obviously there is the Ginger Freedom Front, which anyone with ginger hair knows about, but it was a battle until you were about 19 or 20․"
• Quote: "I've done 70 movies, 40 of which have never been seen, 25 of which are terrible and a couple of which have done OK․"
• Quote: "My skill, which I've mastered, is being slightly out of focus behind really expensive actors․"
• Best known for his role as Thomas Button in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button․"
• Ended up with so many cuts and bruises while doing stunt work for his first episode of "Primeval" that his wife called the producers and said "If Jay comes back with any more bruises, he's not coming to work again․"
• Is part-owner of The Duchess Bar in Battersea, London