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Jeremy Northam Biography
Birth Name:Jeremy Philip Northam
Birth Place:Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Profession Actor, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Won the 1990 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Newcomer
- In 2000, he won an Evening Standard British Film Award for his work in "An Ideal Husband․"
- Won the 1999 Edinburgh Intearnational Film Festival award for Best British Performance
- Earned a degree in English literature from the University of London in 1984
- Started out in acting by performing at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
- Quote: "Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth․ It's a paradox that's at the heart of any kind of storytelling․"
- Replaced actor Daniel Day-Lewis in the middle of a 1989 performance of "Hamlet․"
Awards
- 1997Chlotrudis Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
- 1999Best British Performance-: winner
- 2000Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Actor: winner
- 2000ALFS Award-British Actor of the Year: winner
- 2001ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: nominated
- 2002Actor-Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: winner
- 2002Critics Choice Award-Best Acting Ensemble: winner
- 2002FFCC Award-Best Ensemble Cast: winner
- 2002OFCS Award-Best Ensemble: winner
- 2002PFCS Award-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
- 2002Special Achievement Award-Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble: winner
- 2002Best Actor-: winner
- 2003International Fantasy Film Award-Best Actor: winner
- 2008Golden Nymph-Outstanding Actor - Drama Series: nominated
- 2017Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated