Biography
Jeremy Philip Northam (born 1 December 1961) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Anthony Eden on Netflix's The Crown, Aubrey Longrigg in Our Kind of Traitor, Sir Thomas More on Showtime's The Tudors, Dean Martin in the 2002 television movie Martin and Lewis, Ivor Novello in Gosford Park, Judge Coglin in Amistad, and Mr. Knightley in Emma (1996). He also starred as Dr. Matthew Proctor in the now-canceled CBS drama Miami Medical. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Freud's Last Session
2023
as Ernest Jones
On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal b...
Official Secrets
2019
as Ken MacDonald
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint U...
Our Kind of Traitor
2016
as Aubrey Longrigg
A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch....
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
as Bertrand Russell
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathe...
Eye in the Sky
2015
as Brian Woodale
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bom...
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
2011
as Self
Members of the cast and crew discuss making the film 'Mimic'.
Glorious 39
2009
as Joseph Balcombe
A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Ke...
Creation
2009
as John Brodie-Innes
A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to ...
Dean Spanley
2008
as Fisk Junior / Narrator (voice)
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or af...
Fiona's Story
2008
as Simon
Fiona fights to hold her family together after husband is accused of owning child pornography.
The Invasion
2007
as Tucker Kaufman
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running r...
The Payback
2006
as Vladimir
Jeremy Northam portrays a real estate tycoon, while Fionnula Flanagan plays the matriarch of the Lazarov family, in this psychological thriller.
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
as Mark
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opin...
Guy X
2005
as Col. Woolwrap
A black comedy set in 1979, about a soldier mistakenly posted to an Arctic military base.
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
2004
as Cary Grant (voice)
Documentary that explores the life and career of leading man Cary Grant through film clips and interviews. Produced as S18E03 of the long running seri...
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004
as Walter Hagen
The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
Swamp Cats
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Film about a family of lions living in the swamps of the Okavango delta, seen through the eyes of a cub born just before the annual flood
The Statement
2003
as Colonel Roux
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effective...
The Singing Detective
2003
as Mark Binney
From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.
Martin and Lewis
2002
as Dean Martin
The story of the 10-year rocky relationship between Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Cypher
2002
as Morgan Sullivan
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-...
Possession
2002
as Randolph Henry Ash
Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in Lond...
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
2002
as Self
A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes in...
Gosford Park
2001
as Ivor Novello
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, ea...
Enigma
2001
as Mr. Wigram
The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.
The Golden Bowl
2000
as Prince Amerigo
Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend, Ch...
Happy, Texas
1999
as Harry Sawyer
Two escaped convicts roll into the village of Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple who work as beauty pageant consultants. They go al...
The Winslow Boy
1999
as Sir Robert Morton
Early 20th century England: while toasting his daughter Catherine's engagement, Arthur Winslow learns the royal naval academy expelled his 14-year-old...
Gloria
1999
as Kevin
After serving a prison term for her boyfriend, a streetwise, middle-aged moll named Gloria stands up against the mobs, which is complicated by a six-y...
An Ideal Husband
1999
as Sir Robert Chiltern
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London w...
The Misadventures of Margaret
1998
as Edward Nathan
A timid, insecure popular author with an overly-attentive professor husband decide to write an erotic novel. With encouragement from her sister and a ...
The Tribe
1998
as Jamie
Property developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their dark underworld of bizarre ...
Amistad
1997
as Judge Coglin
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are th...
Mimic
1997
as Peter Mann
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutan...
Emma
1996
as Mr. Knightley
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are ...
Voices
1995
as Philip Heseltine / Peter Warlock
A story about real life early 20th century British composer and music critic Philip Arnold Heseltine.
The Net
1995
as Jack Devlin
Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'su...
Carrington
1995
as Beacus Penrose
Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey. Though Lytton is a homosexual, he is enchanted by...
A Village Affair
1995
as Anthony Jordan
An apparently happy wife in an English village has a relationship with a local aristocrat's daughter.
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
as John
Eight years ago, Gavin, the artistic son of a Scots-Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name i...
Wuthering Heights
1992
as Hindley Earnshaw
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his...
A Fatal Inversion
1992
as Rufus
Adaptation of the Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) novel. After Adam inherits a country house from his great uncle, he and his friend Rufus decide to s...
Journey's End
1988
as Captain Stanhope
A British Company in the WWI trenches await an inevitable German attack in this 1988 adaptation of R.C. Sherriff's play.