Jeremy Northam

Acting

Jeremy Northam

Born December 1, 1961 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (age 64)

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 Pr…

Known For

The InvasionThe Invasion · 2007
The Invasion
★ 6.12007
MovieHorrorMystery
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 rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.
Eye in the SkyEye in the Sky · 2015
Eye in the Sky
★ 7.02015
MovieDramaThriller
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 bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.
The NetThe Net · 1995
The Net
★ 6.11995
MovieCrimeDrama
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 'surfing the net'. While de-bugging a new high-tech game for a cyber friend, she comes across a top secret program and becomes the target of a mysterious organization, who will stop at nothing to erase her identity and her existence in order to protect the project.
The Man Who Knew InfinityThe Man Who Knew Infinity · 2016
The Man Who Knew Infinity
★ 7.22016
MovieDramaHistory
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
Gosford ParkGosford Park · 2001
Gosford Park
★ 6.82001
MovieDramaMystery
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, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
Official SecretsOfficial Secrets · 2019
Official Secrets
★ 7.22019
MovieThrillerHistory
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 US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
MimicMimic · 1997
Mimic
★ 6.11997
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.
Our Kind of TraitorOur Kind of Traitor · 2016
Our Kind of Traitor
★ 6.02016
MovieThriller
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. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.

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Natural WorldNatural World · 1983
Natural World
★ 7.41983
SeriesDocumentary
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.

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