Jeremy Northam was
born on December 1st, 1961 in Cambridge, England. He is the youngest
of four children born to John and Rachel Northam. As a boy, he attended grammar
school and became interested in acting while working for a year as a stagehand.
He studied English
Literature at Bedford College, before joining the Bristol Old Vic Theatre
School. Pantomime work and many small-town musicals followed before he got his
break as the understudy of an ailing Daniel Day-Lewis in a 1989 production of
'Hamlet' at the National Theatre.
At age 28, he was
making a name for himself on stage and won the Most Promising Newcomer prize at
the Olivier Awards for his role in 'The Voysey Inheritance' but his profile
abroad remained low-key. That was until he won the part of the villain in the
1995, Sandra Bullock film, 'The Net'. Suddenly scripts poured in and before the
century was out he would co-star with Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Sharon
Stone, Uma Thurman and Kate Beckinsale.
Despite finding
success on both sides of the ocean, he says that he doesn't "feel remotely
famous". Because fame has come later in life, he still finds it odd that
people stare at him.
Still a bachelor,
he has had relationships but they don't last long and he isn't very fond of
dating.
A few years back he
said, "I am an uncle nine times over and I am getting more and more
broody. I have got to find someone who would like to have children with me and
is around long enough to manage it."
Here's hoping he
finds her soon J
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