Jeremy Philip Northam (born 1 December 1961) is an award-winning English actor.

Personal life

Northam was born in Cambridge, the son of Rachel, a potter and professor of economics, and John Northam, a professor of literature and theatre, as well as Ibsen specialist and teacher first at Clare College, Cambridge and later at Bristol.Jeremy Northam Biography (1961-) Northam was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Royal Holloway, University of London, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career

Screen and stage

Northam performed at the Royal National Theatre — he replaced Ian Charleson in the role of Hamlet (1989), and won the Olivier Award in 1990 for "most promising newcomer" for his performance in The Voysey Inheritance.