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Jeremy Northam

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Northam in 2010

Jeremy Philip Northam (born December 1, 1961) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in The Net (1995), Emma (1996), An Ideal Husband (1999), Amistad (1997), The Winslow Boy (1999), Gosford Park (2001), and Enigma (2001), and for his television roles as Dean Martin in Martin and Lewis (2002), as Thomas More in the Showtime series The Tudors (2007–2008), and appeared as Prime Minister Anthony Eden in the Netflix series The Crown (2016–2017).

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  • As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role.
  • I've never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas.
  • I always want to do things that are different. I don't want to be doing the same thing, the same performance constantly, and it feels like most people tell you they are the same. However different you feel might approach them.
    • Gibbons, Fiachra (May 17, 1999). "The Gentleman Caller". The Guardian.
    • During promotion for The Winslow Boy
  • 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.
  • America afforded me the chance to play Dean Martin, to be in a thriller or a sci-fi. But it's a daunting place, a hard place. I was happy to work there, but I never felt at home.
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