Jeremy Northam

Jeremy Northam
Date of Birth: 01 Dec 1961
Country: UK
Total Credits at Criticker: 40 (Actor)
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Amistad
Based on a true story, a group of enslaved Africans aboard the slaveship La Amistad overtake the ship and attempt to return to their homeland. When the ship is seized, the captives are brought to the United States where an enthralling courtroom battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation while confronting the very foundation of the American justice system. (DreamWorks)
Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius
For some athletes, the ultimate win comes through a stroke of luck, but for Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., "Bobby Jones," it was truly a stroke of genius. His natural skill and uncanny passion for the game of golf earned him the title of "The Best Golfer in the World." But it was his style that set him apart. A dashing smile. Impeccable integrity. Unrivaled intensity. Legendary wit and intelligence. An epic passion for life, born out of adversity... (imdb)
Enigma
A romantic thriller steeped in the tense atmosphere of wartime Britain, this suspenseful drama centers on the mysteries of WWII cryptography while telling a tale of love, patriotism, obsession and betrayal. (Manhattan Pictures)
Gloria
Everything about Gloria was big -- especially the trouble she was in. When she and a young boy are thrown together and must fight for their lives, Gloria quickly realizes that the only thing she knows about kids is that this one could get her killed. (Columbia Pictures)
The Golden Bowl
An intricately plotted tale of thwarted love and betrayal which tells the story of an extravagantly rich American widower (Nolte) and his sheltered daughter (Beckinsale), both of whom marry only to discover that their respective mates, a beautiful American expatriate and an impoverished Italian aristocrat (Thurman and Northam), are entangled with one another in a romantic intrigue of seduction and deceit. (Lions Gate Films)
Gosford Park
Set in the 1930s the story takes place in an old fashioned English country house where a family has invited many of their friends up for a weekend shooting party. The story centers around the McCordle family, particularly the man of the house, William McCordle. Getting on in years William has become benefactor to many of his relatives and friends. As the weekend goes on and secrets are revealed, it seems everyone, above stairs and below, wants a piece of William and his money, but how far will they go to get it? (imdb)
Happy, Texas
Escaped convicts disguised as beauty pageant experts? This could get ugly.
An Ideal Husband
An adaptation of Oscar Wilde's romantic social satire. (Miramax)
Mimic
A team of scientists discover a miracle cure that stops the spread of a deadly disease... only to find three years later that something has gone terribly wrong. Their creation has taken on a horrifying life of its own... able to mimic and destroy its every predator -- even man! And now, it threatens to wipe out an entire city... unless they stop it in time. (Miramax)
Possession
Roland Michell is an Americian trying to make it in the difficult world of British Academics. He has yet to break out from under his mentor's shadow until he finds a pair of love letters in the textbook that once belonged to one of his idols, a famous long dead Victorian poet. Michell, after some sleuthing around, narrows down the suspects to a woman not his wife, another well known Victorian poet. Roland enlists the aid of a Dr. Maud Bailey, an expert on the life of the woman in question... (imdb)
The Singing Detective
The story of a crime novelist (Downey Jr.) who, languishing in his hospital bed, occupies his time by mapping out a screenplay in his head about a cynical private investigator who doubles as a singer in a dance band. (Paramount Classics)
The Statement
At the end of World War II, many of those involved were prosecuted for war crimes. Some got away. Until now. (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Winslow Boy
Set in 1910, The Winslow Boy is based on a real-life story of a young cadet who is accused of stealing a five-shilling postal note. As his case proceeds, it challenges many long accepted legal notions and sets off a national frenzy, exacting a heavy price on the family that takes on his defense. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
A zesty celebration of storytelling and the life that spills out of it, this film tells two stories: that of an 18th Century Englishman Tristram Shandy (Coogan), and that of the hapless 21st Century filmmakers who are adapting the notoriously unfilmable work "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman," with "Steve Coogan" (COogan) in the title role. (Picturehouse)
Carrington
The story of the relationship between painter Dora Carrington and author Lytton Strachey in a World War One England of cottages and countryside (imdb)
The Net
Angela Bennett's a software engineer type who works from home and has few friends outside of cyberspace... (imdb)
Emma
In rural 1800s England things go bad for a young matchmaker after she finds a man for another woman. (imdb)
Cypher
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale. (imdb)
Wuthering Heights
Cathy Earnshaw is Heathcliff's foster sister; more than that, she is his other half. When forces within and without tear them apart, Heathcliff wreaks vengeance on those he holds responsible, even into a second generation. (imdb)
Guy X
A black comedy set in 1979, about a soldier mistakenly posted to an Arctic military base. (imdb)
The Invasion
The Invasion is a nightmarish journey into a world where the only way to stay alive is to stay awake. The mysterious crash of the space shuttle leads to the terrifying discovery that there is something alien within the wreckage. Those who come in contact with it are changing in ominous and inexplicable ways. Soon Washington D.C. psychiatrist Carol Bennell and her colleague Ben Driscoll learn the shocking truth about the growing extraterrestrial epidemic... (imdb)
American Masters - Season 18
Dean Spanley
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 affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart. (imdb)
Creation
The story behind one of the biggest ideas of all time, and its troubled father.
The Tribe
The Tribe (1998) - TV Movie
A man, instructed by his employers to evict a mysterious cult from an abandoned building, finds solace from his otherwise hum-drum life in the tribe's alluring, self-contained world of lust and intrigue.
Piece of Cake
Piece of Cake (1988) - TV Mini-Series
Stories of the men of the RAF Hornet Squadron during the early days of World War II. (imdb)
Glorious 39
On the eve of World War Two, the adopted daughter of a traditional British family discovers some secret recordings that could change government policy. Then her friends begin to die in mysterious circumstances.
Eye in the Sky
A thriller set in the world of remotely piloted aircraft warfare. (imdb)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
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. (imdb)
Our Kind of Traitor
A couple find themselves lured into a Russian oligarch's plans to defect are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust. (imdb)
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
A young man who has turned his back on his family and their dynasty is informed that the family business has been sold, and that he must make the trek from London to Glasgow to get his share of the profits. Along the way he picks up a hitchhiker with a secret. (imdb)
Voices From A Locked Room
A story about real life early 20th century British composer and music critic Philip Arnold Heseltine.
Official Secrets
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (imdb)
The Misadventures of Margaret
A married author tries to stimulate her imagination for an erotic novel with hands-on research. (imdb)
Freud\
Set on the eve of WWII and towards the end of his life, Freud's Last Session sees Freud (Hopkins) invite iconic author C.S. Lewis for a debate over the existence of God. Exploring Freud's unique relationship with his lesbian daughter Anna and Lewis' unconventional romance with his best friend's mother, the film interweaves past, present and fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud's study on a dynamic journey.
Miami Medical
A medical drama about a team of expert trauma surgeons, who shine brightest when working under pressure against the clock to save critically injured patients. (imdb)
White Heat
White Heat (2012) - TV Mini-Series
A story about a group of seven London-based students from 1965 to the present day. (imdb)
Wish Me Luck
The Second World War experiences of brave women recruited as undercover agents behind enemy lines. (imdb)
The Crown - Season 1
The Crown - Season 2