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James Nesbitt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Nesbitt (born 15 January 1965) is a Northern Irish actor. Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Nesbitt grew up in the nearby village of Broughshane, before moving to Coleraine, County Londonderry. He wanted to become a teacher, like his father, so began a degree in French at the University of Ulster. He dropped out after a year when he decided to become an actor, and transferred to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. After graduating in 1987, he spent seven years performing in plays that varied from the musical Up on the Roof (1987, 1989) to the political drama Paddywack (1994). He made his feature film debut playing talent agent Fintan O'Donnell in Hear My Song (1991). Nesbitt got his breakthrough television role playing Adam Williams in the romantic comedy-drama Cold Feet (1998–2003), which won him a British Comedy Award, a Television and Radio Industries Club Award, and a National Television Award. His first significant film role came when he appeared as pig farmer "Pig" Finn in Waking Ned (1998). With the rest of the starring cast, Nesbitt was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. In Lucky Break (2001), he made his debut as a film lead playing prisoner Jimmy Hands. The next year, he played Ivan Cooper in the television film Bloody Sunday, about the 1972 shootings in Derry. A departure from his previous "cheeky chappie" roles, the film was a turning point in his career. He won a British Independent Film Award and was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. Nesbitt has also starred in Murphy's Law (2001–2007) as undercover detective Tommy Murphy—a role that was created for him by writer Colin Bateman. The role twice gained Nesbitt Best Actor nominations at the Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA). In 2007, he starred in the dual role of Tom Jackman and Mr Hyde in Steven Moffat's Jekyll, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination in 2008. Nesbitt has since appeared in several more dramatic roles; he starred alongside Liam Neeson in Five Minutes of Heaven (2009), and was one of three lead actors in the television miniseries Occupation (2009) and The Deep (2010). He also starred in the movies Outcast (2010) and Emilio Estevez's The Way (2011), and has been cast in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit (2012/13). Nesbitt is married to former actress Sonia Forbes-Adam, with whom he has two daughters. He is a patron of numerous charities and in 2010 accepted the ceremonial position of Chancellor of the University of Ulster. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Nesbitt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Jan 15, 1965 In Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Movie/TV Credits:
71
First Appeared:
In the series The Hollywood Greats 1977-08-04
Latest Project:
Movie The Coronation Concert 2023-05-07
Known For
Poster of Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
Poster of James Nesbitt Presents Eat My Goal
Poster of Resurrection Man
Poster of The End of the World Man
Filmography
Movie The Coronation Concert Self 2023-05-07
Series Bloodlands DCI Tom Brannick 2021-02-21
Series Stay Close DS Michael Broome 2021-12-31
Movie Lost Lives 2019-10-10
Series Stan Lee's Lucky Man: The Bracelet Chronicles Harry Clayton 2017-02-15
Series The Secret Colin Howell 2016-04-29
Series Stan Lee's Lucky Man Harry Clayton 2016-01-22
Movie Gold Frank McGunn 2014-02-20
Series The Missing Tony Hughes 2014-10-28
Series Babylon Richard Miller 2014-11-13
Movie The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Bofur 2014-12-10
Movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Bofur 2013-12-11
Movie Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story Narrator 2012-09-07
Movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Bofur 2012-12-12
Movie Coriolanus Tribune Sicinius 2011-02-14
Series Monroe Gabriel Monroe 2011-03-10
Series The Deep Clem Donnelly 2010-08-03
Movie Matching Jack Connor 2010-08-19
Movie Outcast Cathal 2010-12-10
Movie Alex Higgins: The People's Champion Narrator 2010-09-01
Movie The Way Jack 2010-09-10
Movie Five Minutes of Heaven Joe Griffin 2009-01-19
Movie Cherrybomb Crilly 2009-02-08
Series Chris Moyles' Quiz Night Unknown 2009-03-22
Series Occupation Mike Swift 2009-06-16
Movie Occupation Mike Swift 2009-06-15
Series Fairy Tales Unknown 2008-01-10
Series The Passion Pilate 2008-03-16
Movie Blessed Peter 2008-10-24
Series Midnight Man Max Raban 2008-05-08
Movie The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Self 2007-02-03
Series The Graham Norton Show Himself 2007-02-22
Series Jekyll Dr. Tom Jackman 2007-06-16
Movie James Ellis: An Actor's Life Himself 2007-07-02
Series Soccer Aid Unknown 2006-05-22
Series The One Show Unknown 2006-08-14
Movie Match Point Detective Banner 2005-10-26
Movie Wall of Silence 2004-01-12
Movie Millions Ronnie 2004-04-29
Movie James Nesbitt Presents Eat My Goal Presenter 2004-11-22
Movie Quite Ugly One Morning Jack Parlabane 2004-09-04
Series The Terry and Gaby Show Unknown 2003-06-02
Series Canterbury Tales 2003-09-11
Movie Bloody Sunday Ivan Cooper 2002-01-16
Series Top Gear Unknown 2002-10-20
Movie Women Talking Dirty Stanley 2001-12-07
Series Murphy's Law Thomas Murphy 2001-09-24
Movie Lucky Break James 'Jimmy' Hands 2001-08-24
Series Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Unknown 2001-11-02
Movie Wild About Harry Walter Adair 2000-12-31
Movie The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell Yuri 1999-10-26
Series Playing the Field 1998-03-08
Movie Resurrection Man Ryan 1998-02-13
Movie Waking Ned Pig Finn 1998-09-15
Series Cold Feet Adam Williams 1998-11-15
Movie This Is the Sea Constable Hubert Porter 1997-09-15
Movie Welcome to Sarajevo Gregg 1997-05-09
Movie The James Gang Graham Armstrong 1997-11-07
Movie Jude Uncle Joe 1996-02-06
Series Ballykissangel Leo McGarvey 1996-02-11
Series Soccer AM Unknown 1995-08-12
Movie Go Now Tony 1995-09-16
Series Common As Muck Unknown 1994-09-07
Movie Love Lies Bleeding Niall 1993-06-14
Series GMTV Unknown 1993-01-01
Series Between the Lines Unknown 1992-09-04
Movie Hear My Song Fintan O'Donnell 1991-12-27
Movie The End of the World Man Policeman 1986-02-01
Series Lovejoy Unknown 1986-01-10
Movie The Cry B Special (uncredited) 1984-07-31
Series The Hollywood Greats Unknown 1977-08-04