Name |
Jeremy Irvine |
Height |
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Naionality |
English |
Date of Birth |
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Place of Birth |
Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire, England |
Famous for |
Acting |
Jeremy Irvine is an English stage and screen actor. In late 2011, Irvine starred as the leading character in the epic war film War Horse directed by Steven Spielberg and based on an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo children's novel. War Horse was nominated for six Academy awards, two Golden Globes and five BAFTAs. The movie became a box office success and turned Irvine into an overnight film star. Later work included starring as Pip in the 2012 adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, directed by Mike Newell alongside Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham Carter. Other work has included the romantic film Now Is Good with Dakota Fanning and subsequently The Railway Man with Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman.
Irvine's work has included appearances on stage, in television and in film. In June 2010, Irvine was cast to play the lead character in the Steven Spielberg film War Horse, released in January 2012. The film was an adaption of Michael Morpurgo's novel, also entitled War Horse. Irvine was selected to play Albert Narracott, the main character, alongside other British actors, including Peter Mullan and Emily Watson—as Albert's father and mother, respectively. During production of the film, Irvine began to be represented by the Creative Artists Agency from July 2010, in addition to agents Hatton McEwan in the United Kingdom.
In April 2011, Variety magazine reported that Irvine had been cast to play the role of Pip in a Mike Newell film production of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens alongside Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham. The film was released at the beginning of December, 2012. In October 2011, The Hollywood Reporter noted that Irvine was expected to play the young Eric Lomax in a film production of The Railway Man, with Colin Firth playing the older Lomax.