Jamie Bamber

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Biography

English actor

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·producer
  • Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Nationality
  • British
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 03 April 1973
  • Place of birth
  • Hammersmith
  • Spouses
  • Kerry Norton
  • Education
  • London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art·St John's College· Cambridge·St Paul's School· London

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Daughter Isla Elizabeth Angela Griffith born on June 12, 2003.

His father, Ralph, is an American lawyer; mother, Elizabeth (Liz), is Northern Irish.

Is from a family of 7 siblings: 5 brothers (one younger and 4 older half-brothers from his fathers first marriage), 1 sister.

Spoken languages: English, French, Italian

Interests: Rugby, Golf, Horseback-riding, Skiing, Dancing, Rap-Music

Spent his early school years in Paris and moved back to the UK at age 7.

During his first degree studies of French and Italian literature he spent a year studying in Italy. After graduating he decided to go into acting professionally and studied at LAMDA.

At Cambridge University, England, he achieved a 1st Class MA Honours in Modern Languages. The highest you can achieve.

For all the theatre work hes done, he would love to do Hamlet.

His younger sister is actress Anastasia Griffith.

Twin daughters, Ava and Darcy, born August 27, 2004.

Bamber is his mothers maiden name.

Best friends with Ioan Gruffudd of "Hornblower" and "Fantastic Four" fame.

In 2009, appeared shirtless (and with chest hair) in print advertisements for PETA, encouraging "bare skin, not bearskin," meant to help draw attention to the fact that the fur of Canadian black bears is used to make the fur caps for the Queens Guard.

(June 2005) Vancouver. Filming season 2 of "Battlestar Galactica" .

(June 2015) In New York shooting new movie Money alongside Kellan Lutz , Jesse Williams and Jess Weixler.

He has both American and Irish citizenship in addition to British due to his parents being from both nations.

Due to his frequency of playing American characters and his skill with the accent, many fans and co-stars are genuinely surprised to find out that he is really British.

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