British actor
Robert Emms
Born Robert James MacPherson
(1986-05-20 ) 20 May 1986 (age 38) Occupation Actor Years active 2007–present
Robert Emms (born Robert James MacPherson ; 20 May 1986) is a British film, stage and television actor, known for portraying Pythagoras in the BBC One fantasy-adventure series Atlantis , and Leonid Toptunov in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl .
Early life
Emms was born in Horley, Surrey, England. He went to a local secondary school, Oakwood School, Horley .[ 1] He studied at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology from 2002 to 2004, and then the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) from 2004 to 2007.[ 2]
Career
In March 2009 Emms played the lead role of Albert in the National Theatre 's production of War Horse .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] After Steven Spielberg saw him in War Horse at the New London Theatre, he was cast as David Lyons in Spielberg's film adaptation of the play.[ 6] [ 7]
In June 2011 Screen International named him as a 'Star of Tomorrow'.[ 8]
His other film work includes Kick-Ass 2 alongside Jim Carrey,[ 9] and Rick 'Broken' Buckley in Broken directed by Rufus Norris for BBC films.[ 10] He appeared as the Elizabethan playwright Thomas Dekker in Anonymous directed by Roland Emmerich , in[ 11]
Tarsem Singh's version of the Brothers Grimm 's Snow White , in Mirror Mirror , with Julia Roberts and in the BAFTA -nominated film The Arbor , directed by Clio Barnard .[ 12] [ 13] More recently he has portrayed Vitas Gerulaitis in the film Borg/McEnroe directed by Janus Metz Pederson (alongside Shia LaBeouf).[ 14]
Emms' notable television appearances include Happy Valley by Sally Wainwright ,[ 15] The Street by Jimmy McGovern ,[ 16] and Scott & Bailey .[ 17] In 2015, Emms played the part of Smitty, the artistic grandson of Petunia Howe, in the three-part BBC series Capital based on John Lanchester's novel of the same name .[ 18] Most recently he portrays John Gerard in the BBC series Gunpowder alongside Kit Harington and Liv Tyler . He also played Pythagoras in the series Atlantis for the BBC.[ 19]
Emms played Jack in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) and the third season of Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (2021).
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
References
^ "Robert Emms missed out on War Horse role first time around | Surrey Mirror" . www.surreymirror.co.uk . Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
^ "Robert Emms" (PDF) . LAMDA . Retrieved 1 July 2011 .
^ "War Horse Transfer Cast Update" . Theatre Tickets . Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011 .
^ "War Horse — new cast announced" . Indie London . Retrieved 6 July 2011 .
^ "Half the cast to change in War Horse!" . London Theatre . 10 September 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2011 .
^ Freer, Ian (17 February 2010). "Exclusive: War Horse Cast Announced" . Empire . Retrieved 6 July 2011 .
^ "War Horse: A Man's Play" . Blokely . 3 December 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011 .
^ "Screen unveils 2011 Stars of Tomorrow" . Screen Daily . 30 June 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011 .
^ " 'Kick-Ass 2' Set for Summer 2013; Robert Emms and Morris Chestnut Join Cast" . 15 August 2012.
^ "Broken (2013), directed by Rufus Norris | Film review" .
^ Sneider, Jeff (5 May 2011). "Lane, Emms join Relativity's Snow White" . Variety . Retrieved 1 July 2011 .
^ Sandhu, Sukhdev (21 October 2010). "The Arbor, review: The Arbor brilliantly explores the life and legacy of Andrea Dunbar" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 6 July 2011 .
^ Newman, Nick (5 May 2011). "Nathan Lane And Robert Emms Join 'The Brothers Grimm: Snow White' " . thefilmstage.com . Archived from the original on 7 May 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011 .
^ "Shia LaBeouf-starrer 'Borg/McEnroe' begins shoot" .
^ Hogan, Michael (8 March 2016). "Happy Valley, review: Did Daryl's mum turn the gun on herself? Plus ten more talking points" . The Telegraph .
^ Walker, Tim (14 July 2009). "Last Night's Television — Monday Monday, ITV1; The Street, BBC1" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2011 .
^ Heminsley, Alexandra (7 July 2011). "Have you been watching ... Scott & Bailey?" . The Guardian . Retrieved 6 July 2011 .
^ "BBC One: Capital" . BBC Online . Retrieved 24 November 2015 .
^ "BBC - Cast announced for BBC One's Atlantis - Media Centre" .
^ Hibbs, James (26 September 2022). "Kaya Scodelario and Alfred Enoch to star in Sky rom-com This Christmas" . Radio Times .
^ "The Reckoning: BBC Jimmy Savile Drama 'Delayed Until 2024' " . TV Zone . Retrieved 12 November 2022 .
^ Griffin, Louise (22 October 2021). "Steve Coogan gets into character as Jimmy Savile in new look at controversial BBC drama" . Metro . Retrieved 22 October 2021 .
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