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Jeremy Northam

Jeremy Northam

Actor · Born December 1, 1961 (64) · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Screen Actors Guild Award winner · 1 other major award body

Jeremy Philip Northam (born 1 December 1961) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Anthony Eden on Netflix's The Crown, Aubrey Longrigg in Our Kind of Traitor, Sir Thomas More on Showtime's The Tudors, Dean Martin in the 2002 television movie Martin and Lewis, Ivor Novello in Gosford Park, Judge Coglin in Amistad, and Mr. Knightley in Emma (1996). He also starred as Dr. Matthew Proctor in the now-canceled CBS drama Miami Medical.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 1, 1961 (64)
From
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
38 on MovieCove · 55 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 27% in 30 days

What are Jeremy Northam's films like?

Across their 31 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
31%
Self
20%
Morality
19%
Survival
9%
Power
8%
Society
7%
Ideas
5%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 29 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 12 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 10

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 6 · Affecting 17 · Heavy 6

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 14 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

17 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 6 of 17 analyzed roles.

Shadow
6 of 17
Hero
4 of 17
Shapeshifter
2 of 17
Mentor
2 of 17
Threshold guardian
1 of 17
Trickster
1 of 17
Ally
1 of 17
Show the 17 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Contemplative
16
Melancholic
15
Dread
7
Romantic
6
Other
22

How their films linger

Bittersweet16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet16
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jeremy Northam's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jeremy Northam's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

55 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Freud's Last Session(2023)

    as Ernest Jones

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Official Secrets(2019)

    as Ken MacDonald

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Crown(2016)

    Show 13 episodes · as Anthony Eden

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Our Kind of Traitor(2016)

    as Aubrey Longrigg

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Man Who Knew Infinity(2015)

    as Bertrand Russell

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Eye in the Sky(2015)

    as Brian Woodale

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • New Worlds(2014)

    Show 4 episodes · as Charles II

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Un nuevo mundo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Actor's Assistant

  • White Heat(2012)

    Show 6 episodes · as Edward

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Thanks · as Self

  • Miami Medical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 13 episodes · as Matthew Proctor

  • Glorious 39(2009)

    as Joseph Balcombe

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Creation(2009)

    as John Brodie-Innes

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Dean Spanley(2008)

    as Fisk Junior / Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Fiona's Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Simon

  • The Invasion(2007)

    as Tucker Kaufman

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Tudors(2007)

    Show 20 episodes · as Sir Thomas More

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Payback (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Vladimir

  • Tristram Shandy(2005)

    as Mark

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Guy X(2005)

    as Col. Woolwrap

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Cary Grant: A Class Apart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Cary Grant (voice)

  • Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius(2004)

    as Walter Hagen

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Swamp Cats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • The Statement(2003)

    as Colonel Roux

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Singing Detective(2003)

    as Mark Binney

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Martin and Lewis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Dean Martin

  • Cypher(2002)

    as Morgan Sullivan

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Possession(2002)

    as Randolph Henry Ash

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Gosford Park(2001)

    as Ivor Novello

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Enigma(2001)

    as Mr. Wigram

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Golden Bowl(2000)

    as Prince Amerigo

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Happy, Texas(1999)

    as Harry Sawyer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Winslow Boy(1999)

    as Sir Robert Morton

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Gloria(1999)

    as Kevin

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • An Ideal Husband(1999)

    as Sir Robert Chiltern

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Misadventures of Margaret(1998)

    as Edward Nathan

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Tribe(1998)

    as Jamie

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Amistad(1997)

    as Judge Coglin

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Mimic(1997)

    as Peter Mann

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Emma(1996)

    as Mr. Knightley

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Voices (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Philip Heseltine / Peter Warlock

  • The Net(1995)

    as Jack Devlin

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Carrington(1995)

    as Beacus Penrose

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • A Village Affair(1995)

    as Anthony Jordan

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Soft Top Hard Shoulder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as John

  • Wuthering Heights(1992)

    as Hindley Earnshaw

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • HBO First Look (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • A Fatal Inversion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Rufus

  • A Fatal Inversion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 3 episodes · as Rufus

  • Poirot(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Hugo Trent

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Piece of Cake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 6 episodes · as 'Fitz' Fitzgerald

  • Wish Me Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 14 episodes · as Colin Beale

  • Journey's End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Captain Stanhope

  • Natural World(1983)

    Show 4 episodes · as Narrator (voice) · as Participant

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Benson

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 55 titles from 1982 to 2023; peak year 2000.

Biggest box office

The Net (1995)

$111M worldwide

Highest rated

Eye in the Sky (2015)

Midcredits 88th

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19822023

Peak 2000 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 9 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 1 more milestone
  • 2016Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· The Crown

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting53 of 55: 53 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thOther crew2 of 55: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s6 · acting1990s18 · acting2000s20 · acting2010s10 · 8 acting · 2 crew2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 10% of 29 roles
920207

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Screen Actors Guild Award and 1 other major award from 3 major nominations, 2002–2017.

WinNomination
  1. 2017
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  2. 2002
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Acting Ensemble

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jeremy Northam's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 32; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 38 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 38 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)

65th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Crown (2016)

Midcredits 98th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 29 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jeremy Northam's work okay for kids?

Across up to 16 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles13–69 · median 52 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity16 titles5–60 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles9–67 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles10–43 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles14–68 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jeremy Northam work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jeremy Northam's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tom Hollander shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers