Jim Sturgess
Jim Sturgess ( born May 16, 1978 in London, England, United Kingdom; native James Anthony Sturgess ) is an English actor and musician.
Life and work
Sturgess was raised in Farnham, Surrey and went from 1993 to 1995 at London's National Youth Music Theatre on. His first film role he played alongside Albert Finney, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Modine and Julian Sands in the British film drama The Browning Version by Mike Figgis from the year 1994. 1997 he joined the School of Media, Music and Performance, University of Salford from. It was discovered during a performance of his self- written and - produced, based on seal One -act show called " Buzzin ' ". After that, he played small roles in several British television series and independent films and was a member of two bands ( " Dilated Spies " and " Saint Faith "). As the two broke up, he began to focus more on acting.
One of the major roles he played alongside Ciarán Hinds in the television drama Friday the 12th ( 2000). In the musical film Across the Universe (2007) Sturgess played the lead role of a British port worker who travels to the United States and there in love. The release of the film drama The Other Boleyn Girl, in which he played alongside Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, was presented in February 2008 at the Berlinale 2008. One of his most famous roles he played in 21 it he embodies an MIT student who earns by counting cards in the casinos of Las Vegas millions. In Crossing Over (2009) he plays on side of Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd. The movie is about different people from different countries who immigrated to the U.S. and try to be naturalized. In the same year, Fifty Dead Men Walking, in which he, in the lead role, is a young Irishman who gets the job by the British Police to spy on the IRA and thereby save the lives of over 50 people. For the horror film Heartless (2009) by Philip Ridley got Sturgess 2010, Best Actor Award at the Fanta Porto Film Festival. In the adventure drama The Way Back - The Long Road (2011 ) by Peter Weir he plays at opposite Colin Farrell and Ed Harris a Polish soldier. In the film, set in World War II, he breaks out with a group of prisoners from a Russian extermination camp and runs with them from Siberia to the non-communist India. In November 2011, the love affair Two was released in Germany on a day that is based on the bestselling novel by David Nicholls. This Sturgess plays Dexter along with Anne Hathaway starring. The film is about two students who meet on July 15, 1988 for the first time. After their story is told every July 15 over the next 20 years.
Currently still running several film projects: Upside Down, a sci-fi romance with Kirsten Dunst, Promised Land and Ashes.
In addition to his acting career, Jim Sturgess is also active as a songwriter and musician. So he wrote and sang two songs for his role in Crossing Over and three songs for the film Heartless. Currently he is working on a band called Tragic Toys, in collaboration with his partner. His music genre he describes as an alternative, ambient and electro.
Jim Sturgess is in a relationship with Mickey O'Brien, the keyboard player of the band La Roux for seven years.