Iain Glen
Iain Glen | |
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Glen in July 2012 | |
Born |
Edinburgh, Scotland | 24 June 1961
Nationality | British |
Education |
Edinburgh Academy University of Aberdeen Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1986–present |
Spouse(s) |
Susannah Harker (m. 1993; div. 2004) |
Partner(s) | Charlotte Emmerson (since 2005) |
Children | 3 |
Iain Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish film, television, and stage actor.[1] Glen is best known for his roles in the Resident Evil films and for portraying Ser Jorah Mormont on Game of Thrones. Other notable roles include Jack Taylor and Cleverman.
Early life and education
Iain Glen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and educated at the Edinburgh Academy, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), followed by the University of Aberdeen. He then trained at RADA in London, where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal.
Career
In 1990, Glen won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Silent Scream. In the same year he was cast as Hamlet, Prince of Denmark in Tom Stoppard's film adaptation of his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.[2] He was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in The Blue Room opposite Nicole Kidman.
It was announced in 2009 that Glen would star as Ser Jorah Mormont in the HBO series Game of Thrones. In 2010, he played the role of Father Octavian, leader of a sect of clerics who were on a mission against the Weeping Angels in "The Time of Angels" and "Flesh and Stone", a two-episode story which formed part of the fifth season of the revived television series Doctor Who. He appeared in the second series of Downton Abbey, as Sir Richard Carlisle, a tabloid publisher who is a suitor to, and subsequently engaged to, Lady Mary.
From 2010 to the present Glen has played the title character in the Irish TV crime series Jack Taylor adapted from the novels by Ken Bruen.
In the 2012 BBC drama series Prisoners' Wives, he plays Paul, the husband of Francesca, whose comfortable life comes crashing down when he is imprisoned for drug trafficking. Also in 2012, he starred in a new 4-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz, directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko. In 2013, he played the lead in the new play Longing.
From 6 December 2013 until early January 2014 Glen starred alongside Richard McCabe in Fortune's Fool at the Old Vic, directed by Lucy Bailey. He had been due to appear in the full run until 22 February 2014[3] but was forced to withdraw early to recover from illness, with his role taken by his understudy Patrick Cremin and then by William Houston who joined the cast about the same time as Glen's departure.[4]
In 2015, Glen provided the voiceover for a Vauxhall Mokka advertisement.
Family
Glen is the younger brother of Hamish Glen, theatre director, artistic director of the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, and formerly artistic director of the Dundee Repertory Theatre.
He was married to Susannah Harker from 1993 to 2004, they have one son, Finlay (born 1994). His partner is now actress Charlotte Emmerson, and they have two daughters; Mary (born September 2007) and Juliet (born 2012).[5]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Paris by Night | Wallace Sharp | |
1988 | Gorillas in the Mist | Brendan | |
1990 | Mountains of the Moon | John Hanning Speke | |
1990 | Silent Scream | Larry Winters | |
1990 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Hamlet | |
1990 | Fools of Fortune | William Quinton | |
1992 | 30 Door Key | Joey | |
1993 | The Young Americans | Edward Foster | |
1999 | Mararía | Bertrand | |
2000 | Beautiful Creatures | Tony | |
2000 | Paranoid | Stan | |
2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Manfred Powell | |
2001 | Gabriel & Me | Dad | |
2002 | Darkness | Mark | |
2002 | The Soul Keeper | Dr. Carl Gustav Jung | |
2003 | Song for a Raggy Boy | Brother John | |
2003 | Spy Sorge | Richard Sorge | |
2004 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | Dr. Sam Isaacs | |
2005 | Man to Man | Alexander Auchinleck | |
2005 | Vagabond Shoes | Alec Murray | Short film |
2005 | Tara Road | Danny | |
2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Richard Cœur de Lion | |
2006 | Small Engine Repair | Doug | |
2007 | The Last Legion | Orestes | |
2007 | Resident Evil: Extinction | Dr. Sam Isaacs / Tyrant | |
2007 | Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution | Frank Ratcliffe | |
2008 | Slapper | Red/Michael Simmons | Short film |
2009 | Pope Joan | Village Priest | |
2009 | Harry Brown | S.I. Childs | |
2009 | The Case of Unfaithful Klara | Denis | |
2011 | The Iron Lady | Alfred Roberts | |
2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Uncle Ralph | |
2014 | Guy Martin's Spitfire | Narrator | Documentary |
2014 | Monsters Behind the Iron Curtain | Narrator | Documentary |
2015 | The Bad Education Movie | Pasco | |
2015 | Eye in the Sky | James Willett | |
2016 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Dr. Alexander Isaacs | |
2017 | Dusty and Me | Mickey the Bubble | Post-production |
2017 | What About Love | American Ambassador | Post-production |
2017 | My Cousin Rachel | TBA | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Taggart | Scott Adair | Episode: "Knife Edge" |
1986–1989 | Screen Two | Allan Innes / Sailor / Ray | 3 episodes |
1988 | The Fear | Carl Galton | 5 episodes |
1991 | Adam Bede | Adam Bede | Television film |
1992 | Frankie's House | Tim Page | 4 episodes |
1992 | Screen One | Cmdr Powell | Episode: "Black and Blue" |
1993 | Missus | Father Pietro Salviati, Missus | Television film |
1996 | Death of a Salesman | Biff | Television film |
1997 | Painted Lady | Sebastian Stafford | 2 episodes |
1998 | Trial & Retribution | Damon Morton | 2 episodes |
1999 | Wives and Daughters | Mr. Preston | 4 episodes |
2000 | Glasgow Kiss | Stuart Morrison | 6 episodes |
2000 | The Wyvern Mystery | Charles Fairfield | Television film |
2000 | Anchor Me | Nathan Carter | Television film |
2002 | Impact | Marcus Hodge | Television film |
2003 | Carla | Daniel | Television film |
2005 | Kidnapped | Alan Breck | 2 episodes |
2007 | Starting Over | Gregor Dewhurst | Television film |
2007 | The Relief of Belsen | James Johnston | Television film |
2008 | City of Vice | John Fielding | 5 episodes |
2009 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Otto Frank | 5 episodes |
2009 | Law & Order: UK | Luke Slade | Episode: "Unsafe" |
2009 | Into the Storm | King George VI | Television film |
2010 | Doctor Who | Father Octavian | 2 episodes |
2010 | Spooks | Vaughn Edwards | 8 episodes |
2010 | Jack Taylor: The Guards | Jack Taylor | Series 1, episode 1 |
2011 | Jack Taylor: The Pikemen | Jack Taylor | Series 1, episode 2 |
2011 | Jack Taylor: The Magdalen Martyrs | Jack Taylor | Series 1, episode 3 |
2011 | Strike Back: Project Dawn | Crawford | 2 episodes |
2011 | Downton Abbey | Sir Richard Carlisle | 6 episodes |
2011–present | Game of Thrones | Ser Jorah Mormont | 42 episodes |
2012 | Haven | Roland Holloway | Episode: "Real Estate" |
2012 | Henry IV, Part II | Earl of Warwick | Television film |
2012–2013 | Prisoners' Wives | Paul | 10 episodes |
2013 | Jack Taylor: The Priest | Jack Taylor | Series 2, episode 1 (also co-producer) |
2013 | Jack Taylor: The Dramatist | Jack Taylor | Series 2, episode 2 (also co-producer) |
2013 | Jack Taylor: Shot Down | Jack Taylor | Series 2, episode 3 |
2013 | Borgia | Girolamo Savonarola | 2 episodes |
2013 | Ripper Street | Colonel Madoc Faulkner | Episode: "The Weight of One Man's Heart" |
2013 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Dr. David Willoughby | Episode: "Elephants Can Remember" |
2013 | Breathless | Inspector Ronald Mulligan | 6 episodes |
2014–2015 | Autopsy: The Last Hours Of | Narrator | 9 episodes |
2014 | The Red Tent | Jacob | 2 episodes |
2016 | Jack Taylor: Blood Cross | Jack Taylor | Series 3, episode 1 |
2016 | Jack Taylor: Headstone | Jack Taylor | Series 3, episode 2 |
2016 | Jack Taylor: Purgatory | Jack Taylor | Series 3, episode 3 |
2016–present | Cleverman | Jarrod Slade |
Selected theatre
- Edward II, Royal Exchange, Manchester 1986
- The Man Who Had All the Luck Bristol Old Vic 1990
- Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic, 1991
- Macbeth (1993)
- Henry V (1995)
- Martin Guerre (1996–1997)
- The Blue Room (1998)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (2002)
- Hedda Gabler (2005)
- The Crucible (2006)
- Scenes of a Marriage (2008)
- Wallenstein (2009, Minerva Theatre, Chichester) – title role
- Separate Tables (2009) – roles of Mr Martin and Major Pollock – Chichester Festival Theatre
- Ghosts (2010) – also directed
- Uncle Vanya, The Print Room, 2012 – title role
- Fortune's Fool, The Old Vic, 2013[6]
- The Seagull
- Here
- King Lear
- Coriolanus
- She Stoops to Conquer
- Hapgood
- Road
- Small Engine Repair
- The Recruiting Officer
Awards and nominations
Year | Title | Award | Category | Result |
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1990 | Silent Scream | Silver Bear | Best Actor | Won |
1991 | Mountains of the Moon, Fools of Fortune, Silent Scream | Evening Standard British Film Award | Best Actor | Won |
Hamlet | Ian Charleson Award | Special commendation[7] | Won | |
1994 | Henry V | Evening Standard Theatre Award | Best Actor | Nominated |
1997 | Martin Guerre | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actor in a Musical | Nominated |
1999 | The Blue Room | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actor | Nominated |
Drama League Award | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
2007 | The Crucible | Whatsonstage.com Award | Best Actor | Nominated |
Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
2012 | Game of Thrones | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2013 | Nominated | |||
Downton Abbey | Won | |||
2014 | Game of Thrones | Nominated | ||
2015 | Nominated | |||
2016 | Nominated |
References
- ↑ The New York Times
- ↑ "Berlinale: 1990 Prize Winners". Berlinale.de. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ↑ Fortune's Fool at oldvictheatre.com
- ↑ "Game of Thrones star Iain Glen quits play with mystery illness". Evening Standard. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ↑ Jan Moir (13 December 2013). Moir, Jan (13 December 2013). "How Lady Mary's ex fell for a VERY fiery blonde: Iain Glen on becoming a pin-up at the age of 52". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ↑ http://www.oldvictheatre.com/fortunes-fool/
- ↑ Lees, Caroline. "Classic recipes for success". Sunday Times. 9 February 1992
External links
- Official website
- Iain Glen at the Internet Movie Database
- Iain Glen at the Internet Broadway Database
- A fansite featuring Iain Glen