Who is Jason Flemyng? Jamestown actor playing Sir George Yeardley and star of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
YOU'LL recognise him from classics such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch but Jason Flemyng's latest role is in Sky One drama Jamestown.
Jason plays Sir George Yeardley in the series which focuses on an English settlement at the beginning of the creation of America.
How old is Jason Flemyng and where is he from?
Jason, 50, was born on September 26, 1966 in Putney, London.
He decided to become an actor after appearing in a number of stage shows at his school, Christ's Hospital, Sussex.
In the 1980s he was involved in the National Youth Theatre and political group, the Young Socialists.
After being expelled from the Labour party for selling the Militant newspaper, he returned to acting in 1990 and was accepted to London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Following his graduation, he joined the Riyal Shakespeare Company.
What films have Jason Flemyng been in?
His first film role was in the 1994 version of The Jungle Book but in 1998 he landed the main part of Tom in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Within the next few years, Jason would go on to star in Snatch (2000), From Hell opposite Johnny Depp in 2001 and The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003.
In 2009, Flemyng joined the cast of the ITV science fiction cult drama series Primeval during its third series, as maverick ex-policeman Danny Quinn and he reprised the role in 2011.
He was cast as Azazel in X-Men prequel, X-Men: First Class in 2010 and starred in British comedy I Give It A Year in 2012.
Who does Jason play in Jamestown?
Jason plays Sir George Yeardley - a self-made man and governor of Jamestown.
The action-packed drama is set in the early days of the formation of the US.
Jason stars alongside Max Beesley, Naomi Battrick, Sophie Rundle and Niamh Walsh.
What role did Jason Flemyng have in SS-GB?
Jason played Mayhew in the BBC alternative history thriller SS-GB.
took the lead role of British Detective Douglas Archer, who finds himself working under the brutal SS in occupied London and investigates what appears to be a simple black market murder.
Kate Bosworth starred as an American journalist covering the invasion for the New York Times while Maeve Dermody played resistance fighter Sylvia Manning.
The TV series imagined what the United Kingdom would be like had the allied forces of World War II failed and the Nazi’s controlled London.
The series was based on the Len Deighton novel of the same name – in which Douglas Archer is a British detective who becomes embroiled in a Resistance movement after investigating a homicide.
Who is Jason Flemyng married to?
Jason dated actress Lena Headey, who plays Cersei Lannister in Game Of Thrones, for nine years before they split in 2003.
She and Flemyng met during the filming of The Jungle Book, and she had a tattoo of his name in Thai on her arm, which has since been covered.
He has been married to Elly Fairman since 2007
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