Jamie Dornan
{{short description|Actor, model and musician (born 1982)}}
{{distinguish|Jamie Doran}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jamie Dornan
| image = Jamie Dornan January 2013.jpg
| caption = Dornan in 2013
| birth_name = James Peter Maxwell Dornan
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|5|1}}
| birth_place = Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland
| citizenship =
| education = {{Plainlist| *Methodist College Belfast
- Teesside University (dropped out)
}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|model|musician}}
| years_active = 2001–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Amelia Warner|April 27, 2013}}
| children = 3
| father = Jim Dornan
| works = Full list
| awards = Full list
}}
James Peter Maxwell Dornan ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|eɪ|m|i|_|ˈ|d|ɔːr|n|ə|n}}; born 1 May 1982) is an actor, model, and musician from Northern Ireland. The recipient of two Irish Film and Television Awards, he has been nominated for a BAFTA Television Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2020, he was named one of Ireland's greatest film actors by The Irish Times.
Initially beginning his career as a model in 2001, he appeared in campaigns for Hugo Boss, Dior Homme, and Calvin Klein. Dubbed "the Golden Torso" by The New York Times, he was ranked one of the "25 Biggest Male Models of All Time" by Vogue in 2015. In addition, he performed in the folk band Sons of Jim until 2008.
Dornan made his acting debut in 2006 with Sofia Coppola's drama film Marie Antoinette. Afterwards, he had minor roles in various independent films and television shows, that included Sheriff Graham Humbert in the series Once Upon a Time (2011–2013). He earned critical acclaim portraying serial killer Paul Spector in the crime drama series The Fall (2013–2016), for which he was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. His profile grew with roles such as Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades franchise (2015–2018), Jan Kubiš in Anthropoid (2016), Edgar Pagét in Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021), and Pa in Belfast (2021), receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for the lattermost. He also played the lead role of Elliot Stanley/Eugene Cassidy in the thriller drama series The Tourist (2022–2024).
Early life
Dornan was born on 1 May 1982{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a526016/jamie-dornan-10-things-about-the-50-shades-of-grey-star.html |title=Jamie Dornan: 10 things about the '50 Shades of Grey' star |first1=Simon |last1=Reynolds |first2=Emma |last2=Dibdin |date=24 October 2013 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=29 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122114513/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a526016/jamie-dornan-10-things-about-the-50-shades-of-grey-star/|archive-date=22 November 2022}} in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, and grew up in the suburbs of Belfast. His mother, Lorna, died of pancreatic cancer when Dornan was 16. His father Jim Dornan, an obstetrician and gynaecologist who had also considered becoming an actor, died from complications related to COVID-19 on 15 March 2021.{{cite news |last=Eyre |first=Hermione |date=4 September 2009 |title=The male Kate Moss: Jamie Dornan |newspaper=London Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion/the-male-kate-moss-jamie-dornan-6717175.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101061946/https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/fashion/the-male-kate-moss-jamie-dornan-6717175.html |archive-date=1 November 2021}}{{cite web |last=Harte |first=Lauren |date=15 March 2021 |title=Professor Jim Dornan, dad of actor Jamie, dies aged 73... tributes paid to 'champion for many NI charities' |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/professor-jim-dornan-dad-of-actor-jamie-dies-aged-73-tributes-paid-to-champion-for-many-ni-charities-40197390.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506060509/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/professor-jim-dornans-immense-contribution-to-medicine-will-leave-lasting-legacy-says-cmo-mcbride-40197390.html |archive-date=6 May 2022 |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=Belfast Telegraph}}{{cite magazine |last=Munson |first=Robyn |date=27 November 2013 |title=Warning: This Interview Will Make You Fall Totally In Love With Jamie Dornan |url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/544996/warning-this-interview-will-make-you-fall-totally-in-love-with-50-shades-of-grey-s-jamie-dornan.html |url-status=dead |journal=Marie Claire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630034348/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/544996/warning-this-interview-will-make-you-fall-totally-in-love-with-50-shades-of-grey-s-jamie-dornan.html |archive-date=30 June 2015 |access-date=12 January 2015}} He has echoed his father's support throughout his career, stating: "[...] Some people go their whole lives without being told, 'You've made your parents proud'. My dad would tell me every day."{{Cite web |last=Bedigan |first=Mike |date=2021-12-21 |title=Jamie Dornan's father told him he was proud of him 'every day' before his death |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/jamie-dornan-belfast-dad-london-los-angeles-b1979881.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219085147/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/jamie-dornan-belfast-dad-london-los-angeles-b1979881.html |archive-date=19 December 2022 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
Dornan has two older sisters: Liesa, who works for Disney in London, and Jessica, a fashion designer based in Falmouth, Cornwall, England.{{cite web |last=Coleman |first=Maureen |date=24 October 2013 |title=Tragic past has not stopped Jamie Dornan as he lands "Fifty Shades of Grey" role |url=http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/tragic-past-jamie-dornan-lands-fifty-shades-of-grey-photos-video-229126241-237784571.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122042522/https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/tragic-past-jamie-dornan-lands-fifty-shades-of-grey-photos-video-229126241-237784571 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |website=IrishCentral.com}} He is a first cousin, twice removed, of actress Greer Garson.{{Cite news |last=Randall |first=Lee |date=11 May 2013 |title=Jamie Dornan on playing a psychopathic killer in The Fall |work=The Scotsman |url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/tv-radio/jamie-dornan-on-playing-a-psychopathic-killer-in-the-fall-1-2925888 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223065448/https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/tv-radio/jamie-dornan-on-playing-a-psychopathic-killer-in-the-fall-1-2925888 |archive-date=23 December 2019}} His grandparents on both sides of his family were Methodist lay preachers.
He attended and boarded at Methodist College Belfast,{{cite news |last1=Rainey |first1=Sarah |title=The Jamie Dornan I (almost) knew... |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/11394906/The-Jamie-Dornan-I-almost-knew....html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/11394906/The-Jamie-Dornan-I-almost-knew....html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |date=7 February 2015 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=28 July 2016}}{{cbignore}} where he played rugby and participated in the drama department. In school, he appeared in a Christmas pantomime portraying Widow Twankey which earned him his first drama prize.{{Cite news |last=Vernon |first=Polly |date=2016-09-03 |title=Jamie Dornan: 'I'm trying to think how I explain what Daddy does for a living' |language=en |newspaper=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/jamie-dornan-im-trying-to-think-how-i-explain-what-daddy-does-for-a-living-6lh6w9t2r |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427203047/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jamie-dornan-im-trying-to-think-how-i-explain-what-daddy-does-for-a-living-6lh6w9t2r |archive-date=27 April 2021 |issn=0140-0460}} He also played Baby Face in Bugsy Malone and the milkman in Blood Brothers during school productions. He was a member of Belfast's youth amateur drama group, Holywood Players and participated in the Ballymoney Drama Festival with this group on several occasions.{{Cite web |date=26 February 2020 |title=Ballymoney set to stage its 81st drama festival |url=http://www.irishnews.com/arts/2020/02/26/news/ballymoney-set-to-stage-its-81st-drama-festival-1851670/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506060132/https://www.irishnews.com/arts/2020/02/26/news/ballymoney-set-to-stage-its-81st-drama-festival-1851670/ |archive-date=6 May 2022 |access-date=1 May 2021 |website=The Irish News |language=en}} He played rugby as a winger for the Belfast Harlequins{{Cite web |last=Ojomu |first=Nola |date=2013-10-24 |title=Jamie Dornan: the facts |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a23673/jamie-dornan-christian-grey-sexy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202234101/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a23673/jamie-dornan-christian-grey-sexy/ |archive-date=2 December 2021 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-GB}} and also for Ulster Rugby under-21 team.{{Cite news |date=2023-10-01 |title=Jamie Dornan: Day I downed bottle of whiskey before audition...then puked |language=en-GB |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/entertainment/jamie-dornan-day-i-downed-bottle-of-whiskey-before-auditionthen-puked/a633802983.html |access-date=2023-11-30 |issn=0307-1235}} He later claimed that he could have played professionally if not for a foot and mouth viral infection that broke out during his time on the under-21 team.{{Cite web |last1=Coles |first1=Jonathan |last2=Smith |first2=Steven |date=2023-11-29 |title=Jamie Dornan says one thing stopped him becoming a rugby star |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/celebs-tv/jamie-dornan-says-one-thing-8941435 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Nottinghamshire Live |language=en}}
He attended Teesside University but dropped out and moved to London in 2002 to train as an actor,{{cite news |last=Watts |first=Halina |date=2 June 2013 |title=Jamie Dornan: The serial strangler who says "sorry" |newspaper=Daily Mirror |publisher=Trinity Mirror |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/falls-jamie-dornan-talks-playing-1925903 |url-status=live |access-date=1 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129032921/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/falls-jamie-dornan-talks-playing-1925903 |archive-date=29 November 2021}} but never applied to drama school.{{cite news |last=McGoran |first=Peter |date=22 September 2021 |title=Jamie Dornan admits being told Fifty Shades role would derail his career after success of The Fall |newspaper=Belfast Live |url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/jamie-dornan-admits-being-told-21645668 |url-status=live |access-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103103710/https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/jamie-dornan-admits-being-told-21645668 |archive-date=3 January 2022}} He worked in a pub in Knightsbridge for six months until he embarked on his modelling career.{{Cite web |date=24 April 2012 |title=Jamie Dornan - Prince Charming |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/jamie-dornan-prince-charming-7669885.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506055708/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/jamie-dornan-prince-charming-7669885.html |archive-date=6 May 2022 |access-date=1 April 2021 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}
Initial career
=Music=
Dornan performed in the folk band Sons of Jim until it disbanded in 2008. He founded the band with his schoolmate David Alexander{{Cite web |last=Elkin |first=David |date=2017-08-31 |title=A brief history of the time Jamie Dornan was the lead singer in a folk band called Sons of Jim |url=https://www.dailyedge.ie/jamie-dornan-lead-singer-3573458-Aug2017/?amp=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906005302/https://www.dailyedge.ie/jamie-dornan-lead-singer-3573458-Aug2017/?amp=1 |archive-date=6 September 2017 |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=DailyEdge.ie}} and formed their own record label Doorstep Records{{Cite web |title=Jamie Dornan |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jamie-dornan/credits/3000521006/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511001217/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jamie-dornan/bio/3000521006/ |archive-date=11 May 2021 |access-date=2021-08-24 |website=TV Guide |language=en}} under which they published their songs "Fairytale" and "My Burning Sun".{{cite book |last1=Ford |first1=Louise |title=Fifty Shades of Jamie Dornan. |date=2015 |publisher=John Blake |isbn=978-1784181215}} Sons of Jim supported Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall on tour.{{Cite web |last=Rothman |first=Michael |date=24 October 2013 |title=You May Already Know 'Fifty Shades of Grey's' Jamie Dornan - Here's How |url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/10/you-may-already-know-fifty-shades-of-greys-jamie-dornan-heres-how |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421122316/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/10/you-may-already-know-fifty-shades-of-greys-jamie-dornan-heres-how |archive-date=21 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=ABC News |language=en}}
=Modelling=
After dropping out of university, in 2001 Dornan took part in the Channel 4 reality show Model Behaviour.{{Cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Charlotte |date=2015-02-13 |title=Role Model: Hanging Out With Jamie Dornan |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/jamie-dornan-christian-grey-fifty-shades-vogue-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423135957/https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/jamie-dornan-christian-grey-fifty-shades-vogue-interview |archive-date=23 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}} He was eliminated, but signed a modelling contract with Select Model Management. Dornan was not keen to pursue modelling as a career, but was persuaded by his sisters.{{Cite web |last=Hillyer |first=Hannah |date=2021-02-13 |title=You Have To Watch: Jamie Dornan Was On A Modelling Reality Show In 2001 |url=https://stellar.ie/trending/you-have-to-watch-jamie-dornan-was-on-a-modelling-reality-show-in-2001/91808 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213170033/https://stellar.ie/trending/you-have-to-watch-jamie-dornan-was-on-a-modelling-reality-show-in-2001/91808 |archive-date=13 February 2021 |access-date=12 May 2021 |website=Stellar |language=en}} In 2003, he modelled for Abercrombie & Fitch with Malin Åkerman.{{cite news |url=http://national.suntimes.com/national-entertainment/national-celebrity/7/72/673073/jamie-dornan-poses-nude-old-abercrombie-fitch-photo-shoot/ |title=Jamie Dornan poses nude in old Abercrombie & Fitch photo shoot |first=Nick |last=Kotecki |date=19 February 2015 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=18 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327104122/http://national.suntimes.com/national-entertainment/national-celebrity/7/72/673073/jamie-dornan-poses-nude-old-abercrombie-fitch-photo-shoot |archive-date=27 March 2015 |url-status=dead }} He then modelled for Aquascutum, Hugo Boss, and Armani.{{cite web |url=http://models.com/models/jamie-dornan/client |title=Jamie Dornan: Work by client |website=Models.com |access-date=3 June 2013}} In 2005, he became the face of Dior Homme's fragrance advertising campaign.{{Cite web |last=Sauvalle |first=Julien |date=12 February 2015 |title=12 Things You Should Know About Jamie Dornan |url=http://www.out.com/fashion/truman-says/2013/10/25/10-things-you-should-know-about-jamie-dornan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622051543/https://www.out.com/fashion/truman-says/2013/10/25/10-things-you-should-know-about-jamie-dornan |archive-date=22 June 2014 |access-date=6 May 2021 |website=Out |language=en}} Dornan's first appearance in Calvin Klein's advertising campaign was in 2004 with Russian model Natalia Vodianova.{{Cite web |last=Karimzadeh |first=Marc |date=5 May 2009 |title=Hot for Calvin Klein |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/marketing-promotion/hot-for-calvin-klein-2122215/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728101824/https://wwd.com/business-news/marketing-promotion/hot-for-calvin-klein-2122215/ |archive-date=28 July 2021 |access-date=2021-07-28 |website=Women's Wear Daily}} His later notable works for the brand include the jeans advertising campaigns with Kate Moss in 2006{{Cite web |date=2006-08-09 |title=If your name's not Kate, you're not coming in |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/if-your-names-not-kate-youre-not-coming-in |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727162921/https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/if-your-names-not-kate-youre-not-coming-in |archive-date=27 July 2021 |access-date=2021-07-27 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}} and with Eva Mendes in 2010.{{Cite web |date=2010-02-14 |title=Jamie Dornan and Eva Mendes for Calvin Klein Jeans |url=https://www.designscene.net/2010/02/jamie-dornan-and-eva-mendes-for-calvin.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126161612/https://www.designscene.net/2010/02/jamie-dornan-and-eva-mendes-for-calvin.html |archive-date=26 January 2021 |access-date=2021-07-27 |website=Design Scene |language=en-US}} In 2009, he was made the face of Calvin Klein's 'CK Free' fragrance{{Cite web |date=27 August 2009 |title=Jamie Dornan launches ck scent with sexy ad campaign |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/skincare-and-fragrances/200908271916/jamie/dornan/ck-scent/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418012723/https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/skincare-and-fragrances/200908271916/jamie/dornan/ck-scent/ |archive-date=18 April 2021 |access-date=15 April 2021 |website=Hello! |language=en}} and also appeared as a judge in its model hunt competition, Nine countries, nine men, one winner that year.{{Cite web |last=Lidbury |first=Olivia |date=2009-09-14 |title=Jamie Dornan launches Calvin Klein Underwear male modelling competition |url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG6174320/Jamie-Dornan-launches-Calvin-Klein-Underwear-male-modelling-competition.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617173204/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG6174320/Jamie-Dornan-launches-Calvin-Klein-Underwear-male-modelling-competition.html |archive-date=17 June 2013 |access-date=15 April 2021 |website=The Daily Telegraph}} In 2006, he was labelled "The Golden Torso" by The New York Times{{cite news |last=Trebay |first=Guy |date=9 November 2006 |title=The Golden Torso |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/fashion/09dornan.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209081319/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/fashion/09dornan.html |archive-date=9 February 2022}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |last=McGlinchy |first=Maggie |date=10 February 2015 |title=Watch Jamie Dornan And Jimmy Fallon Compare Calvin Klein Ads |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2075622/jamie-dornan-jimmy-fallon-calvin-klein-ads/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428175001/http://www.mtv.com/news/2075622/jamie-dornan-jimmy-fallon-calvin-klein-ads/ |archive-date=28 April 2018 |work=MTV}} and was dubbed the "male Kate Moss" by GQ's creative director Jim Moore.
Dornan also appeared in commercials for Dolce & Gabbana, Zara, Banana Republic, and Levi's Jeans. In 2015 he was ranked one of the "25 Biggest Male Models of All Time" by Vogue.{{cite web |last=Okwodu |first=Janelle |date=11 June 2015 |title=Really, Really Good-Looking: 25 of the Biggest Male Models of All Time |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/top-25-male-models-of-all-time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011103024/https://www.vogue.com/article/top-25-male-models-of-all-time |archive-date=11 October 2021 |access-date=22 October 2019 |work=Vogue}} After his acting breakthrough, he became the new face of "Boss The Scent" for Hugo Boss in 2018{{cite news |last=Weil |first=Jennifer |date=1 August 2018 |title=Jamie Dornan and Birgit Kos to Front Boss the Scent |work=Women's Wear Daily |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/jamie-dornan-birgit-kos-front-boss-the-scent-1202767992/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802025640/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/jamie-dornan-birgit-kos-front-boss-the-scent-1202767992/ |archive-date=2 August 2018}} and starred in the Fall/Winter Men's Fashion Campaign for Spanish luxury fashion brand Loewe in 2023, also becoming their global brand ambassador the following year.{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Prudence |date=19 July 2023 |title=Jamie Dornan stars in new Loewe fashion campaign |url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/lifestyle/jamie-dornan-stars-in-new-loewe-fashion-campaign-1504296.html |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=breakingnews.ie |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2024-01-08 |title=Jamie Dornan becomes global brand ambassador for fashion house Loewe |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/fashion-beauty/jamie-dornan-becomes-global-brand-ambassador-for-fashion-house-loewe/a1335361069.html |access-date=2024-01-08 |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}} During his career, he worked with fashion photographers Bruce Weber,{{Cite web |last=Wardon |first=Glenn |date=8 October 2006 |title=Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang |url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/2006/10/08/mr-kiss-kiss-bang-bang |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512202247/https://www.out.com/entertainment/2006/10/08/mr-kiss-kiss-bang-bang |archive-date=12 May 2021 |access-date=11 May 2021 |website=Out |language=en}} Carter Smith,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-10-24 |title=From the Archives: Jamie Dornan in GQ |url=https://www.gq.com/gallery/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-of-grey-gq-photos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517194808/https://www.gq.com/gallery/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-of-grey-gq-photos |archive-date=17 May 2022 |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=GQ |language=en-US}} as well as designer Hedi Slimane. Dornan never participated in ramp walks because of his unconventional style of walking.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Z3sy4NNWM |title=Sex Symbol Jamie Dornan Can't Walk |date=2018-02-02 |type=Television production |publisher=The Late Late Show with James Corden |access-date=2023-03-08 |via=YouTube}}
Acting career
=2006–2012: Career beginnings=
File:Jamie Dornan 2014.jpg where he was nominated for his work on The Fall.]]
Dornan's first acting role in a film was as Count Axel Fersen in the Sofia Coppola film Marie Antoinette (2006).{{cite web |last=Wilkinson |first=Amy |date=24 October 2013 |title=Before 'Fifty Shades': We've Got Your Jamie Dornan Must-See List |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1716117/jamie-dornan-once-upon-time-marie-antoinette/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809061238/http://www.mtv.com/news/1716117/jamie-dornan-once-upon-time-marie-antoinette/ |archive-date=9 August 2020 |access-date=2023-03-08 |work=MTV}} Afterwards, he unsuccessfully auditioned for many roles{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Lucy Hunter |date=2014-03-14 |title=Mr Grey's final fling: Jamie Dornan on Fifty Shades, fatherhood and |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/esmagazine/mr-grey-s-final-fling-jamie-dornan-on-fifty-shades-fatherhood-and-his-new-tv-role-9190149.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425051647/https://www.standard.co.uk/esmagazine/mr-grey-s-final-fling-jamie-dornan-on-fifty-shades-fatherhood-and-his-new-tv-role-9190149.html |archive-date=25 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}} while appearing in films Beyond the Rave (2008),{{Cite web |title=Beyond the Rave (2007) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c739ad4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423164409/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c739ad4 |archive-date=23 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=BFI |language=en}} Shadows in the Sun (2009).{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Wendy |title=High Point takes on Shadows In The Sun with Jean Simmons |url=https://www.screendaily.com/high-point-takes-on-shadows-in-the-sun-with-jean-simmons/4038870.article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509173516/https://www.screendaily.com/high-point-takes-on-shadows-in-the-sun-with-jean-simmons/4038870.article |archive-date=9 May 2021 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Screendaily |language=en}} When asked if the transition into an acting career was problematic, Dornan stated that the "model turned actor" label held a significant stigma. He struggled with auditions and casting agents who treated him only as a model,{{Cite web |last=Farndale |first=Nigel |date=2014-11-02 |title=Jamie Dornan: 'I hated it when people called me cute' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/nov/02/jamie-dornan-the-fall-fifty-shades-of-grey |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113152042/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/nov/02/jamie-dornan-the-fall-fifty-shades-of-grey |archive-date=13 January 2016 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} but he had always wanted to act and so, auditioned in the pilot season in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Benji |date=21 April 2014 |title=Jamie Dornan: 'I'd like to stop tying women up' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/apr/21/jamie-dornan-interview-the-fall-fifty-shades-grey |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108084327/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/apr/21/jamie-dornan-interview-the-fall-fifty-shades-grey |archive-date=8 January 2015 |access-date=23 May 2021 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} Initially interested in comedy, he had meetings with Funny or Die, wrote a comic blog for them that did not get published, he recalled: "I used to always want to do comedy, and then I just didn't. I ended up quite far away from that path."{{Cite magazine |last=Rothkof |first=Joshua |date=2022-02-22 |title=Jamie Dornan on his secret 'silly' side and the never-published blog he wrote for Funny or Die |url=https://ew.com/the-awardist-podcast/jamie-dornan-belfast-silly-side/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131182357/https://ew.com/the-awardist-podcast/jamie-dornan-belfast-silly-side/ |archive-date=31 January 2023 |access-date=2022-12-17}}
Dornan appeared in nine episodes of the ABC fantasy television series Once Upon a Time between 2011 and 2013, playing the role of the Huntsman/Sheriff Graham.{{cite web |title=Sheriff Graham Bio - Once Upon a Time |url=http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/once-upon-a-time/bios/graham |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112194020/http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/once-upon-a-time/bios/graham |archive-date=12 November 2011 |access-date=2 November 2011 |work=American Broadcasting Company}} While Graham was killed by the town's mayor Regina/the Evil Queen in the episode "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter",{{Cite web |last=Armitage |first=Helen |date=2019-12-22 |title=Once Upon A Time: Jamie Dornan's Heartbreaking Death Explained |url=https://screenrant.com/once-upon-time-show-jamie-dornan-death-explained/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421161337/https://screenrant.com/once-upon-time-show-jamie-dornan-death-explained/ |archive-date=21 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Screen Rant |language=en}} Dornan confirmed that he would return as the Huntsman from the Enchanted Forest at some point.{{Cite web |last=Ng |first=Philiana |date=2013-03-15 |title=Sheriff Graham's Back! 'Once Upon a Time's' Jamie Dornan on Returning to Storybrooke |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/once-a-time-jamie-dornan-428520/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421020904/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/once-a-time-jamie-dornan-428520/ |archive-date=21 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} He returned as the Huntsman for the season finale "A Land Without Magic", and later as Graham for the season two episode "Welcome to Storybrooke" in its flashback segment.
=2013–2015: Breakthrough with ''The Fall'' and ''Fifty Shades'' trilogy=
Dornan's breakout role was alongside Gillian Anderson in the Northern Irish drama series The Fall, where he played Paul Spector, a serial killer terrorising Belfast.{{cite news |date=19 November 2014 |title=The Fall's Jamie Dornan says he is scarred by playing a dark serial killer |work=Evoke.ie |url=http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/the-fall-jamie-dornan-scarred-after-portraying-serial-killer/ |url-status=dead |access-date=9 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220060323/http://evoke.ie/showbiz/the-fall-jamie-dornan-scarred-after-portraying-serial-killer |archive-date=20 December 2016}}{{Cite web |last=Jeffery |first=Morgan |date=2012-03-26 |title=Jamie Dornan joins BBC Two's 'The Fall' |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a373248/once-upon-a-time-star-jamie-dornan-joins-bbc-thriller-the-fall/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422001420/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a373248/once-upon-a-time-star-jamie-dornan-joins-bbc-thriller-the-fall/ |archive-date=22 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}} He initially auditioned for the role of a police officer, but was later called upon to audition for the lead role, for which he was eventually selected.{{cite book |last1=Berry |first1=Jo |title=Shades of Jamie Dornan. |date=29 January 2015 |publisher=Orion Books Limited |isbn=9781409153252}} He read books about serial killers and watched interviews of Ted Bundy to get an understanding of the mindset of his character,{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Amy |date=24 October 2013 |title=Jamie Dornan: Five things to know about the new Christian Grey |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-oct-24-la-et-mn-fifty-shades-jamie-dornan-christian-grey-20131024-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213090907/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-oct-24-la-et-mn-fifty-shades-jamie-dornan-christian-grey-20131024-story.html |archive-date=13 February 2021 |access-date=23 May 2021 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} and stalked a woman in his preparation for the role.{{Cite web |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=1 April 2015 |title=Jamie Dornan: I stalked a woman to get into The Fall role |url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/apr/01/jamie-dornan-stalked-woman-the-fall |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107043818/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/apr/01/jamie-dornan-stalked-woman-the-fall |archive-date=7 January 2016 |access-date=21 August 2020 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} He wanted to play the character with "real stillness".{{Cite web |date=2013-05-10 |title=Jamie Dornan 'The Fall' Q&A |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a480059/jamie-dornan-the-fall-qa-i-thought-i-was-in-over-my-head/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}} Beginning in 2013, the show aired for three series ending in October 2016.{{cite news |last=Plunkett |first=John |date=10 March 2015 |title=Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan to return in BBC's The Fall |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/10/gillian-anderson-jamie-dornan-bbc-the-fall-series-three-fifty-shades |url-status=live |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131093540/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/10/gillian-anderson-jamie-dornan-bbc-the-fall-series-three-fifty-shades |archive-date=31 January 2019}} Critic Ken Tucker opined that Dornan was "handsome and skilled".{{Cite web |last=Tucker |first=Ken |date=2016-10-31 |title='The Fall' Season 3: A Fall in Quality |url=https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/the-fall-s3-review-netflix-175848203.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621080033/https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/the-fall-s3-review-netflix-175848203.html |archive-date=21 June 2023 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-SG}} David Thomson of The New Republic complimented him on his performance: "Jamie Dornan as Paul, has become the center of the drama in a performance that unpeels as slowly as a stripper- and maybe as seductively."{{Cite magazine |last=Thomson |first=David |date=2013-07-02 |title=The BBC's Latest Import is Modern, Chilling, and Groundbreaking |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/113713/fall-bbc-and-netflix-reviewed-david-thomson |url-status=live |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517091214/https://newrepublic.com/article/113713/fall-bbc-and-netflix-reviewed-david-thomson |archive-date=17 May 2017 |access-date=2022-06-25}} He won the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in Television and was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.{{cite web |last=Jeffery |first=Morgan |date=18 May 2014 |title=BAFTA Television Awards 2014: All the winners |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a571423/bafta-television-awards-2014-all-the-winners.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120102301/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a571423/bafta-television-awards-2014-all-the-winners/ |archive-date=20 January 2021 |access-date=18 May 2014 |website=Digital Spy |publisher=}} He has said The Fall changed his professional horizons.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-22 |title=Dornan: The Fall changed my life |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/dornan-the-fall-changed-my-life-30765402.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208134750/https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/dornan-the-fall-changed-my-life-30765402.html |archive-date=8 February 2023 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}} He later appeared in Flying Home (2014),{{Cite web |last=Hoeij |first=Boyd van |date=2014-06-15 |title='Flying Home': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/flying-home-film-review-708129/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921003815/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/flying-home-film-review-708129/ |archive-date=21 September 2021 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} a romantic drama film and New Worlds (2015), a historical drama series.{{Cite web |date=2015-02-16 |title='New Worlds' review: Historical drama that's more talky than epic |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-new-worlds-review-20150214-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423163814/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-new-worlds-review-20150214-story.html |archive-date=23 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
File:20150211 - Jamie Dornan at Berlinale by sebaso 2015.jpg premier of Fifty Shades of Grey in 2015, the film that catapulted him towards stardom.{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Donald |date=10 September 2016 |title=Jamie Dornan: Out of Shades' shadow |language=en |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/jamie-dornan-out-of-shades-shadow-1.2785671 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316200621/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/jamie-dornan-out-of-shades-shadow-1.2785671 |archive-date=16 March 2023}}]]
In 2013, Dornan was cast as Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey, replacing Charlie Hunnam.{{cite magazine |last=Valby |first=Karen |date=23 October 2013 |title='50 Shades of Grey': Jamie Dornan cast as new Christian Grey |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/10/23/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-grey/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712154824/https://ew.com/article/2013/10/23/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-grey/ |archive-date=12 July 2021 |access-date=10 November 2019}} The film was released in February 2015, breaking box office records.{{Cite magazine |last=Sperling |first=Nicole |date=13 November 2013 |title='Fifty Shades' release moved to Valentine's Day 2015 |url=http://ew.com/article/2013/11/13/fifty-shades-of-grey-release-date-2015/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930055413/https://ew.com/article/2013/11/13/fifty-shades-of-grey-release-date-2015/ |archive-date=30 September 2020 |access-date=28 April 2017}}{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=2015-02-15 |title=Box Office: 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Explodes With Record-Breaking $81.7 Million |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/box-office-fifty-shades-of-grey-explodes-with-record-breaking-81-7-million-1201434486/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} He visited a private sex dungeon as preparation for playing his sadistic character.{{Cite web |last=Rahman |first=Abid |date=16 December 2014 |title=Jamie Dornan Visited Sex Dungeon to Prepare for 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Role |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jamie-dornan-visited-sex-dungeon-758748 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501093105/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jamie-dornan-visited-sex-dungeon-758748/ |archive-date=1 May 2022 |access-date=20 April 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}} He reprised his role in the second and third installments of the Fifty Shades film franchise, Fifty Shades Darker (2017),{{Cite web |title=Fifty Shades Darker: Everything We Know About the Movie |url=https://people.com/movies/everything-we-know-about-fifty-shades-darker/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228023956/https://people.com/movies/everything-we-know-about-fifty-shades-darker/ |archive-date=28 February 2023 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=People |language=en}} and Fifty Shades Freed (2018).{{Cite web |last=Armitage |first=Hugh |date=2017-11-13 |title=Fifty Shades Freed movie trailer, release date, cast and everything you need to know |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a842965/fifty-shades-freed-movie-trailer-release-date-cast-and-everything-you-need-to-know/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206024156/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a842965/fifty-shades-freed-movie-trailer-release-date-cast-and-everything-you-need-to-know/ |archive-date=6 December 2021 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}} Earning approximately $1.32 billion, the franchise became the seventh highest-grossing R-rated franchise. Despite being a box office blockbuster, the trilogy was poorly received by critics, with Dornan's performance being critically panned.{{Cite web |last=Beck |first=Laura |date=15 February 2015 |title=The 21 Meanest Things Critics Said About Jamie Dornan's "Fifty Shades" Performance |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a36560/meanest-things-critics-said-about-jamie-dornans-fifty-shades-performance/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411154858/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a36560/meanest-things-critics-said-about-jamie-dornans-fifty-shades-performance/ |archive-date=11 April 2016 |access-date=24 April 2021 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US}} He later stated that initially he was reluctant about his involvement in the project and knew the franchise would not be treated well by critics.{{Cite web |last=Adekaiyero |first=Ayomikun |date=2021-11-16 |title=Jamie Dornan says he was 'relieved' when Charlie Hunnam was initially cast over him in 'Fifty Shades of Grey' |url=https://www.insider.com/jamie-dornan-relieved-charlie-hunnam-cast-fifty-shades-of-grey-2021-11 |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Insider.com |language=en-US}} But he has said: "[...] it's given me so much beyond finance-wise, I mean that opportunity to then do the movies [...] movies like that have so much heart and mean so much to me. I would not have been given those opportunities if I hadn't done Fifty Shades."{{Cite web |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=2018-12-24 |title=Jamie Dornan Freed From 'Fifty Shades' Finds New Challenges In Golden Globe Nominated 'A Private War' And Beyond |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-a-private-war-1202525722/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617082827/https://deadline.com/2018/12/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-a-private-war-1202525722/ |archive-date=17 June 2020 |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}}
= 2016–2021: Transition to independent film roles and ''Belfast''=
In 2016, Dornan starred as Commandant Pat Quinlan, who led the Irish UN force during The Siege of Jadotville, in Netflix's war film The Siege of Jadotville.{{Cite web |last=Sarah |date=2016-09-21 |title=Interview: Jamie Dornan on Irish war movie The Siege of Jadotville, and taking on a Kerry accent |url=https://entertainment.ie/movies/movie-news/interview-jamie-dornan-on-irish-war-movie-the-siege-of-jadotville-and-taking-on-a-kerry-accent-233416/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423215432/https://entertainment.ie/movies/movie-news/interview-jamie-dornan-on-irish-war-movie-the-siege-of-jadotville-and-taking-on-a-kerry-accent-233416/ |archive-date=23 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Entertainment.ie |language=en}} He was sent to a boot camp in South Africa with the rest of the cast to train for the film.{{Cite web |last=Byrne |first=Craig |date=9 September 2016 |title=Jamie Dornan Is Under Fire in The Seige of Jadotville Trailer |url=https://collider.com/jamie-dornan-the-seige-of-jadotville-trailer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428170731/https://collider.com/jamie-dornan-the-seige-of-jadotville-trailer/ |archive-date=28 April 2021 |access-date=23 April 2021 |website=Collider |language=en-US}} The film got released at the Galway Film Festival 2016,{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Donald |date=2016-06-22 |title=Jamie Dornan and 'Siege of Jadotville' on Galway Film Fleadh schedule |language=en |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/jamie-dornan-and-siege-of-jadotville-on-galway-film-fleadh-schedule-1.2694540 |access-date=2022-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930010121/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/jamie-dornan-and-siege-of-jadotville-on-galway-film-fleadh-schedule-1.2694540 |archive-date=30 September 2022}} receiving mixed reviews.{{Cite web |title=The Siege of Jadotville - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_siege_of_jadotville |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}} Writing for The Irish Times, critic Donald Clarke took note of Dornan's "suave acting".{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Donald |date=2016-09-19 |title=Siege of Jadotville review: suave, brave acting by Jamie Dornan |language=en |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/siege-of-jadotville-review-suave-brave-acting-by-jamie-dornan-1.2797169 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006174737/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/siege-of-jadotville-review-suave-brave-acting-by-jamie-dornan-1.2797169?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fculture%2Ffilm%2Fsiege-of-jadotville-review-suave-brave-acting-by-jamie-dornan-1.2797169 |archive-date=2020-10-06}} He received a nomination for the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor − Film.{{Cite news |title=Iftas 2017: 'The Young Offenders' leads film nominations |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/iftas-2017-the-young-offenders-leads-film-nominations-1.3002589 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419031245/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/iftas-2017-the-young-offenders-leads-film-nominations-1.3002589 |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-19 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}} His second screen appearance that year was as Jan Kubiš, alongside Cillian Murphy in another war film Anthropoid.{{Cite web |last=Boyce |first=Laurence |title=Jamie Dornan talks war movie 'Anthropoid' |url=https://www.screendaily.com/karlovy-vary/jamie-dornan-talks-war-movie-anthropoid/5090359.article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426072638/https://www.screendaily.com/karlovy-vary/jamie-dornan-talks-war-movie-anthropoid/5090359.article |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Screendaily |language=en}} Jan Kubiš was one of the Czech soldiers involved in Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. Rupert Hawksley of The Daily Telegraph felt that he made a decent fist of portraying Kubiš and said: "Nazi nail-biter Anthropoid shows Jamie Dornan has many more than 50 shades".{{Cite news |last=Hawksley |first=Rupert |date=2016-09-08 |title=Nazi nail-biter Anthropoid shows Jamie Dornan has many more than 50 shades – review |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/09/08/nazi-nail-biter-anthropoid-shows-jamie-dornan-has-many-more-than/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102112700/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/09/08/nazi-nail-biter-anthropoid-shows-jamie-dornan-has-many-more-than/ |archive-date=2022-01-02 |issn=0307-1235}} For the film, he received nominations for the British Independent Film Award{{Cite web |date=2016-10-24 |title=Winners Nominations · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards |url=https://www.bifa.film/awards/2016/winners-nominations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220231314/https://www.bifa.film/awards/2016/winners-nominations/ |archive-date=20 February 2023 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=BIFA · British Independent Film Awards |language=en-GB}} and Czech Lion Award for Best Supporting Actor.{{Cite web |last=ČFTA |title=ČFTA |url=https://www.filmovaakademie.cz/cz/2016/nominace-filmy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007204453/https://www.filmovaakademie.cz/cz/2016/nominace-filmy |archive-date=7 October 2022 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=www.filmovaakademie.cz |language=cs}} He also appeared in a Miramax film titled The 9th Life of Louis Drax, a supernatural thriller based on a book of the same name, in 2016.{{Cite web |last=Lemire |first=Christy |title=The 9th Life of Louis Drax movie review (2016) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-9th-life-of-louis-drax-2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124101613/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-9th-life-of-louis-drax-2016 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Rogerebert.com |language=en}}
In 2018, Dornan co-starred alongside Peter Dinklage, as a journalist Danny Tate, in the HBO television film My Dinner with Hervé, written and directed by Sacha Gervasi. The film narrated a fictional take on Gervasi's interview with actor Hervé Villechaize in 1993, days before his suicide.{{Cite web |last=Peplow |first=Gemma |date=2018-10-18 |title='My Dinner With Herve honours a promise I made to a stranger before his suicide' |url=https://news.sky.com/story/my-dinner-with-herve-honours-a-promise-i-made-to-a-stranger-before-his-suicide-11527426 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217131231/https://news.sky.com/story/my-dinner-with-herve-honours-a-promise-i-made-to-a-stranger-before-his-suicide-11527426 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Sky News |language=en}} Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe said: "The Danny plot is fine - nothing special really, although Dornan is excellent and manages to bring a good sense of transformation to an underwritten character".{{Cite web |last1=Gilbert |first1=Matthew |date=2018-10-17 |title=Dinklage gives 'My Dinner With Hervé' humanity - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/10/17/dinklage-gives-dinner-with-herve-humanity/k8t4R3Da19hSbX1X9b0tTI/story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018015635/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/10/17/dinklage-gives-dinner-with-herve-humanity/k8t4R3Da19hSbX1X9b0tTI/story.html |archive-date=2018-10-18 |access-date=2021-06-26 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}} In the same year, Dornan portrayed photojournalist Paul Conroy in the biographical drama A Private War.{{Cite web |last=Weintraub |first=Steve |date=2018-11-10 |title=A Private War: Jamie Dornan and Paul Conroy Interview |url=https://collider.com/jamie-dornan-paul-conroy-interview-a-private-war/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423063621/https://collider.com/jamie-dornan-paul-conroy-interview-a-private-war/ |archive-date=23 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Collider |language=en}} Ann Hornaday, writing for The Washington Post, described Dornan's performance as "gallantly self-effacing".{{Cite news |last=Hornaday |first=Ann |author-link=Ann Hornaday |date=2018-11-07 |title=Review {{!}} Rosamund Pike delivers the performance of her career as war correspondent Marie Colvin |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/rosamund-pike-delivers-the-performance-of-her-career-as-war-correspondent-marie-colvin/2018/11/06/3280e940-dd51-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308082216/https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/rosamund-pike-delivers-the-performance-of-her-career-as-war-correspondent-marie-colvin/2018/11/06/3280e940-dd51-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html |archive-date=8 March 2023 |issn=0190-8286}} Kenneth Turan of Los Angeles Times thought it was an "excellent work from the Fifty Shades veteran".{{Cite web |last=Turan |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Turan |date=2 November 2018 |title=Review: 'A Private War' is as unflinching as its subject, reporter Marie Colvin |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-a-private-war-review-20181101-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817234054/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-a-private-war-review-20181101-story.html |archive-date=17 August 2020 |access-date=21 May 2021 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} His other roles in 2018 include Will Scarlet in the action film Robin Hood,{{Cite web |last=Seitz |first=Matt Zoller |title=Robin Hood movie review & film summary (2018) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/robin-hood-2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419031942/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/robin-hood-2018 |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Rogerebert.com |language=en}} Liam Ward in the miniseries Death and Nightingales (reuniting with The Fall creator Allan Cubitt),{{Cite web |date=2018-12-02 |title=There are pleasing shades of grey to this Northern Irish drama |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/17270341.barry-didcocks-tv-review-death-nightingales-bbc-two/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Herald Scotland |language=en}} and Nick, a doctor and memoirist, in the drama film Untogether,{{Cite web |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |date=2019-02-08 |title=Jamie Dornan, Jemima and Lola Kirke Can't Save Untogether |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/untogether-review.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423162128/https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/untogether-review.html |archive-date=23 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}} with each production, and Dornan's performance in them, receiving lukewarm reception.{{Cite web |date=2018-11-21 |title=Robin Hood - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/robin_hood_2018 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Death and Nightingales reviews|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/death-and-nightingales/season-1 |access-date=2023-06-30|website=Metacritic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516232003/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/death-and-nightingales/season-1/critic-reviews|archive-date=16 May 2021|url-status=live |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Untogether |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/untogether|website=Metacritic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105041751/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/untogether/critic-reviews|archive-date=5 January 2021|url-status=live|access-date=2023-06-30}}
In 2019, Dornan starred as a paramedic in the science fiction thriller film Synchronic.{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=2021-01-25 |title=Synchronic review – tiresome time-travellers going nowhere |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jan/25/synchronic-review-time-travel-drama-jamie-dornan |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208094210/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jan/25/synchronic-review-time-travel-drama-jamie-dornan |archive-date=8 February 2021 |issn=0261-3077}} It had its world premiere at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival, receiving positive reviews from critics.{{Cite web |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=2020-09-16 |title=Synchronic Trailer Sees Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan Trip on Time Travel |url=https://collider.com/synchronic-trailer-anthony-mackie-jamie-dornan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205075704/https://collider.com/synchronic-trailer-anthony-mackie-jamie-dornan/amp/ |archive-date=2022-02-05 |access-date=2022-02-05 |website=Collider |language=en-US}} His other role that year, was of an Irish writer, Jack in the semi-improvised romantic drama Endings, Beginnings.{{Cite web |last=Radish |first=Christina |date=2020-04-17 |title=Jamie Dornan on Endings Beginnings and Improvising Dialogue |url=https://collider.com/jamie-dornan-interview-endings-beginnings/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921092839/https://collider.com/jamie-dornan-interview-endings-beginnings/ |archive-date=21 September 2020 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Collider |language=en}}
Dornan then appeared in two comedy films, Wild Mountain Thyme (2020){{Cite web |last=Lemire |first=Christy |title=Wild Mountain Thyme movie review (2020) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wild-mountain-thyme-movie-review-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421083742/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wild-mountain-thyme-movie-review-2020 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Rogerebert.com |language=en}} and Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021).{{Cite magazine |last=Coggan |first=Devan |title=Jamie Dornan opens up about his seagull serenade in 'Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar' |url=https://ew.com/movies/barb-and-star-go-to-vista-del-mar-jamie-dornan-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421083741/https://ew.com/movies/barb-and-star-go-to-vista-del-mar-jamie-dornan-interview/ |archive-date=21 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-21 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}} Wild Mountain Thyme, John Patrick Shanley's film adaptation of his own play Outside Mullingar, was poorly received and was criticised for accent inaccuracy.{{Cite web |title=Wild Mountain Thyme - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_mountain_thyme |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408164804/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_mountain_thyme |archive-date=8 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}} Dornan starred as Anthony Reilly, a bashful farmer unable to confess his love for Rosemary Muldoon (Emily Blunt).{{Cite web |author1=Sarah El-Mahmoud |date=2020-12-11 |title=Wild Mountain Thyme Review: Emily Blunt And Jamie Dornan Can't Save This Bland Irish Romance |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/2559988/wild-mountain-thyme-review-emily-blunt-and-jamie-dornan-cant-save-this-bland-irish-romance |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=CINEMABLEND |language=en}} While critic Christy Lemire praised his dramatic work but was less impressed by his attempt at physical comedy,{{Cite web |last=Lemire |first=Christy |title=Wild Mountain Thyme movie review (2020) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wild-mountain-thyme-movie-review-2020 |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Roger Ebert.com |language=en}} Simran Hans of The Guardian described his performance as "a commendable feat of comic brilliance, not to be missed".{{Cite web |last=Hans |first=Simran |date=2021-05-02 |title=Wild Mountain Thyme review – farcical farming romcom |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/02/wild-mountain-thyme-review-emily-blunt-jamie-dornan-christopher-walken-john-patrick-shanley |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103081205/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/02/wild-mountain-thyme-review-emily-blunt-jamie-dornan-christopher-walken-john-patrick-shanley |archive-date=2022-01-03 |access-date=21 May 2021 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} Playing a "lovestruck henchman" Edgar in Barb and Star,{{Cite web |last=Coogan |first=Devan |date=16 February 2021 |title=Jamie Dornan opens up about his seagull serenade in 'Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar' |url=https://ew.com/movies/barb-and-star-go-to-vista-del-mar-jamie-dornan-interview/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=EW.com |language=en}} he won plaudits from critics for his musical number and comedic turn.{{Cite web |last=Skubic |first=Sydney |date=2021-02-12 |title=Kristen Wiig's Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar Reviews Have Dropped, Here's What Critics Are Saying |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2562816/kristen-wiigs-jamie-dornan-barb-and-star-go-to-vista-del-mar-reviews-critics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219031917/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2562816/kristen-wiigs-jamie-dornan-barb-and-star-go-to-vista-del-mar-reviews-critics |archive-date=2021-02-19 |access-date=2021-06-20 |website=CinemaBlend}} Writing for TheWrap, Alonso Duralde addressed his ballad as "a definite highlight" of the film and said: "While it's definitely [Annie] Mumolo and [Kristen] Wiig's show all the way, Dornan winds up being surprisingly capable at holding his own against these two dynamos".{{Cite web |last=Duralde |first=Alonso |author-link=Alonso Duralde |date=2021-02-11 |title='Barb & Star' Film Review: Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo Go to Cloud Cuckoo Land |url=https://www.thewrap.com/barb-star-go-to-vista-del-mar-film-review-kristen-wiig-annie-mumolo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131192043/https://www.thewrap.com/barb-star-go-to-vista-del-mar-film-review-kristen-wiig-annie-mumolo/ |archive-date=2022-01-31 |access-date=2021-06-25 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}
In 2020, The Irish Times listed him at number 32 among the 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time.{{Cite news |last1=Clarke |first1=Donald |last2=Brady |first2=Tara |date=2020-06-13 |title=The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in order |language=en |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-50-greatest-irish-film-actors-of-all-time-in-order-1.4271988 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=2021-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325180011/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-50-greatest-irish-film-actors-of-all-time-in-order-1.4271988 |archive-date=2022-03-25}}{{cbignore}}
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In 2021, Dornan portrayed a working class father in Kenneth Branagh's drama film Belfast,{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Simon |date=29 January 2022 |title=Actor Jamie Dornan discusses Northern Ireland conflict film 'Belfast' |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/29/1076664018/actor-jamie-dornan-discusses-northern-ireland-conflict-film-belfast |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425143416/https://www.npr.org/2022/01/29/1076664018/actor-jamie-dornan-discusses-northern-ireland-conflict-film-belfast |archive-date=25 April 2023 |access-date=21 April 2023 |website=NPR}} the character being based on Branagh's father.{{Cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |date=2021-11-18 |title=Jamie Dornan Goes Back to 'Belfast,' but Not Without Worry |language=en-US |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/movies/jamie-dornan-belfast.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=2021-11-28 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/movies/jamie-dornan-belfast.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}} His performance received critical acclaim.{{Cite web |last1=Lattanzio |first1=Ryan |last2=Lopez |first2=Kristen |date=2021-12-08 |title=The 27 Best Film and TV Performances of 2021 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-performances-film-tv-2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429150301/https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-performances-film-tv-2021/yellowjackets-3/ |archive-date=29 April 2022 |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=IndieWire |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Benjamin |date=2021-12-29 |title=Jamie Dornan on How 'Belfast' Brought Him Home for a Career-Best Performance |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/jamie-dornan-profile-74450/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126060731/https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/jamie-dornan-profile-74450/ |archive-date=2022-01-26 |access-date=2022-01-26 |website=Backstage}} Critic Peter Travers wrote on Good Morning America: "Dornan, free of the s&m sex trap of the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy, builds on his virtuoso turn on The Fall to show an actor of ferocity and feeling as he invests Pa, often absent from home for construction work in England, with simmering emotion and quiet strength".{{Cite web |last=Travers |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Travers |date=2021-11-05 |title=Review: 'Belfast' the front-runner for the best picture Oscar |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/review-belfast-front-runner-best-oscar-picture-80913653 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105180752/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/review-belfast-front-runner-best-oscar-picture-80913653 |archive-date=2021-11-05 |access-date=2021-11-16 |website=Good Morning America |language=en}} He received nominations for the Golden Globe Award{{Cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |date=2021-12-13 |title=Golden Globes Nominations 2022: The Complete List |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/movies/golden-globes-nominees-list.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305052835/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/movies/golden-globes-nominees-list.html |archive-date=5 March 2022 |issn=0362-4331}} and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-03-13 |title=Critics Choice Awards 2022 Winners: See the Full List Here |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/03/awards-insider-critics-choice-awards-2022-winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314041848/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/03/awards-insider-critics-choice-awards-2022-winners |archive-date=14 March 2022 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}} The film was nominated for Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards.{{Cite web |last1=Nordyke |first1=Kimberly |last2=Lewis |first2=Hilary |date=2022-02-08 |title=Oscars: Full List of Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscar-nominations-2022-nominees-list-1235088770/ |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}
=2022–present: Career expansion, ''The Tourist''=
After Belfast, he played the lead role of Elliot Stanley/Eugene Cassidy, an amnesiac trying to learn about his past, in BBC thriller series The Tourist.{{Cite web |title=Meet the cast of The Tourist |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-tourist-cast-bbc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318193757/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-tourist-cast-bbc/ |archive-date=18 March 2023 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Radio Times |language=en}} Debuting on BBC iPlayer in January 2022,{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=2022-03-22 |title='Vigil,' 'The Tourist,' 'The Responder,' 'Time' Renewed for Second Seasons at BBC – Global Bulletin |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/vigil-the-tourist-the-responder-time-bbc-1235211196/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601210612/https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/vigil-the-tourist-the-responder-time-bbc-1235211196/ |archive-date=1 June 2022 |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} it became the most watched drama of that year in the UK.{{Cite web |title=Top 10 most-watched dramas of 2022 revealed – as BBC tops the list |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/tv-dramas-2022-most-watched-newsupdate/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Radio Times |language=en}} He himself and critics alike found his character challenging.{{Cite web |last=Longeretta |first=Emily |date=2022-06-04 |title=Jamie Dornan Drew on His Most Vulnerable Moments While Filming 'The Tourist' |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/features/jamie-dornan-the-tourist-bbc-1235282335/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604200242/https://variety.com/2022/tv/features/jamie-dornan-the-tourist-bbc-1235282335/ |archive-date=4 June 2022 |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Tallerico |first=Brian |date=2022-03-01 |title=The Tourist movie review & film summary (2022) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-tourist-tv-review-2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301143323/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-tourist-tv-review-2022 |archive-date=1 March 2022 |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en}} In a review for The Guardian, TV critic Lucy Mangan highlighted Dornan's "compelling performance" and found him in "fine form".{{Cite web |last=Mangan |first=Lucy |author-link=Lucy Mangan |date=2022-01-01 |title=The Tourist review – Jamie Dornan is explosive in this Memento-lite caper |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jan/01/the-tourist-review-jamie-dornan-is-explosive-in-this-memento-lite-caper |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127092402/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jan/01/the-tourist-review-jamie-dornan-is-explosive-in-this-memento-lite-caper |archive-date=27 January 2022 |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} For his performance he received a nomination for the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama{{Cite web |title=Winners & Nominees |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125015643/https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/2022-aacta-awards/ |archive-date=25 January 2023 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.aacta.org |language=en-AU}} and was featured on the Radio Times's TV 100 power list in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Cormack |first=Morgan |title=RadioTimes.com TV 100 2022 – the full list |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/tv-100-2022-full-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403032004/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/tv-100-2022-full-list/ |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}} He reprised his role in the second series in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Hilton |first=Nick |date=2024-01-01 |title=Jamie Dornan's back in The Tourist, one of the best British thrillers of recent years |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-tourist-season-2-jamie-dornan-b2467725.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
He returned to mainstream cinema in 2023, appearing in Netflix's poorly received action film Heart of Stone as an MI6 agent Parker, who was the antagonist of the film.{{Cite web |last1=McCormick |first1=Colin |last2=Norman |first2=Dalton |date=2023-06-17 |title=Gal Gadot's Heart Of Stone Cast & Character Guide |url=https://screenrant.com/heart-of-stone-cast-character-guide/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621072850/https://screenrant.com/heart-of-stone-cast-character-guide/ |archive-date=21 June 2023 |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Brenna |date=2023-08-14 |title=Heart of Stone receives brutal Rotten Tomatoes score |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44806156/heart-of-stone-brutal-rotten-tomatoes-score/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826114924/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44806156/heart-of-stone-brutal-rotten-tomatoes-score/ |archive-date=26 August 2023 |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}} That year also saw Dornan in his second collaboration with Kenneth Branagh in A Haunting in Venice (Branagh's third Hercule Poirot film), playing Dr. Leslie Ferrier who was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after serving as a military doctor in World War II.{{Cite magazine |date=2023-09-15 |title='A Haunting in Venice' Ending Explained |url=https://time.com/6313350/a-haunting-in-venice-ending/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920005919/https://time.com/6313350/a-haunting-in-venice-ending/|archive-date=20 September 2023|url-status=live|access-date=2023-09-16 |magazine=Time |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-15 |title='A Haunting in Venice' Cast and Character Guide |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/haunting-venice-cast-character-guide-150000726.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102182433/https://www.yahoo.com/web/20231102182433/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/haunting-venice-cast-character-guide-150000726.html |archive-date=2 November 2023 |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en}} Compared to its predecessors, the film underperformed at the box office, but received a better critical reception.{{Cite web |last=Malhotra |first=Rahul |date=2023-10-30 |title='A Haunting in Venice' Ends Global Box Office Run as Lowest-Grossing in the Franchise |url=https://collider.com/a-haunting-in-venice-global-box-office-108-million/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Collider |language=en}} Helen O'Hara, reviewing the film for Empire, felt that his character was comparatively small, but said: "Dornan is suitably twitchy as a veteran with PTSD".{{Cite web |last=O'Hara |first=Helen |date=14 September 2023 |title=A Haunting In Venice |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/haunting-in-venice/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920122510/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/haunting-in-venice/ |archive-date=20 September 2023 |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=Empire}}
In 2024, he was announced the ambassador of Into Film for Northern Ireland.{{Cite web |last=Lauren |date=2024-12-03 |title=JAMIE DORNAN, ANNOUNCED AS NEW INTO FILM AMBASSADOR FOR NORTHERN IRELAND AND PATRON OF INTO FILM’S EVERY CHILD A FILMMAKER INITIATIVE |url=https://northernirelandscreen.co.uk/news/award-winning-actor-jamie-dornan-announced-as-new-into-film-ambassador-for-northern-ireland-and-patron-of-into-films-every-child-a-filmmaker-initiative/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Northern Ireland Screen |language=en}}
Charitable work
Dornan has lent his support towards various means and organisations. He was the patron of TinyLife, a Northern Ireland charity for premature and vulnerable babies.{{Cite web |last=Archer |first=Bimpe |date=2013-06-14 |title=The Fall actor Dornan made patron of charity |url=http://www.irishnews.com/news/2013/06/14/news/the-fall-actor-dornan-made-patron-of-charity-62320/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503043000/https://www.irishnews.com/news/2013/06/14/news/the-fall-actor-dornan-made-patron-of-charity-62320/ |archive-date=3 May 2022 |access-date=25 March 2021 |website=The Irish News}} In 2017, he participated in a charity football match, Game 4 Grenfell, to provide aid to the victims of Grenfell Tower fire in West London that year.{{Cite news |date=2017-09-02 |title=Game4Grenfell at QPR's Loftus Road – in pictures |language=en-GB |work=the Guardian |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2017/sep/02/game4grenfell-in-pictures |access-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0261-3077}}
In 2018, Dornan became the patron of the newly established charity Northern Ireland Pancreatic Cancer (NIPanC) which was created in partnership with Pancreatic Cancer Action and the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Issy |date=2 August 2018 |title=Jamie Dornan shows his support for new Pancreatic Cancer group in Northern Ireland · Pancreatic Cancer Action |url=https://pancreaticcanceraction.org/news/jamie-dornan-shows-his-support-for-new-pancreatic-cancer-group-in-northern-ireland/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314011312/https://pancreaticcanceraction.org/news/jamie-dornan-shows-his-support-for-new-pancreatic-cancer-group-in-northern-ireland/ |archive-date=14 March 2022 |access-date=8 April 2021 |website=Pancreatic Cancer Action |language=en-GB}} Due to busy filming schedule, he quit the role in 2021 but considered himself a strong supporter of it.{{Cite news |last=Bell |first=Stephanie |date=2021-11-30 |title=Jamie Dornan hands pancreatic cancer charity role over to Kyle Lafferty who lost sister to devastating disease |language=en-GB |work=Belfast Telegraph |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/jamie-dornan-hands-pancreatic-cancer-charity-role-over-to-kyle-lafferty-who-lost-sister-to-devastating-disease-41102105.html |url-status=live |access-date=2021-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503042119/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/jamie-dornan-hands-pancreatic-cancer-charity-role-over-to-kyle-lafferty-who-lost-sister-to-devastating-disease-41102105.html |archive-date=3 May 2022 |issn=0307-1235}} In 2020, Dornan read a bedtime story as part of Save with Stories to raise funds for Save the Children's Emergency Coronavirus Appeal.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-02 |title=HRH The Princess Royal reads for Save with Stories {{!}} Save the Children UK |url=https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/HRH-READS-THOMAS-AND-THE-ROYAL-ENGINE |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119031331/https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/HRH-READS-THOMAS-AND-THE-ROYAL-ENGINE |archive-date=19 January 2021 |access-date=2 April 2021 |website=Save the Children |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Darmon |first=Aynslee |date=12 May 2020 |title=Jamie Dornan Joins 'Save With Stories' Campaign |url=https://etcanada.com/news/642757/jamie-dornan-joins-save-with-stories-campaign/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125125459/https://etcanada.com/news/642757/jamie-dornan-joins-save-with-stories-campaign/ |archive-date=25 November 2021 |access-date=2 April 2021 |website=ET Canada |language=en-US}} In the same year, he supported the Faster 5K Friday campaign for the Care Workers Charity, which provides financial grants for care workers.{{Cite web |last=Dewar |first=Caitlyn |date=2020-05-18 |title=Run For Heroes, started by Edinburgh woman, picks up the pace with new Faster 5K Friday challenge |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/run-heroes-started-edinburgh-woman-picks-pace-new-faster-5k-friday-challenge-2856509 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123101025/https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/run-heroes-started-edinburgh-woman-picks-pace-new-faster-5k-friday-challenge-2856509 |archive-date=23 November 2021 |access-date=3 April 2021 |website=Edinburgh Evening News |language=en}}
Dornan has appeared in annual fundraising events Red Nose Day by Comic Relief{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=Comic Relief raises £42m in star-studded show |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60792779 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320072008/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60792779 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} and Children in Need by BBC.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Paul |date=2016-11-19 |title=Eddie Redmayne searches for Fantastic Beast Pudsey in celebrity strewn Children In Need sketch |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/eddie-redmayne-searches-for-fantastic-beast-pudsey-in-celebrity-strewn-children-in-need-sketch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507162513/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/eddie-redmayne-searches-for-fantastic-beast-pudsey-in-celebrity-strewn-children-in-need-sketch/ |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=Radio Times |language=en}} He has also backed emergency campaigns providing help for children's treatment.{{Cite web |last=McStravick |first=Sheena |date=22 April 2021 |title=Jamie Dornan urges fans to support Belfast tot in organ donation appeal |url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/be/jamie-dornan-urges-fans-support-20441716 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423193341/https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/be/jamie-dornan-urges-fans-support-20441716 |archive-date=23 April 2022 |access-date=23 April 2021 |website=Belfast Live |language=en}}
Personal life and other ventures
In 2003, Dornan met actress Keira Knightley in an Asprey photoshoot. After being together for two years, they split up in 2005.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Isabel |date=2020-09-24 |title=Jamie Dornan Didn't Think He'd Ever Be as Famous as Ex-Girlfriend Keira Knightley |url=https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/tbt-keira-knightley-jamie-dornan-relationship |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121134203/https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/tbt-keira-knightley-jamie-dornan-relationship |archive-date=21 January 2021 |access-date=13 April 2021 |website=InStyle}} He met English actress and singer-songwriter Amelia Warner in 2010, becoming engaged to her in 2012, and marrying in 2013.{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Stephanie |date=24 June 2013 |title=Jamie Dornan, from The Fall psycho to expectant father |newspaper=Sunday Life |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/jamie-dornan-from-the-fall-psycho-to-expectant-father-29367636.html |url-status=live |access-date=1 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303105702/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/jamie-dornan-from-the-fall-psycho-to-expectant-father-29367636.html |archive-date=3 March 2022}} They have three daughters.{{cite magazine |last=Cardoza |first=Riley |date=31 March 2019 |title=Jamie Dornan and Wife Amelia Warner Welcome Baby No. 3 |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/jamie-dornan-amelia-warner-welcome-baby-no-3/ |url-status=live |magazine=Us Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103185844/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/jamie-dornan-amelia-warner-welcome-baby-no-3/ |archive-date=3 January 2022 |access-date=11 April 2019}} Dornan is an atheist.{{Cite web |last=Simpson |first=Craig |date=27 November 2018 |title=Atheist Jamie Dornan refused to pick sides during Troubles in Northern Ireland |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/atheist-jamie-dornan-refused-to-pick-sides-during-troubles-in-northern-ireland-37569649.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105010836/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/atheist-jamie-dornan-refused-to-pick-sides-during-troubles-in-northern-ireland-37569649.html |archive-date=5 January 2022 |access-date=25 May 2020 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}} In interviews he has said that he considers himself Irish.{{Cite web |last=Higgins |first=Erica Doyle |date=2 February 2018 |title='How could I not call myself Irish? - Jamie Dornan weighs in on being Irish in Northern Ireland |url=https://www.irishpost.com/news/i-not-call-irish-jamie-dornan-weighs-irish-northern-ireland-149385 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411134454/https://www.irishpost.com/news/i-not-call-irish-jamie-dornan-weighs-irish-northern-ireland-149385 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |access-date=25 May 2020 |website=The Irish Post}}{{Cite web |last=McClelland |first=Niamh |date=2018-02-05 |title="I just feel Irish": Jamie Dornan says Brexit keeps him awake at night |url=https://www.dailyedge.ie/jamie-dornan-irish-3835347-Feb2018/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208113221/https://www.dailyedge.ie/jamie-dornan-irish-3835347-Feb2018/ |archive-date=8 February 2018 |access-date=25 May 2020 |website=The Daily Edge |language=en}}
He launched his menswear clothing line 'Eleven Eleven' in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Breen |first=Nadia |date=2022-03-30 |title=Inside Jamie Dornan's clothing brand as he 'wants all men to dress like him' |url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/be/inside-jamie-dornans-clothing-brand-23543945 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415100826/https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/be/inside-jamie-dornans-clothing-brand-23543945 |archive-date=15 April 2022 |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Belfast Live |language=en}}
=Amateur golf=
As an amateur, Dornan has competed in the pro–am event at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in 2014 (pairing with Danny Willett),{{Cite news |last=Joseph |first=Brady |date=4 October 2014 |title=Jamie Dornan in Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2014 |work=Bunkered |url=https://www.bunkered.co.uk/golf-news/dunhill-links-five-stars-worth-a-watch/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515005705/https://www.bunkered.co.uk/golf-news/dunhill-links-five-stars-worth-a-watch/ |archive-date=15 May 2023}} 2015 (with Peter Uihlein),{{Cite web |last=Levins |first=Keeley |date=1 October 2015 |title=Jamie Dornan dropped a 30-footer on 18 at the Old Course in tournament play and let Rory know about it |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/jamie-dornan-dropped-a-30-foot-eagle-at-st-andrews-in-tournament-play-and-let-rory-mcilroy-know-about-it |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515005703/https://www.golfdigest.com/story/jamie-dornan-dropped-a-30-foot-eagle-at-st-andrews-in-tournament-play-and-let-rory-mcilroy-know-about-it |archive-date=15 May 2023 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Golf Digest |language=en}} 2016 and 2017,{{Cite web |last= |title=Hatton teams up with Jamie Dornan again |url=https://www.alfreddunhilllinks.com/news/hatton-teams-up-with-jamie-dornan-again/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515005704/https://www.alfreddunhilllinks.com/news/hatton-teams-up-with-jamie-dornan-again/ |archive-date=15 May 2023 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=www.alfreddunhilllinks.com |language=en}} both times pairing with Tyrrell Hatton.{{Cite web |last=Kitson |first=Jack |date=2017-10-04 |title=Rory McIlroy Red Hot Favourite For Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Success |url=https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/rory-mcilroy-red-hot-favourite-for-alfred-dunhill-links-championship-success |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515005706/https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/rory-mcilroy-red-hot-favourite-for-alfred-dunhill-links-championship-success |archive-date=15 May 2023 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=The Sportsman |language=EN}}{{Cite web |date=9 October 2017 |title=EURO TOUR: Tyrrell Hatton wins second straight Alfred Dunhill Links title |url=https://www.golfaustralia.com.au/news/euro-tour-tyrrell-hatton-wins-second-straight-alfred-dunhill-links-title-474962 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517145043/https://www.golfaustralia.com.au/news/euro-tour-tyrrell-hatton-wins-second-straight-alfred-dunhill-links-title-474962 |archive-date=17 May 2023 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Golf Australia}} He also participated in the 2017 Irish Open with Justin Rose{{Cite web |last=McStravick |first=Sheena |date=2017-07-05 |title=In pictures: Jamie Dornan meets fans ahead of Irish Open Pro-Am |url=http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/irish-open-pro-am-jamie-13285936 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519024650/https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/irish-open-pro-am-jamie-13285936 |archive-date=19 May 2022 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=BelfastLive |language=en}} and the J. P. McManus Pro-Am in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Longmire |first=Becca |date=2022-07-05 |title=Jamie Dornan And Niall Horan Battle It Out In Golf Tournament For A Very Special Cause |url=https://etcanada.com/news/910467/jamie-dornan-and-niall-horan-battle-it-out-in-golf-tournament-for-a-very-special-cause/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706032229/https://etcanada.com/news/910467/jamie-dornan-and-niall-horan-battle-it-out-in-golf-tournament-for-a-very-special-cause/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 July 2022 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ET Canada |language=en-US}}
Acting credits and awards
{{Main article|List of Jamie Dornan performances|List of awards and nominations received by Jamie Dornan}}
Dornan's most acclaimed films, according to review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, include A Private War (2018), Belfast (2021), My Dinner with Hervé (2018), Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021), Synchronic (2019), A Haunting in Venice (2023), Anthropoid (2016) and The Siege of Jadotville (2016).{{Cite web|title=Jamie Dornan|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jamie_dornan|access-date=2021-12-25|website=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en}} His critically lauded television works are The Tourist (2022–2024), The Fall (2013–2016) and Once Upon a Time (2011).
Dornan is the recipient of two Irish Film and Television Awards,{{Cite web |title=Jamie Dornan {{!}} Irish Film & Television Academy |url=https://www.ifta.ie/academy_members/mp/jamie_dornan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421140424/https://www.ifta.ie/academy_members/mp/jamie_dornan.html |archive-date=21 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Irish Film & Television Academy}} a Broadcasting Press Guild Award{{Cite web |date=2014-03-30 |title=Jamie Dornan: Breakthrough Award 2014 |url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/2014/03/jamie-dornan-breakthrough-award-2014/ |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Broadcasting Press Guild |language=en-GB}} and a People's Choice Award.{{Cite journal |date=2018-11-12 |title=Jamie Dornan among People's Choice winners in US |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/1112/1010292-jamie-dornan-among-peoples-choice-winners-in-us/ |url-status=live |journal=RTÉ |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421140421/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/1112/1010292-jamie-dornan-among-peoples-choice-winners-in-us/ |archive-date=21 April 2023}} He has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award and a Golden Globe Award.{{Cite web |title=Jamie Dornan |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/jamie-dornan |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Hollywood Foreign Press Association |language=en}}
Dornan received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the Queens University Belfast in 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-11 |title=Jamie Dornan among honorary graduates at Queens' University Belfast |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/national/23983146.jamie-dornan-among-honorary-graduates-queens-university-belfast/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=The Herald |language=en}}
Authored article
- {{cite news |last=Dornan |first=Jamie |date=7 April 2017 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/apr/07/jamie-dornan-don-rickles-tribute |title=The world just lost a lot of laughter |newspaper=The Guardian}}
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