Julian Firth
{{Short description|English actor}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2020}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|1|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = London, England
| spouse = Gillian Melling
| children = 4
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Julian Firth (born 8 January 1961) is an English actor, best known for his roles as troubled inmate Davis in the cinematic version of the film Scum{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pedro-almodovar-paddy-chayefsky-eric-rohmer-more-a-july-do-list-film-buffs-la-1018434|title=Critic's Picks: A July To-Do List for Film Buffs in L.A.|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=5 July 2017 |language=en|access-date=19 February 2020}} and as Brother Jerome in the long-running television series Cadfael.{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/the-world-has-lost-a-real-gem-girlfriend-speaks-out-over-love-lost-in-thai-crash-6417189.html|title='The world has lost a real gem': Girlfriend speaks out over love lost|date=30 June 2011|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=19 February 2020}}
Firth has enjoyed a consistent acting career in the theatre and has appeared in numerous television productions, including Jeeves and Wooster, The Bill, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Margaret. He also appeared in the video of the 1982 hit single Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth, in which he appears as a pompous prosecuting barrister. In 1984, he was cast alongside Rob Lowe in Oxford Blues as Lowe's Oriel College roommate and confidant, providing inside information. In 2011 he appeared in the television film The Suspicions of Mr Whicher for ITV. He also appeared in the drama The Queen in 2006, as Blair's aide. In 2017, Firth joined the cast of the HBO series Game of Thrones in Eastwatch, an episode of Season 7 as Archmaester Sandhu.
Personal life
Firth grew up in Bristol, attending Elmlea Primary School, Clifton College, and Bristol Grammar School.
He was married to Gillian Melling.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} They had two sons, William Melling and Bruno Melling-Firth, and a daughter, Bella Honey Melling. Firth also has an older daughter Imogen Firth-Laliotis. In 2011, Bruno died at the age of 19 in a traffic accident while on a gap year in Thailand.
He is not related to actor Colin Firth.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1978
| Other Boy | |
| rowspan="2"| 1979
| Mod | Uncredited |
| Scum
| Davis | |
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| Runners | The Radio Station - Researcher | |
| Forever Young
| Young James | |
| rowspan="2"| 1984
| Geordie Nevitts | |
| The Little Drummer Girl
| Young man | |
| 1985
| Second boy in park | |
| 1986
| The Misery Kid | |
| 1987
| Reporter | |
| 1988
| Lawrence | |
| 1989
| A Broken Spine | Unknown | Short film |
| 1990
| The Fool | Unknown | |
| 1991
| Michael | |
| 1993
| Father John Fisher | |
| 1999
| Edward Thornton | |
| 2000
| |
| 2003
| Sylvia | |
| 2004
| Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | Isambard Jerkalot | |
| 2006
| Blair's aide | |
| 2008
| Lawyer | |
| 2010
| Mr Nice | MIG Duncan | |
| 2013
| Diana | Sydney Official | |
| rowspan="2"| 2014
| Cephalopod | The Voice | Short film |
| Electricity
| Consultant neurologist | |
| rowspan="3"| 2015
| Blood and Carpet | Rupert | |
| Burnt
| Langham maitre'd | |
| Somewhere in Macedonia
| Sergeant Grant | Short film |
| 2016
| Mr Speaker | |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| A Simple Fracture | Benedict Dooley | Short film |
| Devon Gothic
| Baron Frankenstein | Short film |
| rowspan="2"| 2021
| King's uncle | |
| Red
| Third Tri | Short film |
| 2022
| RR Lawrence |
| rowspan="2"| TBA
| Chartered Streets | The Traveller | Short film |
| The Yellow Tie
| Teacher | In production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1983
| Allan Langley-Beard | Episode: "Armageddon" |
| rowspan="2"| 1984
| Long Live the Babe | Will | Television film |
| Morgan's Boy
| Greener | Episode: "Episode #1.6" |
| 1984–1988
| Leonard/RADA student | 2 episodes |
| 1985
| Noah Claypole | 5 episodes |
| 1987
| Young Sefton Boyd | Episode: "Episode #1.1" |
| rowspan="2"| 1988
| The Management | Piers | Episode: "The Wedding" |
| The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
| John Oldbury | 2 episodes |
| 1989
| Wellesley Orr | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="4"| 1990
| The Bill | Kemp | Episode: "Officers and Gentlemen" |
| Poirot
| Bank Teller | Episode: "The Lost Mine" |
| Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
| Quincy | Television film |
| Tygo Road
| Solicitor | Episode: "Episode #1.5" |
| rowspan="4"| 1991
| Mr Shrapnel | Episode: "Price to Pay: Part 2" |
| Stay Lucky
| Teddy | Episode: "Poetic Justice" |
| Screen Two
| Bates/Charlie | 2 episodes |
| Clarissa
| Solmes | 2 episodes |
| 1992–1993
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Richard Meinertzhagen/Lambert | 3 episodes |
| 1992
| Bicky | Episode: "Bertie Ensures Bicky Can Continue to Live in Manhattan (or, The Full House)" |
| 1993
| Foreign Affairs | Burberry's Assistant | Television film |
| 1994–1998
| Cadfael | Brother Jerome | 13 episodes |
| 1997
| The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | Northerton | Episode: "Episode #1.2" |
| 1999
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones | Lambert | Episode: "Trenches of Hell" |
| 2000
| Tourist in New York | Television film |
| rowspan="2"| 2003
| Episode: "Episode #1.2" |
| Byron
| Television film |
| rowspan="4"| 2004
| Peter Root | Episode: "The March of the Grey Men" |
| Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
| Peers the Parliamentarian | Television film |
| Amnesia
| Dr Carey | Episode: "Episode #1.1" |
| Rosemary and Thyme
| Quentin Marshall | Episode: "The Invisible Worm" |
| rowspan="3"| 2005
| Empire | 3 episodes |
| Ian Fleming: Bondmaker
| Man mocking Bond | Television film |
| Riot at the Rite
| Enthusiast | Television film |
| 2006
| Colin Grantham | Episode: "Just Seventeen" |
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| Episode: "Reunion" |
| Doctors
| Oliver Jameson | Episode: "Maximum Load" |
| 2009
| Margaret | Television film |
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| Hustle | Jeremy Garrett | Episode: "Silent Witness" |
| The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
| MP | Television film |
| rowspan="3"| 2012
| Clyde Bagley | Episode: "Coercion" |
| Secret State
| Piers Jupp | Episode: "Episode #1.2" |
| Restless
| Club Servant | Television film |
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| Mr Wheen | Episode: "The Weight of One Man's Heart" |
| Lucan
| Michael Eastham QC | TV mini series |
| 2014
| Ernest Blakefield | 2 episodes |
| 2015
| Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Auctioneer | Episode: "Chapter Two: How Is Lady Pole?" |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| Snatch | Lord Cavendish Scott | 3 episodes |
| Game of Thrones
| Citadel Maester | Episode: "Eastwatch" |
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Tony Fowles | Episode: "Some Hope" |
| Bodyguard
| Rob's solicitor | 2 episodes |
| 2019
| Victoria | Episode: "Foreign Bodies" |
| 2021
| Dr Carlson | Episode: "Episode #10.2" |
| 2022
| Dickie Whitfield | Episode: "My Brother's Keeper" |
| 2023
| Old actor | Episode: "Emotional Erection" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0278747}}
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108717/ Details of Cadfael on IMDB]
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Category:Actors educated at Bristol Grammar School
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:Male actors from London
Category:English male stage actors
Category:20th-century English male actors
Category:21st-century English male actors
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