Robert Emms
{{Short description|British actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Robert Emms
| image =
| caption = Robert Emms at war horse premiere.
| birth_name = Robert James MacPherson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|5|20}}
| birth_place = Horley, Surrey, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2007–present
}}
Robert Emms (born Robert James MacPherson; 20 May 1986) is a British film, stage and television actor, known for portraying Pythagoras in the BBC One fantasy-adventure series Atlantis, Supervisor Lonni Jung in the Star Wars series Andor and Leonid Toptunov in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl.
Early life
Emms was born in Horley, Surrey, England. He went to a local secondary school, Oakwood School, Horley.{{cite web |url=http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/War-Horse-film-star-Robert-Emms-tells-failed/story-14995193-detail/story.html |title=Robert Emms missed out on War Horse role first time around {{!}} Surrey Mirror |website=www.surreymirror.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112425/http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/War-Horse-film-star-Robert-Emms-tells-failed/story-14995193-detail/story.html |archive-date=2015-09-24}} He studied at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology from 2002 to 2004, and then the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) from 2004 to 2007.{{cite web|title=Robert Emms|url=http://www.lamda.org.uk/studentfiles/2007/c2007/EMMS,%20Robert.pdf|work=LAMDA|accessdate=2011-07-01}}
Career
In March 2009, Emms played the lead role of Albert in the National Theatre's production of War Horse.{{cite web|title=War Horse Transfer Cast Update|url=http://www.theatretickets.co.uk/theatre-news/67/War+Horse+Transfer+Cast+Update.html|work=Theatre Tickets|accessdate=2011-07-01|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007054631/http://www.theatretickets.co.uk/theatre-news/67/War+Horse+Transfer+Cast+Update.html|archivedate=7 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=War Horse — new cast announced|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/theatre-review/war-horse-new-cast-announced|work=Indie London |accessdate=2011-07-06}}{{cite web|title=Half the cast to change in War Horse! |url=http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/londontheatre/news/se09/warhorse333195.htm|work=London Theatre|date=2009-09-10|accessdate=2011-07-01}} After Steven Spielberg saw him in War Horse at the New London Theatre, he was cast as David Lyons in Spielberg's film adaptation of the play.{{cite web|title=Exclusive: War Horse Cast Announced|url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=28148|work=Empire|date=2010-02-17|first=Ian|last=Freer|accessdate=2011-07-06}}{{cite web|title=War Horse: A Man's Play |url=http://blokely.com/life/war-horse-a-man-s-play/|work=Blokely|date=2010-12-03|accessdate=2011-07-01}}
In June 2011, Screen International named him as a 'Star of Tomorrow'.{{cite web|title=Screen unveils 2011 Stars of Tomorrow| url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-ireland/screen-unveils-2011-stars-of-tomorrow/5029362.article |work=Screen Daily| date=2011-06-30|accessdate=2011-07-01}}
His other film work includes Kick-Ass 2 alongside Jim Carrey,{{Cite web | url=https://www.slashfilm.com/kick-ass-2-set-for-summer-2013-robert-emms-and-morris-chestnut-join-cast/ | title='Kick-Ass 2' Set for Summer 2013; Robert Emms and Morris Chestnut Join Cast| date=2012-08-15}} and Rick 'Broken' Buckley in Broken directed by Rufus Norris for BBC films.{{Cite web | url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/broken | title=Broken (2013), directed by Rufus Norris | Film review}} He appeared as the Elizabethan playwright Thomas Dekker in Anonymous directed by Roland Emmerich, in{{cite web|title=Lane, Emms join Relativity's Snow White| url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118036465?refCatId=13 |work= Variety| first=Jeff| last=Sneider| date=2011-05-05|accessdate=2011-07-01}}
Tarsem Singh's version of the Brothers Grimm's Snow White, in Mirror Mirror, with Julia Roberts and in the BAFTA-nominated film The Arbor, directed by Clio Barnard.{{cite news|title=The Arbor, review: The Arbor brilliantly explores the life and legacy of Andrea Dunbar|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8078688/The-Arbor-review.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2010-10-21|first=Sukhdev|last=Sandhu|accessdate=2011-07-06}}{{cite web|title=Nathan Lane And Robert Emms Join 'The Brothers Grimm: Snow White'|url=http://thefilmstage.com/2011/05/05/nathan-lane-and-robert-emms-join-the-brothers-grimm-snow-white/|work=thefilmstage.com|first=Nick|last=Newman|date=2011-05-05|accessdate=2011-07-01|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507142927/http://thefilmstage.com/2011/05/05/nathan-lane-and-robert-emms-join-the-brothers-grimm-snow-white/|archivedate=7 May 2011|df=dmy-all}} More recently he has portrayed Vitas Gerulaitis in the film Borg/McEnroe directed by Janus Metz Pederson (alongside Shia LaBeouf).{{Cite web | url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/shia-labeouf-starrer-borg/mcenroe-begins-shoot/5108494.article | title=Shia LaBeouf-starrer 'Borg/McEnroe' begins shoot}}
Emms' notable television appearances include Happy Valley by Sally Wainwright,{{Cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/03/08/happy-valley-series-two-episode-five-review-ending-a-cop-out/ | title=Happy Valley, review: Did Daryl's mum turn the gun on herself? Plus ten more talking points| newspaper=The Telegraph| date=2016-03-08| last1=Hogan| first1=Michael}} The Street by Jimmy McGovern,{{cite web|title=Last Night's Television — Monday Monday, ITV1; The Street, BBC1 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-television--monday-monday-itv1-the-street-bbc1-1744887.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715235739/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-television--monday-monday-itv1-the-street-bbc1-1744887.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2009|work=The Independent|date=2009-07-14|first=Tim|last=Walker |accessdate=2011-07-06}} and Scott & Bailey.{{cite news|title=Have you been watching ... Scott & Bailey?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jul/01/itv1-scott-and-bailey|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2011-07-07|first=Alexandra|last=Heminsley |accessdate=2011-07-06}} In 2015, Emms played the part of Smitty, the artistic grandson of Petunia Howe, in the three-part BBC series Capital based on John Lanchester's novel of the same name.{{cite web | title= BBC One: Capital |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qrqlf| author=| website= BBC Online | accessdate= 24 November 2015}} Most recently he portrays John Gerard in the BBC series Gunpowder alongside Kit Harington and Liv Tyler. He also played Pythagoras in the series Atlantis for the BBC.{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/atlantis-casting.html | title=BBC - Cast announced for BBC One's Atlantis - Media Centre}}
Emms played Jack in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) and the third season of Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (2021).
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Director |
|---|
| 2010
| Young David |
| 2011
| David Lyons |
| 2011 |
| 2012
| Broken | Rick Buckley |
| 2012
| Charles Renbock |
| 2013
| Insect Man |
| 2013
| Phil | Clio Barnard |
| 2017 |
| 2017
| Apostasy | Steven |
| 2018
| Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Tech Merc (Jack) |
| 2022
| This is Christmas{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/kaya-scodelario-alfred-enoch-sky-this-christmas-newsupdate/|title=Kaya Scodelario and Alfred Enoch to star in Sky rom-com This Christmas|last=Hibbs|first=James|date=26 September 2022|website=Radio Times}} | Paul |
| 2023
| Steven | Daniel Kokotajlo |
| {{TableTBA}}
| Josh | Jonatan Etzler |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2008
| Shangri-La | Horatio | 1 episode |
| 2008
| Steo | 1 episode |
| 2008
| Colin/Smee | 2 episodes |
| 2009
| Calum Miller | 1 episode |
| 2009
| Tom | 1 episode |
| 2011
| Luke Farrell | 1 episode |
| 2013–2015
| Atlantis | Main role, 25 episodes |
| 2015
| Capital | Smitty | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2016
| Peter | 1 episode |
| 2016
| Daryl Garrs | Main role, 4 episodes (Series 2) |
| 2017
| Recurring role, 3 episodes |
| 2019
| Glynn | Main role |
| 2019
| Miniseries, 5 episodes |
| 2019
| Thomas | 6 episodes |
| 2021
| Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | Tech Merc (Jack) | Season 3, 1 episode |
| 2022
| Ricky | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2022–2025
| Andor | Supervisor Lonni Jung | 9 episodes |
| 2023
| The Reckoning {{cite news | title=The Reckoning: BBC Jimmy Savile Drama 'Delayed Until 2024' |url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/thereckoningdelay-rep/ |access-date=12 November 2022 |work=TV Zone}} |Ray Teret{{cite news |last1=Griffin |first1=Louise |title=Steve Coogan gets into character as Jimmy Savile in new look at controversial BBC drama |url=https://www.metro.co.uk/2021/10/22/steve-coogan-gets-into-character-as-jimmy-savile-in-look-at-bbc-drama-15472876/ |access-date=22 October 2021 |work=Metro |date=22 October 2021 |language=en}} |Miniseries, 3 episodes |
Theatre
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Director ! Company |
|---|
| 2019-20
| Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer | Bobby Fischer | Annabelle Comyn |
| 2009-10
| rowspan="2" | War Horse | Albert Narracott | rowspan="2" | Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris | rowspan="2" | National Theatre at New London Theatre |
| 2009
| Billy Narracott |
| 2008
| Shangri-La | Horatio |
| 2008
| The Glee Club | Colin | Roger Haines | Library Theatre, Manchester |
| 2007
| The Six-Days World | Tom | Jamie Harper |
| 2023-24
|Teddy |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|3016166|Robert Emms}}
- [http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/robert-emms/ Emms' page at Curtis Brown]
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Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male stage actors