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James Nesbitt(I)

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James Nesbitt
Veteran detective Danny Frater is called to a hospital mortuary to identify a corpse only to find it is his estranged daughter. Traumatized by the news she took her own life, Frater sets out to discover the truth about her death.
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Suspect (2022– )
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James Nesbitt was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, to May, a civil servant, and James Nesbitt, a primary school headmaster. He was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution (also the school of Brian Campbell & Brian McAlister). He originally planned to be a French teacher. It was not until teacher Robert Simpson encouraged him to take an apprenticeship at the local Riverside Theatre that his interest in acting began, eventually leading him to a drama school in London, and to what has become a highly successful acting career.

James is a lover of football.
BornJanuary 15, 1965
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BornJanuary 15, 1965
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  • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards

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James Nesbitt in The Secret (2016)
James Nesbitt in The Secret (2016)
James Nesbitt and Genevieve O'Reilly in The Secret (2016)
James Nesbitt in The Secret (2016)
James Nesbitt and John Thomson in Cold Feet (1997)
James Nesbitt and John Thomson in Cold Feet (1997)
Robert Bathurst, Kimberley Joseph, James Nesbitt, Hermione Norris, and John Thomson in Cold Feet (1997)
James Nesbitt and Fay Ripley in Cold Feet (1997)
Helen Baxendale and James Nesbitt in Cold Feet (1997)
James Nesbitt and John Thomson in Cold Feet (1997)
James Nesbitt and John Thomson in Cold Feet (1997)
Helen Baxendale, Mark Chatterton, and James Nesbitt in Cold Feet (1997)

Known for

Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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  • Bofur
  • 2012
Waking Ned Devine (1998)
Waking Ned Devine
7.3
  • Pig Finn
  • 1998
Match Point (2005)
Match Point
7.6
  • Detective Banner
  • 2005
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Bloody Sunday
7.6
  • Ivan Cooper
  • 2002

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Actor

  • James Nesbitt in Bloodlands (2021)
    Bloodlands
  • Joely Richardson, Richard E. Grant, Sacha Dhawan, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Miller, James Nesbitt, and Sam Heughan in Suspect (2022)
    Suspect
  • Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Sarah Parish, and Cush Jumbo in Stay Close (2021)
    Stay Close
  • Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure, and Martin Compston in Line of Duty (2012)
    Line of Duty
    • (uncredited)
  • Cold Feet (1997)
    Cold Feet
  • James Nesbitt and Thekla Reuten in Lucky Man (2016)
    Lucky Man
  • Stan Lee's Lucky Man: The Bracelet Chronicles (2017)
    Stan Lee's Lucky Man: The Bracelet Chronicles
  • James Nesbitt and Genevieve O'Reilly in The Secret (2016)
    The Secret
  • The Missing (2014)
    The Missing
  • Paterson Joseph, James Nesbitt, Martin Trenaman, Bertie Carvel, Ella Smith, and Daniel Kaluuya in Babylon (2014)
    Babylon
  • Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  • Gold (2014)
    Gold
  • Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Martin Freeman, Lee Pace, Evangeline Lilly, and Luke Evans in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  • Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  • James Nesbitt in Monroe (2011)
    Monroe

Additional Crew

  • James Nesbitt in Murphy's Law (2003)
    Murphy's Law

Producer

  • James Nesbitt and Thekla Reuten in Lucky Man (2016)
    Lucky Man
  • Bronagh Taggart in Guard (2017)
    Guard

Videos56

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Way
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The Way
The Way
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The Way
Five Minutes of Heaven
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Five Minutes of Heaven
Season 2 Official Trailer
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Season 2 Official Trailer
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Now Streaming
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Season 2 Trailer

Personal details

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    • January 15, 1965
    • Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
    • Sonia Forbes-Adam1993 - 2016 (divorced, 2 children)
  • Other works
    TV commercial for Persil dish-washing liquid.
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    • 6 Interviews
    • 3 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    His two daughters, Mary and Peggy, both star alongside him (Bofur) in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), playing the two daughters (Tilda and Sigrid) of Luke Evans (Bard).
  • Quotes
    The thing to remember is that the work comes first, and not to get distracted by anything else. If you keep focused on the work, everything else will fall into place. That's my mantra now.
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