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Robert Emms

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Robert Emms
Born
Robert James MacPherson

(1986-05-20) 20 May 1986 (age 40)
Horley, Surrey, England
OccupationActor
Years active2007–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

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Emms was born in Horley, Surrey, England. He went to a local secondary school, Oakwood School, Horley.[1] 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.[2]

Career

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In March 2009, Emms played the lead role of Albert in the National Theatre's production of War Horse.[3][4][5] 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.[6][7]

In June 2011, Screen International named him as a 'Star of Tomorrow'.[8]

His other film work includes Kick-Ass 2 alongside Jim Carrey,[9] and Rick 'Broken' Buckley in Broken directed by Rufus Norris for BBC films.[10] He appeared as the Elizabethan playwright Thomas Dekker in Anonymous directed by Roland Emmerich, in Tarsem Singh's version of the Brothers Grimm's Snow White, Mirror Mirror with Julia Roberts,[11] and in the BAFTA-nominated film The Arbor, directed by Clio Barnard.[12][13] More recently he has portrayed Vitas Gerulaitis in the film Borg vs McEnroe directed by Janus Metz Pederson (alongside Shia LaBeouf).[14]

Emms' notable television appearances include Happy Valley by Sally Wainwright,[15] The Street by Jimmy McGovern,[16] and Scott & Bailey.[17] 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.[18] He portrayed John Gerard in the 2017 BBC series Gunpowder alongside Kit Harington and Liv Tyler. He also played Pythagoras in the series Atlantis for the BBC.[19]

Emms played Jack in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) and the third season of Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (2021).

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 The Arbor Young David
2011 War Horse David Lyons
2011 Anonymous Thomas Dekker
2012 Broken Rick Buckley
2012 Mirror, Mirror Charles Renbock
2013 Kick-Ass 2 Insect Man
2013 The Selfish Giant Phil
2017 Borg/McEnroe Vitas Gerulaitis
2017 Apostasy Steven
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Tech Merc (Jack)
2022 This Is Christmas[20] Paul
2023 Starve Acre Steven
2025 The Choral Robert Horner
2025 Bad Apples Josh
2027 Blood on Snow † Klein Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Shangri-La Horatio 1 episode
2008 Waking the Dead Steo 1 episode
2008 The Wrong Door Colin/Smee 2 episodes
2009 The Street Calum Miller 1 episode
2009 Monday Monday Tom 1 episode
2011 Scott & Bailey Luke Farrell 1 episode
2013–2015 Atlantis Pythagoras Main role, 25 episodes
2015 Capital Smitty Miniseries, 3 episodes
2016 The Living and the Dead Peter 1 episode
2016 Happy Valley Daryl Garrs Main role, 4 episodes (Series 2)
2017 Gunpowder Father John Gerard Recurring role, 3 episodes
2019 Cleaning Up Glynn Main role
2019 Chernobyl Leonid Toptunov Miniseries, 5 episodes
2019 His Dark Materials Thomas 6 episodes
2021 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Tech Merc (Jack) (voice) Season 3, 1 episode
2021 War of the Worlds Micah 2 episodes
2022 Four Lives Ricky Miniseries, 3 episodes
2022–2025 Andor Supervisor Lonni Jung 10 episodes
2023 The Reckoning[21] Ray Teret[22] Miniseries, 3 episodes
2024 Kaos Anatole 3 episodes
2024 Sherwood Samuel Warner 6 episodes

Theatre

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Year Title Role Director Company
2007 The Six-Days World Tom Jamie Harper Finborough Theatre
2008 The Glee Club Colin Roger Haines Library Theatre, Manchester
2008 Shangri-La Horatio Mark Ravenhill Roundhouse
2009–10 War Horse Albert Narracott Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris National Theatre at New London Theatre
2009 Billy Narracott
2019–20 Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer Bobby Fischer Annabelle Comyn Hampstead Theatre
2023–24 The Homecoming Teddy Matthew Dunster Young Vic

References

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  1. ↑ "War Horse film star Robert Emms tells of failed audition 'fate'". Surrey Mirror. 21 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Robert Emms" (PDF). LAMDA. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "War Horse Transfer Cast Update". Theatre Tickets. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "War Horse — new cast announced". Indie London. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Half the cast to change in War Horse!". London Theatre. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Freer, Ian (17 February 2010). "Exclusive: War Horse Cast Announced". Empire. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "War Horse: A Man's Play". Blokely. 3 December 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Screen unveils 2011 Stars of Tomorrow". Screen Daily. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "'Kick-Ass 2' Set for Summer 2013; Robert Emms and Morris Chestnut Join Cast". 15 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "Broken (2013), directed by Rufus Norris | Film review".
  11. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (5 May 2011). "Lane, Emms join Relativity's Snow White". Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  12. ↑ Sandhu, Sukhdev (21 October 2010). "The Arbor, review: The Arbor brilliantly explores the life and legacy of Andrea Dunbar". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  13. ↑ Newman, Nick (5 May 2011). "Nathan Lane And Robert Emms Join 'The Brothers Grimm: Snow White'". thefilmstage.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  14. ↑ "Shia LaBeouf-starrer 'Borg/McEnroe' begins shoot".
  15. ↑ Hogan, Michael (8 March 2016). "Happy Valley, review: Did Daryl's mum turn the gun on herself? Plus ten more talking points". The Telegraph.
  16. ↑ Walker, Tim (14 July 2009). "Last Night's Television — Monday Monday, ITV1; The Street, BBC1". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  17. ↑ Heminsley, Alexandra (7 July 2011). "Have you been watching ... Scott & Bailey?". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  18. ↑ "BBC One: Capital". BBC Online. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "BBC - Cast announced for BBC One's Atlantis - Media Centre".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  20. ↑ Hibbs, James (26 September 2022). "Kaya Scodelario and Alfred Enoch to star in Sky rom-com This Christmas". Radio Times.
  21. ↑ "The Reckoning: BBC Jimmy Savile Drama 'Delayed Until 2024'". TV Zone. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  22. ↑ Griffin, Louise (22 October 2021). "Steve Coogan gets into character as Jimmy Savile in new look at controversial BBC drama". Metro. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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