Iain Glen
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Born | Iain Alan Sutherland Glen[1] 24 June 1961 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Education | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1986–present |
Spouse | |
Partner | Charlotte Emmerson (2005–present) |
Children | 3 |
Iain Alan Sutherland Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish actor.[2] Glen is best known for his roles as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the Resident Evil film series (2004–2016) and as Ser Jorah Mormont in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). Other notable roles include John Hanning Speke in Mountains of the Moon, Sir Richard Carlisle in Downton Abbey, Dr David Willoughby in Elephants Can Remember, Agatha Christie's Poirot, the title role in Jack Taylor, and Jarrod Slade in Cleverman. He currently plays Bruce Wayne in the DC Universe series Titans.
Early life and education
Iain Glen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1961, and educated at the Edinburgh Academy, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), followed by the University of Aberdeen. He then trained in acting at the RADA in London ("because it was the only one that was holding auditions at that particular time"),[3] where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. His older brother is Hamish Glen, artistic director of the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and former artistic director of the Dundee Repertory Theatre.[4]
Career
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In 1990, Glen won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Silent Scream. In the same year he was cast as Hamlet, Prince of Denmark in Tom Stoppard's film adaptation of his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.[5] He was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in The Blue Room opposite Nicole Kidman.
in 2002, Glen starred with Emilia Fox in the Italian-French-British romance-drama film The Soul Keeper directed by Roberto Faenza.
In 2008 Glen was Samson in the BBC Radio 3 production of Samson Agonistes directed by John Tydeman.
It was announced in 2009 that Glen would star as Ser Jorah Mormont in the HBO series Game of Thrones. In 2010, he played the role of Father Octavian, leader of a sect of clerics who were on a mission against the Weeping Angels in "The Time of Angels" and "Flesh and Stone", a two-episode story which formed part of the fifth season of the revived television series Doctor Who. He appeared in the second series of Downton Abbey, as Sir Richard Carlisle, a tabloid publisher who is a suitor to, and subsequently engaged to, Lady Mary.
From 2010 to the present Glen has played the title character in the Irish TV crime series Jack Taylor adapted from the novels by Ken Bruen.
In the 2012 BBC drama series Prisoners' Wives, he plays Paul, the husband of Francesca, whose comfortable life comes crashing down when he is imprisoned for drug trafficking. Also in 2012, he starred in a new 4-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz, directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko. In 2013, he played the lead in the new play Longing.
From 6 December 2013 until early January 2014 Glen starred alongside Richard McCabe in Fortune's Fool at the Old Vic, directed by Lucy Bailey. He had been due to appear in the full run until 22 February 2014[6] but was forced to withdraw early to recover from illness, with his role taken by his understudy Patrick Cremin and then by William Houston who joined the cast about the same time as Glen's departure.[7]
In 2015, Glen provided the voiceover for a Vauxhall Mokka advertisement.
In 2019, it was revealed that Glen would be portraying Bruce Wayne on the DC Universe TV show Titans.[8]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Paris by Night | Wallace Sharp | |
Gorillas in the Mist | Brendan | ||
1990 | Mountains of the Moon | John Hanning Speke | |
Silent Scream | Larry Winters | ||
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Hamlet | ||
Fools of Fortune | William Quinton | ||
1991 | 30 Door Key | Joey | |
1993 | The Young Americans | Edward Foster | |
1999 | Mararía | Bertrand | |
2000 | Beautiful Creatures | Tony | |
Paranoid | Stan | ||
2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Manfred Powell | |
Gabriel & Me | Dad | ||
2002 | Darkness | Mark | |
The Soul Keeper | Dr. Carl Gustav Jung | ||
2003 | Song for a Raggy Boy | Brother John | |
Spy Sorge | Richard Sorge | ||
2004 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | Dr. Alexander Isaacs | |
2005 | Man to Man | Alexander Auchinleck | |
Vagabond Shoes | Alec Murray | Short film | |
Tara Road | Danny | ||
Kingdom of Heaven | Richard Cœur de Lion | ||
2006 | Small Engine Repair | Doug | |
2007 | The Last Legion | Orestes | |
Resident Evil: Extinction | Dr. Alexander Isaacs / Tyrant | ||
Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution | Frank Ratcliffe | ||
2008 | Slapper | Red / Michael Simmons | Short film |
2009 | Pope Joan | Village Priest | |
Harry Brown | S.I. Childs | ||
The Case of Unfaithful Klara | Denis | ||
2011 | The Iron Lady | Alfred Roberts | |
2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Uncle Ralph | |
2014 | Guy Martin's Spitfire | Narrator (voice) | Documentary |
Monsters Behind the Iron Curtain | Narrator (voice) | Documentary | |
2015 | The Bad Education Movie | Pasco | |
Eye in the Sky | James Willett | ||
2016 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Dr. Alexander Isaacs | |
Dusty and Me | Mickey the Bubble | ||
2017 | My Cousin Rachel | Nick Kendall | |
2019 | The Flood | Philip | |
The Fabric of You | Isaac (voice) | Short film | |
Isabel | Colin | Short film | |
2020 | The Windermere Children | Jock Lawrence | |
The Racer | Sonny | ||
Black Beauty | John Manly | ||
2021 | What About Love | American Ambassador | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Taggart | Scott Adair | Episode: "Knife Edge" |
1986–1989 | Screen Two | Allan Innes / Sailor / Ray | 3 episodes |
1988 | The Fear | Carl Galton | 5 episodes |
1991 | Adam Bede | Adam Bede | Television film |
1992 | Frankie's House | Tim Page | 4 episodes |
Screen One | Cmdr Powell | Episode: "Black and Blue" | |
1993 | Missus | Father Pietro Salviati, Missus | Television film |
1996 | Death of a Salesman | Biff | Television film |
1997 | Painted Lady | Sebastian Stafford | 2 episodes |
1998 | Trial & Retribution | Damon Morton | 2 episodes |
1999 | Wives and Daughters | Mr. Preston | 4 episodes |
2000 | Glasgow Kiss | Stuart Morrison | 6 episodes |
The Wyvern Mystery | Charles Fairfield | Television film | |
Anchor Me | Nathan Carter | Television film | |
2002 | Impact | Marcus Hodge | Television film |
2003 | Carla | Daniel | Television film |
2005 | Kidnapped | Alan Breck | 2 episodes |
2007 | Starting Over | Gregor Dewhurst | Television film |
The Relief of Belsen | James Johnston | Television film | |
2008 | City of Vice | John Fielding | 5 episodes |
2009 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Otto Frank | 5 episodes |
Law & Order: UK | Luke Slade | Episode: "Unsafe" | |
Into the Storm | King George VI | Television film | |
2010 | Doctor Who | Father Octavian | 2 episodes |
Spooks | Vaughn Edwards | 8 episodes | |
2010–2016 | Jack Taylor | Jack Taylor | Series of television films |
2011 | Strike Back: Project Dawn | Crawford | 2 episodes |
Downton Abbey | Sir Richard Carlisle | 6 episodes | |
2011–2019 | Game of Thrones | Ser Jorah Mormont | 52 episodes |
2012 | Haven | Roland Holloway | Episode: "Real Estate" |
Henry IV, Part II | Earl of Warwick | Television film | |
2012–2013 | Prisoners' Wives | Paul | 10 episodes |
2013 | Borgia | Girolamo Savonarola | 2 episodes |
Ripper Street | Colonel Madoc Faulkner | Episode: "The Weight of One Man's Heart" | |
Agatha Christie's Poirot | Dr. David Willoughby | Episode: "Elephants Can Remember" | |
Breathless | Inspector Ronald Mulligan | 6 episodes | |
2014–2017 | Autopsy: The Last Hours Of | Narrator (voice) | 10 episodes |
2014 | The Red Tent | Jacob | 2 episodes |
2016–2017 | Cleverman | Jarrod Slade | 12 episodes |
2016–2019 | Delicious | Leo | 12 episodes |
2018 | The Sidemen Show | Narrator (voice) | 7 episodes |
Mrs Wilson | Alexander "Alec" Wilson | 3 episodes | |
2019 | Ice Age: Return of the Mammoth | Narrator (voice) | Television documentary |
Titans | Bruce Wayne | 5 episodes |
Selected theatre
- Edward II, Royal Exchange, Manchester 1986
- The Man Who Had All the Luck Bristol Old Vic 1990
- Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic, 1991
- Macbeth (1993)
- Henry V (1995)
- Martin Guerre (1996–1997)
- The Blue Room (1998)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (2002)
- Hedda Gabler (2005)
- The Crucible (2006)
- Scenes of a Marriage (2008)
- Wallenstein (2009, Minerva Theatre, Chichester) – title role
- Separate Tables (2009) – roles of Mr Martin and Major Pollock – Chichester Festival Theatre
- Ghosts (2010) – also directed
- Uncle Vanya, The Print Room, 2012 – title role
- Fortune's Fool, The Old Vic, 2013[9]
- The Seagull
- Here
- King Lear
- Coriolanus
- She Stoops to Conquer
- Hapgood
- Road
- Small Engine Repair
- The Recruiting Officer
- Love From A Stranger
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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1990 | Silver Bear | Best Actor | Silent Scream | Won |
1991 | Evening Standard British Film Award | Best Actor | Mountains of the Moon, Fools of Fortune, Silent Scream | Won |
Ian Charleson Award | Special commendation[10] | Hamlet | Won | |
1994 | Evening Standard Theatre Award | Best Actor | Henry V | Nominated |
1997 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actor in a Musical | Martin Guerre | Nominated |
1999 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actor | The Blue Room | Nominated |
Drama League Award | Best Actor | The Blue Room | Nominated | |
2007 | Whatsonstage.com Award | Best Actor | The Crucible | Nominated |
Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actor | The Crucible | Nominated | |
2012 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated |
2013 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated |
Downton Abbey | Won | |||
2014 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated |
2015 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated |
2016 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated |
References
- ^ Morrison, Lennox (28 October 2001). "Gabriel and Me". Scotland on Sunday. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Murphy, Mekado (27 December 2016). "The New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ Fisher, Mark (23 April 1993). "Out, out damned spotlight". The List. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "10 years at the top for our Artistic Director, Hamish Glen". Belgrade Theatre Coventry. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1990 Prize Winners". Berlinale.de. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ Fortune's Fool Archived 9 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine at oldvictheatre.com
- ^ "Game of Thrones star Iain Glen quits play with mystery illness". Evening Standard. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ Boucher, Geoff (11 April 2019). "'Game Of Thrones' Star Will Portray Bruce Wayne On 'Titans'".
- ^ "Fortune's Fool". Oldvictheatre.com. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ Lees, Caroline. "Classic recipes for success". Sunday Times. 9 February 1992
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- 1961 births
- Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Living people
- Royal Shakespeare Company members
- Scottish male film actors
- Scottish male stage actors
- Scottish male television actors
- British male film actors
- Scottish male Shakespearean actors
- British male television actors
- Male actors from Edinburgh
- Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
- People educated at Edinburgh Academy
- 20th-century Scottish male actors
- 21st-century Scottish male actors
- Silver Bear for Best Actor winners
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