Jeremy Irvine
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Irvine in August 2011
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| Born |
Jeremy William Fredric Smith 1 July 1990 Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Residence | West Hampstead, London |
| Education | Bedford Modern School |
| Alma mater |
National Youth Theatre London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Jeremy William Fredric Smith (born 1 July 1990), better known as Jeremy Irvine, is an English actor who made his film debut in the epic war film War Horse (2011). In 2012, he portrayed Philip "Pip" Pirrip in the film adaptation of Great Expectations, and earned widespread critical acclaim for his role in the independent film Now Is Good (2012).
Irvine earned a reputation as a method actor after he went for two months without food, losing around two stone (13 kg), and performed his own torture scene stunts in The Railway Man (2013). He has since starred in A Night in Old Mexico (2014), Beyond the Reach (2014), The World Made Straight (2014), The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2015), Stonewall (2015), and will portray Daniel Grigori in the film adaptation of the young adult novel Fallen (2016).
Irvine was born and raised in Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire. His mother, Bridget, is a politician in local government, and his father, Chris Smith, is an engineer. Irvine also has two younger brothers, Lawrence and Toby, the latter a child actor who portrays the young Pip in Great Expectations. Irvine's stage surname was his grandfather's first name. His great-grandfather, Sir Ralph Lilley Turner, wrote the quotation used as the inscription on the Gurkha Memorial, London. He applied to the British Army at the age of 19, but was rejected after lying about his type 1 diabetes on his application. He started acting at the age of 16. Irvine states that it was his drama teacher who inspired him to pursue acting: "I never fitted in, which led me to acting. I was looking for something different." He played Romeo along with other main roles in plays whilst attending Bedford Modern School, followed by a run with the National Youth Theatre.
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