Jamie Glover | |
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Born | Jamie Blair Glover 10 July 1969 Barnes, London, England |
Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1980–present |
Partner | Sasha Behar |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Julian Glover Isla Blair |
Jamie Blair Glover (born 10 July 1969) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Andrew Treneman in the BBC One school-based drama series, Waterloo Road , returning to the role in 2023. He was also cast as Harry Potter in the second cast of the West-End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in 2017, and starred as Roger Tramplemain in Michael Frayn's comical farce Noises Off at the Novello Theatre in 2012. He also appeared as William Russell in the Doctor Who docudrama, An Adventure in Space and Time (2013).
Born and brought up in Barnes, London, Glover is the son of actors Julian Glover and Isla Blair. [1] He attended Frensham Heights School in Farnham, Surrey, [2] and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. [3]
Glover has two children with his partner, actress Sasha Behar. They currently live in Brixton, South London. [1] During his time at the Central School of Speech and Drama, Glover met and shared a flat with fellow actor Philip Glenister. [1]
Glover made his professional debut in the soap opera Jupiter Moon . [2] His other television credits include Birds of a Feather , Casualty , Cadfael , Joseph , New Tricks , Midsomer Murders and Trial & Retribution XV: Rules Of The Game . He played deputy head Andrew Treneman in the first two series of the BBC One school-based drama Waterloo Road , alongside Jason Merrells and Angela Griffin, briefly reprised the role in the fourth series and returned again in 2023.
In February 2024, Glover was cast as Patrick Onley, the new Clinical Lead of the Emergency Department in Casualty , with the character making his debut in March 2024. [4] Glover departed the series at the conclusion of the character's storyline in June 2024, in a previously unannounced exit. [5]
Glover made his first stage appearance at the age of eight, playing young Marcius in a production of Coriolanus at Stratford. Although other juvenile appearances and film offers followed, his parents kept him from becoming a child actor, preferring that he make the choice about his career when he was ready. [6] His theatre work includes Edward III , Henry V (Propeller), The Chalk Garden , The Glass Menagerie , The Cherry Orchard and All's Well That Ends Well , alongside Judi Dench. [1] He also appeared in Hamlet at the Norwich Playhouse, alongside his parents, with Julian Glover also directing the production. [6]
He most recently played Peter in the French comedy What's In A Name? alongside Nigel Harman, Sarah Hadland, Raymond Coulthard and Olivia Poulet at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in January 2017.
He joined the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre, London starting on 24 May 2017, playing the role of Harry Potter. [7]
Glover has appeared in the films These Foolish Things , The Reef and Closing Numbers.
Glover has lent his voice to documentaries, commercials, audiobooks and computer games. [1] He joined the Star Wars universe in various voice-roles; he played General Maximilian Veers in Star Wars: Battlefront II , taking over the role from his father who played the same character in The Empire Strikes Back . In Battlefront II, he dubbed over archive footage of his father as Veers for the archive footage sequences in the game from Empire Strikes Back. He returned to reprise his role as Veers in Star Wars: Empire at War . He also did voice work in Knights of the Old Republic II , and has a major role in Star Wars: The Old Republic as Darth Malgus.
He also works in radio drama, and considers that: "Radio allows you to do work on a really good piece with a great cast, director and writer but because it takes far less time, it means that you can schedule in other things easily". [3]
Glover directed student productions at RADA, and in 2008 made his directorial debut with a production of Measure for Measure for the Ambassador's Theatre Group. [1]
Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Play for Today | Mark - Jude (1980) | Anthology series |
1987 | Vanity Fair | Ens Gray - Struggles and Trials (1987) | Miniseries |
1989 | Wish Me Luck | Julian - Episode 2.5 (1989) | |
1990 | Jupiter Moon | Phillipe Gervais | Science fiction soap opera |
Birds of a Feather | Richard - Young Guns (1990) | Sitcom | |
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story | New Scanner | Docudrama | |
Casualty | Luke - Results (1990) | Medical drama | |
1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Graves - Somme, Early August 1916 (1992) | |
Second Thoughts | Kevin - Recipe for Disaster (1992) - Affair Assessment (1992) - Occupational Hazard (1992) - Heartburn (1993) | Sitcom | |
1993 | Don't Leave Me This Way | Paul Elvin | Television film |
1994 | Cadfael | Simon - The Leper of St Giles (1994) | |
1995 | Joseph | Benjamin | Television film |
1997 | Plotlands | Ralph Samson | |
A Dance to the Music of Time | Robert Tolland - The War (1997) | ||
1998 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Rod Lomas - Child's Play (1998) | Police drama |
The Broker's Man | Max Collins - Keyman (1998) | ||
2000 | The Thing About Vince | Paul - Episode 1.1 (2000) - Episode 1.2 (2000) - Episode 1.3 (2000) | Miniseries |
In His Life: The John Lennon Story | Brian Epstein | Television film | |
2001 | Casualty | Pete Binnington - Big Mistake (2001) | Medical drama |
Men Only | Robert | Television film | |
2002 | Born and Bred | Cornelius Sibbald - The Inspector Calls (2002) | |
2004 | New Tricks | Stewart Pimley - Episode 1.4 (2004) | Police drama |
Holby City | Rory Jackson - Wants and Needs (2004) | Medical drama | |
World's Worst Century | Narrator | Documentary | |
2005 | Elizabeth I | Richard | Miniseries |
The Dark Side of Porn | Narrator - Death of a Porn Star | Documentary | |
2006–2007, 2009, 2023–present | Waterloo Road | Andrew Treneman | Main cast |
2006 | Midsomer Murders | Jamie Cramner - Last Year's Model | Police drama |
2008 | Trial & Retribution | Dan Vaughan - Trial & Retribution XV: The Rules of the Game | Police drama |
2009 | Emma | Henry Knightley | Mini-series |
2011 | Holby City | Angus Farrell 13x32, "A Greater Good" (24 May, 1 episode). | Medical drama |
2012 | Holby City | Angus Farrell 14x13, "Hide Your Love Away" (10 January, 1 episode). | Medical drama |
2013 | Father Brown | Dr Michael Evans 1x7 "The Devil's Dust" (22 January, 1 episode) | Detective series |
Endeavour | Dr. Ian Kern | Episode: "Home" | |
An Adventure in Space and Time | William Russell | Television docudrama | |
2014–2022 | Agatha Raisin | James Lacey | Recurring role |
2022 | The Crown | Patrick Jephson | Supporting role (Season 5) |
2024 | Casualty | Patrick Onley | Series regular |
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Age of Treason | Domitian | Feature film |
Closing Numbers | Pete | Feature film | |
1998 | The Whisper | Short film | |
1999 | The Reef | Owen Leath | Feature film |
2006 | These Foolish Things | Everard | Feature film |
2011 | Showreel | Sandy |
Year | Production | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) | Remus Lupin | Computer game |
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords | Additional voices | Computer game | |
2005 | Star Wars: Battlefront II | General Veers / Imperial Officer 1 / Sadistic Moff | Computer game |
2006 | Star Wars: Empire at War | Colonel Veers / Additional Voices | Computer game |
2009 | Dragon Age: Origins | Mad Hermit / Slim Couldry / Additional Voices | Computer game |
2010 | Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening | The Architect | Computer game |
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II | Imperial Officer | Video game | |
2011 | Dragon Age II | Ser Thrask/ Kelder / Comte Guillaume de Launcet | Computer game |
Star Wars: The Old Republic | Darth Malgus [8] | Computer game | |
2013 | Soul Sacrifice | Venetar | Computer game |
2014 | Assassin's Creed: Unity | Additional voices | Video game |
2016 | Battlefield I | Video game | |
2020 | Troy: A Total War Saga | Video game |
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