Robert Emms | |
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Born | Robert James MacPherson 20 May 1986 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2007–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 , and Leonid Toptunov in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl .
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]
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 [11] Tarsem Singh's version of the Brothers Grimm's Snow White, in Mirror Mirror , with Julia Roberts 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/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] Most recently he portrays John Gerard in the 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).
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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2010 | The Arbor | Young David | Clio Barnard |
2011 | War Horse | David Lyons | Steven Spielberg |
2011 | Anonymous | Thomas Dekker | Roland Emmerich |
2012 | Broken | Rick Buckley | Rufus Norris |
2012 | Mirror, Mirror | Charles Renbock | Tarsem Singh |
2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Insect Man | Jeff Wadlow |
2013 | The Selfish Giant | Phil | Clio Barnard |
2017 | Borg/McEnroe | Vitas Gerulaitis | Janus Metz Pedersen |
2017 | Apostasy | Steven | Daniel Kokotajlo |
2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Tech Merc (Jack) | J. A. Bayona |
2022 | This is Christmas [20] | Paul | Chris Foggin |
2023 | Starve Acre | Steven | Daniel Kokotajlo |
TBA | Bad Apples | Josh | Jonatan Etzler |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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) | Season 3, 1 episode |
2022 | Four Lives | Ricky | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
2022 | Andor | Supervisor Lonni Jung | 6 episodes |
2023 | The Reckoning [21] | Ray Teret [22] | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Director | Company |
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2019-20 | Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer | Bobby Fischer | Annabelle Comyn | Hampstead Theatre |
2009-10 | War Horse | Albert Narracott | Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris | National Theatre at New London Theatre |
2009 | Billy Narracott | |||
2008 | Shangri-La | Horatio | Mark Ravenhill | Roundhouse |
2008 | The Glee Club | Colin | Roger Haines | Library Theatre, Manchester |
2007 | The Six-Days World | Tom | Jamie Harper | Finborough Theatre |
2023-24 | The Homecoming | Teddy | Matthew Dunster | Young Vic |
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