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Stephen Campbell Moore
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Campbell Moore at the Noël Coward Theatre in Photograph 51
Born
Stephen Moore Thorpe

(1979-11-30) 30 November 1979 (age 44)
London, England
Alma mater Guildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Spouse
​
​
(m. 2014;sep. 2018)​
[1]
Partner Sophie Cookson (2018–present)
Children2

Stephen Campbell Moore (born Stephen Moore Thorpe, 30 November 1979) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys and the film based on it. Since 2019, he has starred in the sci-fi television series War of the Worlds .

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Career

Stephen Campbell Moore was born in London as Stephen Moore Thorpe. He was educated at Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire (appearing locally in the Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival) and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, alongside Orlando Bloom, where he was awarded the gold medal in his final year. [2] He made his screen debut in Stephen Fry's Bright Young Things . He is primarily a screen actor. On stage he has performed with the RSC and the Royal National Theatre. [3]

Campbell Moore created the role of Irwin in the original West End stage production of Alan Bennett's play The History Boys , and also played the character in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions and in the film version of the play. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Bennett, participating in a question-and-answer session with the play's director, Nicholas Hytner, said: "I think, of the three teachers, Stephen Campbell Moore, who plays Irwin, has the hardest job because he doesn't have the audience's sympathy until two-thirds of the way through the second act. Both Hector and Mrs Lintott have the audience on their side whereas he – who is teaching and getting results, which, in the ordinary way, parents would approve of – is not thought to be sympathetic until he reveals himself as quite vulnerable. That came as a surprise to me when I saw it rehearsed. In a sense, it takes the actors to show you what you've written". [8]

Reviewing the play for The Guardian in May 2004, Michael Billington wrote: "Stephen Campbell Moore makes Irwin both meretricious in his methods, yet effective in his results". [9]

In 2004, he starred as Lord Darlington alongside Scarlett Johansson in A Good Woman , based on Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde, shot on location in Italy. In the same year, Campbell Moore played the part of Hugh Stanbury in Andrew Davies' BBC adaptation of Anthony Trollope's novel He Knew He Was Right . [10] [11]

In 2005, he starred as Edward VIII alongside Joely Richardson as Wallis Simpson in the British television drama Wallis & Edward . In 2008, he appeared in one episode of the television series Lark Rise to Candleford as headteacher James Delafield, featuring alongside star Julia Sawalha, and had a regular role in the BBC series Ashes to Ashes . He worked on the ABC miniseries Ben-Hur in 2009, and appeared in the 2011 film Season of the Witch . In 2012 he starred as Titus in Jean Racine's Berenice , alongside Anne-Marie Duff in the title role, at the Donmar Warehouse in London.[ citation needed ]

Campbell Moore played the role of Viscount Hugh Trimingham in the BBC's 2015 adaptation of L. P. Hartley's novel The Go-Between . [12]

The same year, he played the role of Maurice Wilkins in Anna Ziegler's play Photograph 51 , with Michael Billington writing: "The play is also anything but a one-person show. Stephen Campbell Moore catches perfectly the obduracy and awkwardness of Maurice Wilkins, forever tugging at his slightly too-long sleeves". [13]

In 2017 he stayed in the cast of the BBC series The Last Post despite learning shortly before the start of filming that he required surgery. [14]

An August 2018 announcement indicated that Moore would be among the new cast to join the original actors in the feature film Downton Abbey , which started principal photography at about the same time. [15]

Recognition and awards

Campbell Moore was nominated for a 2006 Drama Desk Award for his work on the Broadway production of The History Boys. [16]

Personal life

He underwent surgery to remove brain tumours in 2012 and 2017. [14]

Campbell Moore married actress Claire Foy in 2014. [17] They met while working together on the film Season of the Witch. [18] They have a daughter together, Ivy Rose, born in 2015. In February 2018, Foy confirmed that the couple had separated. [19]

In 2017, he met actress Sophie Cookson on the set of Red Joan; they reportedly began dating in November 2018. [20] They have one child together, born in 2020. [21]

Credits

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenue
2004–06 The History Boys IrwinLyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, South Bank (2004–5)
Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (2006)
St. James Theatre, Wellington (2006)
Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney (2006)
Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway (2006)
2010 All My Sons [22] Chris Keller Apollo Theatre, West End, London
2011 Clybourne Park [23] Wyndham's Theatre, West End, London
2012 Berenice [24] Donmar Warehouse, West End, London
2013 Chimerica Joe Schofield Almeida Theatre, London
2015 Photograph 51 Maurice Wilkins Noël Coward Theatre, London
2023 When Winston Went to War with the Wireless John Reith Donmar Warehouse, London

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Bright Young Things Adam Fenwick-Symes
2004 A Good Woman Lord Darlington
2006 Amazing Grace James Stephen
The History Boys Irwin
2008 The Bank Job Kevin Swain
Burlesque Fairytales Peter Blythe-Smith
The Children Jonah
2011 Season of the Witch Debelzaq
Johnny English Reborn The Prime Minister
2015 Man Up Ed
The Lady in the Van Doctor
The Ones Below Justin
Burnt Jack
2017 Goodbye Christopher Robin Ernest Shepard
2018 Red Joan Max
2019 Downton Abbey Major Chetwode
2023 Freud's Last Session J. R. R. Tolkien

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Byron John Cam Hobhouse Miniseries, 2 episodes
2004 He Knew He Was Right Hugh StanburyMiniseries, 4 episodes
2005 Wallis & Edward Edward VIII Television film
2006 Hustle Quenton Cornfoot1 episode
2008 Lark Rise to Candleford James Delafield1 episode
2008 Ashes to Ashes Evan White Recurring role, 8 episodes
2009 A Short Stay in Switzerland EdwardTelevision film
2010 Ben Hur MessalaMiniseries, 2 episodes
2011 Just Henry Joseph DodgeTelevision film
2012 Titanic Thomas Andrews Miniseries, 4 episodes
2012 Hunted Stephen TurnerMiniseries, 8 episodes
2013 Complicit Tony CoveneyTelevision film
2013 The Wrong Mans SmokeRecurring role, 5 episodes
2014 Our Zoo Reverend Aaron WebbMain role, 6 episodes
2015 The Go-Between Viscount Hugh TriminghamTelevision film
2016 Stag JohnnersMiniseries, 3 episodes
2017 The Child in Time CharlesTelevision film
2017 The Last Post Lieutenant Ed LaithwaiteMain role, 6 episodes
2018 Action Team Agent 491 episode
2019 Traitors Phillip JarvisMiniseries, 2 episodes
2019 Responsible Child Dr. Johann KeatonTelevision film
2019-2021 War of the Worlds Jonathon GreshamMain role, 15 episodes
2021 The One Damien BrownMain role, 8 episodes
2022 Anne Edward Fitzgerald Miniseries, 1 episode
2022 The Confessions of Frannie Langton George BenhamMiniseries, 4 episodes
2022 Litvinenko Ben Emmerson Miniseries, 1 episode
2024 Criminal Record Leo HanrattyMain role, 2 episodes
2024 Masters of the Air Major Marvin "Red" BowmanMiniseries, 8 episodes

Video game

YearTitleRoleCompanyNotes
2015 Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Regula van Hydrus Square Enix

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