Robert Emms

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Robert Emms
Born
Robert James MacPherson

(1986-05-20) 20 May 1986 (age 37)
Horley, Surrey, England
OccupationActor
Years active2007–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 .

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Early life

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]

Career

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).

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleDirector
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 PhilClio 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 StevenDaniel Kokotajlo

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Shangri-LaHoratio1 episode
2008 Waking the Dead Steo1 episode
2008 The Wrong Door Colin/Smee2 episodes
2009 The Street Calum Miller1 episode
2009 Monday Monday Tom1 episode
2011 Scott & Bailey Luke Farrell1 episode
2013-2015 Atlantis Pythagoras Main role, 25 episodes
2015 Capital SmittyMiniseries, 3 episodes
2016 The Living and the Dead Peter1 episode
2016 Happy Valley Daryl GarrsMain role, 4 episodes (Series 2)
2017 Gunpowder Father John Gerard Recurring role, 3 episodes
2019 Cleaning Up GlynnMain role
2019 Chernobyl Leonid Toptunov Miniseries, 5 episodes
2019 His Dark Materials Thomas6 episodes
2021 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Tech Merc (Jack) Season 3, 1 episode
2022 Four Lives RickyMiniseries, 3 episodes
2022 Andor Supervisor Lonni Jung6 episodes
2023 The Reckoning [21] Ray Teret [22] Miniseries, 3 episodes

Theatre

YearTitleRoleDirectorCompany
2019-20Ravens: Spassky vs. FischerBobby FischerAnnabelle Comyn Hampstead Theatre
2009-10 War Horse Albert Narracott Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris National Theatre at New London Theatre
2009Billy Narracott
2008Shangri-LaHoratio Mark Ravenhill Roundhouse
2008The Glee ClubColinRoger Haines Library Theatre, Manchester
2007The Six-Days WorldTomJamie Harper Finborough Theatre
2023-24 The Homecoming Teddy Matthew Dunster Young Vic

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