Jamie Bamber
Full name ~ Jamie St. John Bamber Griffith
DOB ~ April 3rd, 1973 in London
Studied ~
St. John's College, Cambridge, earning a 1st Class M. A. Honors in Modern Languages.
Jamie went to London Academy of Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) in 1996 and completed one year when he left to take on the role of Midshipman Archie Kennedy in ITV's Hornblower.
filmography ~
Shifting sands ~ 1994 which won a major award at the British International Film Festival that year. ~~ Bean
Hornblower ~ 1998 ~ 2001 ~~ Archie Kennedy
The Duel
The duchess and the devil
Frogs and lobsters
Mutiny
Retribution
Scarlet Pimpernel ~ 1999 ~~ Lord Tony Dewhurst
Poirot ~1999 ~~ Ralph Paton
Lady Audley's Secret ~ 2000 ~~ George Talboys
Bob Martin ~ 2001 ~~ James
Band Of Brothers ~ 2001 ~~ Lt Jack Foley
JAMIE IN HIS OWN WORDS ~
Jamie's letter~> Part~1~>Part~2 ~>Part~3~ >Part~4!
Below are some extracts taken from my Questionnaire filled out by Jamie ~Q ~ What has been your favorite piece of work to date?
A~ The final Hornblowers. Good friends in beautiful weather, and my character had nice stuff to do. More heroic!
Q ~ Who has been Your favorite person to work with?
A ~ For different reasons: David Warner, Richard E. Grant, Ioan Gruffudd and Emilia Fox.
Q ~ How do you feel when you see yourself on the screen?
A ~ The whole range from "oops! what am I doing/has somebody noticed?" To "Oh, ok..."
Q ~ What was you favorite episode of Hornblower to film?
A ~ The last one. Perfect balance of characters development and fun action. And a great cast + script.
Q ~ What is in your CD player at the moment?
A ~ Eminem. The best lyricist I've heard in years; I think he's more ironic than people think.
Q ~ Were is your favorite place to be?
A ~ A restaurant with friends. Or in bed.
Q ~ What was the last book you read and how did it make you feel?
A ~ The very last book I read was Patrick O'Brien's Post-Captain - it made me feel awe struck at his evocation and imagination, to create so thoroughly a world in such a different time from ours.
Q ~ What annoys you most?
A ~ Cynicism. And the term "designer" (of clothes)
Q ~ What makes you smile?
A ~ Generosity. And Eminen.
Q ~ Have you had a chance to see the various web pages about you on the Internet?
A ~ Some of them. Mostly my friends tell me about them (they get bored at work)
Links on the net!!!
A big thanks to everyone who let me use information from their pages you know who you are and THANK YOU!!!!!! Also an even Bigger thanks goes to Jamie for taking the time to answer all my questions THANK YOU and if you are one of Jaime’s friends GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!
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