Jamie Bamber facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jamie Bamber
Bamber at the Phoenix Comicon in May 2012
Born	Jamie St John Bamber Griffith Hammersmith, London, England
Education	St Paul's School
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Kerry Norton
Children	3

Jamie St John Bamber Griffith, known as Jamie Bamber, is a British actor. He is famous for playing Lee Adama in the TV show Battlestar Galactica. He also played Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin in the ITV series Law & Order: UK.

Jamie Bamber has been in many other popular shows. These include Band of Brothers, where he played 2nd Lt. Jack Foley. He was also Lieutenant Archie Kennedy in the Hornblower series. He had regular roles in the British shows Ultimate Force and Peak Practice. In 2013, Bamber starred in the medical drama Monday Mornings. In 2014, he was in the drama The Smoke.

Early Life and Education

Jamie St John Bamber Griffith was born in Hammersmith, London, England. His parents are Ralph and Elizabeth Griffith. His father is from the United States and his mother is from Northern Ireland. Jamie has five brothers and one sister, who is also an actress named Anastasia Griffith.

Jamie went to St Paul's School in London. He then studied at St John's College, Cambridge, where he earned a top degree in modern languages (Italian and French). He also went to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art to study acting. Jamie can speak both Italian and French very well. He lived in Paris for part of his childhood.

Acting Career Highlights

Starring in Battlestar Galactica

Starting in 2003, Jamie Bamber played Lee 'Apollo' Adama in the new Battlestar Galactica. This started as a short series and then became a full TV show in 2004 on the US Sci Fi Channel (now Syfy). The show was very popular and won a Peabody Award. Jamie was even nominated for an award for his acting in the show.

When playing Lee Adama, Jamie uses an American accent. People often say his accent is very good because his father is American. He also dyed his hair darker to look more like Edward James Olmos, who played his character's father. Olmos wore blue contact lenses to match Jamie's eyes.

Jamie wrote the introduction for a book about Battlestar Galactica. He said that good drama helps us see and feel things we normally wouldn't. He was proud that Battlestar Galactica explored many different levels of human experience.

Other Television Roles

Bamber at Japan Expo in Paris in July 2009

Jamie Bamber is also well known for his role as DS Matt Devlin. He was the younger partner to detective DS Ronnie Brooks (Bradley Walsh) on Law & Order: UK. He was on the show for its first five series, from 2009 to 2011.

He played Lieutenant Archibald "Archie" Kennedy in the ITV series Hornblower. He appeared in five of the eight TV films. His character, Archie, grew from a midshipman to a fourth lieutenant. Jamie also played a trainee doctor in the last series of Peak Practice. He was an SAS officer in Ultimate Force. It was during a break from Ultimate Force that he went to Los Angeles and got the part in Battlestar Galactica.

Jamie has also made guest appearances in many other TV shows. These include CSI: Miami, NCIS, House, Cold Case, and Ghost Whisperer. He also appeared in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.

Bamber at the 2007 Scream Awards

In 2013, Jamie starred as Dr. Tyler Wilson in Monday Mornings, a medical drama for TNT. The show was based on a novel by Sanjay Gupta. In 2014, he played Kev Allison, a London firefighter, in The Smoke for Sky1 in the UK.

More recently, he has had roles in UK series like Marcella and Fearless. He also played Colonel Alexander Coltrane in the Cinemax series Strike Back. In 2023, he started playing Archie Hughes in the BBC TV series Beyond Paradise.

Film Roles

Jamie Bamber played the main role in the 2008 film Pulse 2: Afterlife. This was a direct-to-DVD movie that followed the 2006 film Pulse. Before that, he starred in The Devil's Tattoo (also known as Ghost Rig). His future wife, Kerry Norton, was also in that film.

In 2012, he acted in his first French-language film, Un jour mon père viendra. He played the American fiancé of the main character. He also co-starred in the 2017 French romantic comedy L'Embarras du Choix.

In 2011, Jamie filmed John Doe: Vigilante, an Australian movie. It was released in the United States in 2014. In 2015, he joined the cast of a thriller film called Money.

Stage and Radio Work

Jamie Bamber has also performed on stage. He played Prince Hal in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 in 2002. In 2005, he played Mephistopheles in Dr. Faustus.

He has also acted in radio shows. He played Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited and Philip in Where Angels Fear to Tread for BBC Radio 4.

Personal Life

Jamie Bamber is married to English actress and singer Kerry Norton. She played Ishay, Doc Cottle's assistant, on Battlestar Galactica. Jamie and Kerry have three daughters together.

Filmography

Film

Television

Images for kids

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  Jamie Bamber at the Phoenix Comicon in May 2012

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  Bamber at Japan Expo in Paris in July 2009

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  Bamber at the 2007 Scream Awards

See also

In Spanish: Jamie Bamber para niños