Robert Emms

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Robert Emms
Born Robert James MacPherson
(1986-05-20) 20 May 1986
Horley, Surrey, England, UK
Occupation Actor
Years active 2007–present

Robert Emms (born Robert James MacPherson; 20 May 1986) is an English film, stage and television actor.

Life and career

Emms was born in Horley, Surrey, England. 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.[1]

He has performed in several stage productions. In 2007 he appeared in The Six-Days World at the Finborough Theatre in London.[2] The following year he was nominated as 'Best Newcomer' in the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards for his performance in The Glee Club at the Library Theatre in Manchester.[3] In March 2009 he was cast as Billy Narracott in the National Theatre's award-winning production of War Horse when it transferred to the West End,[4] and from September 2009 he played the lead role of Albert Narracott.[5][6]

Emms' television appearances include The Street by Jimmy McGovern,[7] and Scott & Bailey.[8]

He appeared in the BAFTA-nominated film The Arbor, playing David Dunbar.[9] 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.[10][11] His other film work included Anonymous directed by Roland Emmerich, in which he played the Elizabethan playwright Thomas Dekker,[12] and Tarsem Singh's version of The Brothers Grimm's Snow White, Mirror Mirror, with Julia Roberts.[13]

In June 2011 Screen International named him as a 'Star of Tomorrow'.[14]

Emms also works as a singing tutor at the London School of Dramatic Art (LSDA).[15]

Stage work

  • 2004 Equus (Edinburgh Fringe, directed by Martin Webb)
  • 2007 The Six-Days World (The Finborough Theatre, London, directed by Jamie Harper)
  • 2008 The Glee Club (Manchester Library Theatre, directed by Roger Haines)
  • 2008 Shangri-La (The Roundhouse, directed by Mark Ravenhill)
  • 2009-2010 War Horse (New London Theatre, directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris)

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Bucco Blanco (short film) Guy
2010 The Arbor Young David
2011 Anonymous Thomas Dekker
2011 War Horse David Lyons
2012 Mirror, Mirror Charles Renbock
2012 Broken Rick Buckley
2013 Kick-Ass 2 Insect Man

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Shangri-La (TV drama, directed by Mark Ravenhill)
2008 Waking the Dead Steo Episode: "Pieta: Part 1"
2008 The Wrong Door 2 episodes
2009 The Street Calum Miller Episode: "Episode #3.1"
2009 Monday Monday Tom Episode: "Episode #1.4"
2011 Scott & Bailey Luke Farrell Episode: "Episode #1.2"
2013 Atlantis Pythagoras 13 episodes

References

  1. ↑ "Robert Emms". LAMDA. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
  2. ↑ Billington, Michael (2007-12-03). "Theatre review: The Six-Days World". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 
  3. ↑ "M.E.N Theatre awards, the nominees are…". What's on Stage. 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 
  4. ↑ "War Horse Transfer Cast Update". Theatre Tickets. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
  5. ↑ "War Horse - new cast announced". Indie London. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 
  6. ↑ "Half the cast to change in War Horse!". London Theatre. 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
  7. ↑ Walker, Tim (2009-07-14). "Last Night's Television - Monday Monday, ITV1; The Street, BBC1". The Independent. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 
  8. ↑ Heminsley, Alexandra (2011-07-07). "Have you been watching … Scott & Bailey?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 
  9. ↑ Sandhu, Sukhdev (2010-10-21). "The Arbor, review: The Arbor brilliantly explores the life and legacy of Andrea Dunbar". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 
  10. ↑ Freer, Ian (2010-02-17). "Exclusive: War Horse Cast Announced". Empire. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 
  11. ↑ "War Horse: A Man's Play". Blokely. 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
  12. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (2011-05-05). "Lane, Emms join Relativity's Snow White". Variety. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
  13. ↑ Newman, Nick (2011-05-05). "Nathan Lane And Robert Emms Join ‘The Brothers Grimm: Snow White’". thefilmstage.com. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
  14. ↑ "Screen unveils 2011 Stars of Tomorrow". Screen Daily. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
  15. ↑ "Staff and Tutors: Voice Studies and Movement". London School of Dramatic Art. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 

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