Robert Emms

Robert Emms
Born Robert James MacPherson
(1986-05-20) 20 May 1986
Horley, Surrey, England
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 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]

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 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 Harrington and Liv Tyler. He also played Pythagoras in the series Atlantis for the BBC.[19]

Credits

Films

Year Title Role Director
2013 Kick-Ass 2 Insect Man Jeff Wadlow
2013 Irreversible (short film) Daniel Lewis Metcalfe
2013 The Selfish Giant Phil Clio Barnard
2013 The River (short film) Kenny John Michell
2012 Broken Rick Buckley Rufus Norris
2012 Mirror, Mirror Charles Renbock Tarsem Singh
2011 War Horse David Lyons Steven Spielberg
2011 Anonymous Thomas Dekker Roland Emmerich
2010 The Arbor Young David Clio Barnard
2009 Bucco Blanco (short film) Guy Cassius Matthias
2017 Borg/McEnroe Vitas Gerulaitis Janus Metz Pedersen

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Shangri-La Horatio 1 episode
2008 Waking the Dead Steo Episode: "Pieta: Part 1"
2008 The Wrong Door Smee/Colin 2 episodes
2009 The Street Calum Miller Series 3, Episode 1
2009 Monday Monday Tom Series 1, Episode 4
2011 Scott & Bailey Luke Farrell Series 1, Episode 2
2013-2015 Atlantis Pythagoras Main cast
2015 Capital Smitty
2016 The Living and the Dead Peter Recurring cast
2016 Happy Valley Daryl Garrs Series 2
TBA Gunpowder Father John Gerard Filming

Theatre

Year Title Role Director Company
2009-10 War Horse Albert Narracott Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris National Theatre at New London Theatre
2009 Billy Narracott
2008 Shangri-La Horatio Mark Ravenhill Roundhouse
2008 The Glee Club Colin Roger Haines Library Theatre, Manchester
2007 The Six-Days World Tom Jamie Harper Finborough Theatre

References

  1. ↑ http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/War-Horse-film-star-Robert-Emms-tells-failed/story-14995193-detail/story.html
  2. ↑ "Robert Emms" (PDF). LAMDA. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  3. ↑ "War Horse Transfer Cast Update". Theatre Tickets. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  4. ↑ "War Horse — new cast announced". Indie London. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  5. ↑ "Half the cast to change in War Horse!". London Theatre. 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  6. ↑ Freer, Ian (2010-02-17). "Exclusive: War Horse Cast Announced". Empire. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  7. ↑ "War Horse: A Man's Play". Blokely. 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  8. ↑ "Screen unveils 2011 Stars of Tomorrow". Screen Daily. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  9. ↑ http://www.slashfilm.com/kick-ass-2-set-for-summer-2013-robert-emms-and-morris-chestnut-join-cast/
  10. ↑ https://www.timeout.com/london/film/broken
  11. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (2011-05-05). "Lane, Emms join Relativity's Snow White". Variety. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ Newman, Nick (2011-05-05). "Nathan Lane And Robert Emms Join ‘The Brothers Grimm: Snow White’". thefilmstage.com. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  14. ↑ http://www.screendaily.com/news/shia-labeouf-starrer-borg/mcenroe-begins-shoot/5108494.article
  15. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/03/08/happy-valley-series-two-episode-five-review-ending-a-cop-out/
  16. ↑ Walker, Tim (2009-07-14). "Last Night's Television — Monday Monday, ITV1; The Street, BBC1". The Independent. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  17. ↑ Heminsley, Alexandra (2011-07-07). "Have you been watching ... Scott & Bailey?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  18. ↑ "BBC One: Capital". BBC Online. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  19. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/atlantis-casting.html
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