While playing the small role of "Osric" and understudying the title role
in a 1989 production of "Hamlet", Jeremy replaced star Daniel Day-Lewis
when the actor had a total breakdown in mid-performance.
He has two older brothers, Christopher and Tim, and an older sister,
Kate. Through them he has 10 nieces and nephews, plus some great nieces
and nephews.
He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1990 (1989 season)
for Most Promising Newcomer for his performance in "The Voysey Inheritance".
Has a flat in Marylebone and formerly owned a house three miles from the coast in Norfolk, where he liked to cook fish.
Majored in English at London University, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.