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Jim Sturgess

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IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000993
Jim Sturgess
Two strangers embroiled in bad relationships wind up in the same upstate New York Airbnb.
Play trailer2:25
Allein mit dir (2022)
70 Videos
99+ Photos
Jim was born in London, the son of Jane O. (Martin) and Peter J. S. Sturgess. He was raised in Surrey. First and foremost his interest was music. However, he began to develop a secret passion for acting, at age 8, when he auditioned for local theatre to get out of class. Whilst music appeared cool, he felt being in school plays wasn't. So he stuck with small parts, despite a yearning to be in the lead role. At age 15, he joined a band and they began lying about their ages to play gigs in pubs. At school, he received mostly low grades with the exception of music and drama.

For college, he moved to Salford because there was a lot of good music coming out of the Manchester scene. In the hopes of joining a new band, he undertook a Higher National Diploma in Media Performance at Salford University. It was here that he met people that were really interested in filmmaking, and it suddenly felt like a possible career move. He began making short films with his friends and as well as doing theater. He wrote and performed a one-man show, which led an actor in the audience to suggest Jim to his agent. The agent signed him without even meeting him.

Jim moved back to London in 2000, where he joined the band 'Saint Faith'. He had moved to Manchester to join a band, and instead fell into acting. He moved back to London for acting, and ended up joining a band. He took small roles on television to fund his life as a musician.

Problems began in the band in 2006, and Jim heard of an audition for the musical film Across the Universe (2007). He won the leading male role of Jude. He followed this film with Die Schwester der Königin (2008) with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. His breakthrough role came with Dexter in Zwei an einem Tag (2011), based on the bestselling book by David Nicholls. Before his audition, Jim hadn't read the book.
BornMay 16, 1978
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BornMay 16, 1978
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000993
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations

    Photos290

    Jim Sturgess, Abby Miller, and Brooklynn Prince in The Bad Guy (2021)
    Jim Sturgess, Michael Weston, and Brooklynn Prince in The Black Box (2021)
    Jim Sturgess and Brooklynn Prince in Home Before Dark (2020)
    Jim Sturgess and Brooklynn Prince in Home Before Dark (2020)
    Jim Sturgess and Michael Weston in Home Before Dark (2020)
    Jim Sturgess in Home Before Dark (2020)
    Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, and Jim Sturgess in Zu schön, um wahr zu sein - Die JT LeRoy Story (2018)
    Bono, Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, and Martin Luther in Across the Universe (2007)
    Jim Sturgess in Across the Universe (2007)
    Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood in Across the Universe (2007)
    Jim Sturgess, Amber Heard, and Cara Delevingne in London Fields (2018)
    Johnny Depp and Jim Sturgess in London Fields (2018)

    Known for

    Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Jim Sturgess, and Aaron Yoo in 21 (2008)
    21
    6.8
    • Ben
    • 2008
    Across the Universe (2007)
    Across the Universe
    7.3
    • Jude
    • 2007
    Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    Cloud Atlas
    7.4
    • Adam Ewing
    • Poor Hotel Guest
    • Megan's Dad
    • Highlander
    • Hae-Joo Chang
    • Adam (Zachry's Brother-in-Law)
    • 2012
    Talitha Eliana Bateman in Geostorm (2017)
    Geostorm
    5.3
    • Max Lawson
    • 2017

    Credits

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    Actor

    • One Thousand Paper Cranes
      • Pre-production
    • Apartment 7A
      • Alan Marchand
      • Post-production
    • Katie Holmes, Jim Sturgess, and Derek Luke in Allein mit dir (2022)
      Allein mit dir
      5.4
      • Charlie
      • 2022
    • Jim Sturgess in The Other Me (2022)
      The Other Me
      4.2
      • Irakli
      • 2022
    • Home Before Dark (2020)
      Home Before Dark
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Matt Lisko
      • 2020–2021
    • Helen Mirren, Mickey Rourke, Sylvester Groth, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Julia Dietze, Sibel Kekilli, Jenna Dewan, Dianna Agron, Emily Beecham, and Charlotte Le Bon in Berlin, I Love You (2019)
      Berlin, I Love You
      4.7
      • Jared
      • 2019
    • Billy Bob Thornton, Jim Sturgess, Amber Heard, Theo James, and Cara Delevingne in London Fields (2018)
      London Fields
      3.9
      • Keith Talent
      • 2018
    • Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart in Zu schön, um wahr zu sein - Die JT LeRoy Story (2018)
      Zu schön, um wahr zu sein - Die JT LeRoy Story
      5.5
      • Geoff Knoop
      • 2018
    • Jim Sturgess and Agyness Deyn in Hard Sun (2018)
      Hard Sun
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • DCI Charlie Hicks
      • 2018
    • Talitha Eliana Bateman in Geostorm (2017)
      Geostorm
      5.3
      • Max Lawson
      • 2017
    • Alfred Molina, August Diehl, Alfie Allen, and Jim Sturgess in Close to the Enemy (2016)
      Close to the Enemy
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Callum Ferguson
      • 2016
    • Feed the Beast (2016)
      Feed the Beast
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Dion Patras
      • 2016
    • The Hope You Promised Love
      Short
      • 2016
    • Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Kwanten, Jim Sturgess, and Sam Worthington in Kidnapping Freddy Heineken (2015)
      Kidnapping Freddy Heineken
      6.1
      • Cor Van Hout
      • 2015
    • Kate Beckinsale, Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, and Jim Sturgess in Stonehearst Asylum - Diese Mauern wirst du nie verlassen (2014)
      Stonehearst Asylum - Diese Mauern wirst du nie verlassen
      6.8
      • Edward Newgate
      • 2014
    • Electric Slide (2014)
      Electric Slide
      4.6
      • Eddie Dodson
      • 2014
    • Geoffrey Rush and Sylvia Hoeks in The Best Offer - Das höchste Gebot (2013)
      The Best Offer - Das höchste Gebot
      7.8
      • Robert
      • 2013

    Music Department

    • Across the Universe (2007)
      Across the Universe
      7.3
      • featured vocalist
      • 2007

    Soundtrack

    • Alexis Adrián and Fredy Roque in Ahora Me Ves... Parte 1 (2019)
      Ahora Me Ves... Parte 1
      7.9
      • performer: "The Other Me"
      • 2019
    • Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart in Zu schön, um wahr zu sein - Die JT LeRoy Story (2018)
      Zu schön, um wahr zu sein - Die JT LeRoy Story
      5.5
      • performer: "If I Could Be What You Wanted", "If I Could Be"
      • writer: "If I Could Be"
      • 2018
    • Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls: Ein neues Jahr (2016)
      Gilmore Girls: Ein neues Jahr
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • performer: "With a Little Help from My Friends" (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Christel Caballero and Oscar Espinoza in Valencia (2016)
      Valencia
      8.1
      Short
      • performer: "Mistake The Enemy"
      • writer: "Mistake The Enemy"
      • 2016
    • Heartless (2009)
      Heartless
      5.9
      • performer: "The Other Me", "Beautiful", "Heartless"
      • 2009
    • Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, and Jim Sturgess in Crossing Over - Der Traum von Amerika (2009)
      Crossing Over - Der Traum von Amerika
      6.7
      • performer: "Mistake the Enemy", "Hine Ma Tov", "Make Your Mind"
      • writer: "Mistake the Enemy", "Make Your Mind"
      • 2009
    • Across the Universe (2007)
      Across the Universe
      7.3
      • performer: "Girl", "All My Loving", "With A Little Help From My Friends", "I've Just Seen A Face", "Dear Prudence", "Because", "Something", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Revolution", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "All You Need Is Love", "Across The Universe"
      • 2007
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Videos70

    "I Had a Crush on You"
    Clip 0:59
    "I Had a Crush on You"
    Crossing Over: "Raid"
    Clip 0:40
    Crossing Over: "Raid"
    The Other Boleyn Girl
    Clip 0:49
    The Other Boleyn Girl
    The Other Boleyn Girl
    Clip 1:11
    The Other Boleyn Girl
    The Other Boleyn Girl
    Clip 0:35
    The Other Boleyn Girl
    The Other Boleyn Girl
    Clip 1:12
    The Other Boleyn Girl
    The Other Boleyn Girl
    Clip 1:53
    The Other Boleyn Girl
    The Other Boleyn Girl
    Clip 0:38
    The Other Boleyn Girl
    Across the Universe
    Clip 1:06
    Across the Universe
    Across the Universe
    Clip 1:12
    Across the Universe
    Across the Universe
    Clip 0:52
    Across the Universe
    Across the Universe
    Clip 1:21
    Across the Universe

    Personal details

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    • Official site
      • MySpace
    • Alternative name
      • James Sturgess
    • Height
      • 1.84 m
    • Born
      • May 16, 1978
      • Wandsworth, London, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Dina MousawiAugust 2019 - present (1 child)
    • Parents
        Peter J.S. Sturgess
    • Relatives
        Will Sturgess(Sibling)
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Interview
      • 1 Article
      • 1 Pictorial
      • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Best friends with his ''Across The Universe (2007)'' co-star Evan Rachel Wood.
    • Quotes
      [on River Phoenix] I would love to see what kind of choices he would be making now if he was still around, some of the characters that he would have played. I mean, to me he was like a rock star, you know, he had it all: he had the looks, he had a great name, he had an attitude, an energy, an excitement about him. He was instinctively like a, he was a rebel, you know? He was kind of Bob Dylan to me, at times, and he had a lot to say. And I've never seen too many interviews by him, but the ones that I saw were pretty electric, pretty... he was switched on, definitely.
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        Brown eyes

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