Theo James was born on December the 16th in 1984. His birth name is Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis. He is native of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England in the United Kingdom. His family is quite large, he has five older siblings. His parents are Philip Taptiklis and Jane Martin. He has an English, Scottish, New Zealander, and Greek heritage from both sides of his family. His nationality is English. This is his biography.
Studies
He attended the Aylesbury Grammar School, a single sex male. This grammar school is situated in Buckinghamshire in the South East region of England. After graduating from there he went to The University of Nottingham. This public university is located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire in England. There he studied and got his undergraduate in philosophy.After finishing his studies at the University of Nottingham he went to pursue his acting career at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. This school situated in Bristol, England was founded in 1946 by Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier. It is a theatre school that is affiliated to The Conservatoire for Dance and Drama and is also an associated school of the The University of the West of England’s Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education.
Television
His on screen debut was in 2010 when he played a role in A Passionate Woman. There he shared screen with Billie Piper, an actress who had become famous for her role in the revival of Doctor Who and later would become more recognizable thanks to her role in the television adaptation of Penny Dreadful. He had a role in the first season of the long running and iconic British series Downton Abbey. He was the star of Bedlam, a British supernatural drama that aired one year after his onscreen debut. Bedlam lasted for two seasons. In 2012 he was part of the supporting cast of the second screen adaptation of John Gerard Braine’s novel about the social and economic struggles that an ambitious man has to go through in Post War Great Britain. The movie is at room at the top. He had a role in a two parter of the television mini series Case Sensitive that same year. Later, in 2013 he participated in the police drama Golden boy; the series lasted for a season. This was his last work on television to date.
Film
The same year he had his first job on television, he also worked in a movie. The film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, was directed and written by acclaimed film director Woody Allen. In this movie he worked alongside an all star cast comprised of Sir Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts and Antonio Banderas among others. His second venture was in the movie The Inbetweeners Movie, one year after his work in the American-Spanish Woody Allen’s film.The same year he had his first job on television, he also worked in a movie. The film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, was directed and written by acclaimed film director Woody Allen. In this movie he worked alongside an all star cast comprised of Sir Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts and Antonio Banderas among others.
His second venture was in the movie The Inbetweeners Movie, one year after his work in the American-Spanish Woody Allen’s film. This was a comedy directed by Ben Palmer. In 2012 he also worked under the direction of Paula van der Oest in the drama film The Domino Effect. That same year he played a role in the action, fantasy, horror film Underworld: The Awakening, the fourth film in the Underworld series. In 2014 he started in the screen adaptation of the young adult dystopian science fiction novel by Veronica Roth, Divergent. This film role gave him international recognisability. He went to reprise his role in the following sequels: Insurgent and Allegiant, and is expected to return in 2017 for the fourth instalment, Ascendant. In 2015, the same year he was working in Insurgent, he also starred in The Benefactor. There he shared the screen with Richard Gere and Dakota Fanning. A year later he worked in the comedy film War on Everyone.
Personal Life
Presently he has no wife. He has been dating since 2009 the Irish actress Ruth Kearney. He has been questioned by various magazines and websites. The most common theme in an interview is that about his role in the young adult series.
Birth Date: | 16 Dec, 1984 |
Age: | 35 yrs |
Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
Birth Place: | Oxford |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | English actor |
Net Worth 2021: | 4 million |