Jamie Bamber : biography
Jamie St. John Bamber Griffith (born 3 April 1973), known professionally as Jamie Bamber, is an English actor known most widely for his roles as Lee Adama on Battlestar Galactica and Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin on the ITV series Law & Order: UK. He also had a supporting role in the Hornblower series and was a regular on the UK series Ultimate Force and Peak Practice. He most recently starred in the TNT medical drama Monday Mornings.
Early life
Bamber was born in Hammersmith, London, to Elizabeth Bamber, a native of Northern Ireland and Ralph Griffith, an American. He holds British, Irish and American citizenship. Bamber has five brothers and one sister, actress Anastasia Griffith.
Bamber was educated at St Paul’s School in London, and graduated with a first in Modern Languages (Italian and French) from St John’s College, Cambridge, before attending and graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He is fluent in both languages, having spent part of his childhood in Paris. Bamber appeared in the 1994 student film Shifting Sands., with video clips of Bamber
Filmography
Starring roles
Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
1998 | Hornblower: The Even Chance | Archie Kennedy | TV |
1999 | Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil | Archie Kennedy | TV |
1999 | Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters | Archie Kennedy | TV |
1999 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Lord Tony Dewhurst | Miniseries |
2000 | Lady Audley’s Secret | George Talboys | TV |
2001–2002 | Peak Practice | Dr. Matt Kendal | TV series |
2001 | Band of Brothers | 2nd Lt Jack Foley | Miniseries |
2001 | Hornblower: Mutiny | Archie Kennedy | TV |
2001 | Hornblower: Retribution | Archie Kennedy | TV |
2001 | The Devil’s Tattoo (UK) Ghost Rig (US) | Tom | Film |
2002–2003 | Ultimate Force | Lt. Dennis "Dotsy" Doheny | TV series |
2002 | Daniel Deronda | Hans Meyrick | TV |
2003 | Battlestar Galactica | Lee ‘Apollo’ Adama | Miniseries |
2004–2009 | Battlestar Galactica | Lee ‘Apollo’ Adama | TV series |
2008 | Pulse 2: Afterlife | Stephen | Film |
2009—2011 | Law & Order: UK | DS Matt Devlin | TV series |
2010 | Outcasts | Mitchell Hoban | TV series |
2012 | Un jour mon père viendra | Stephen Astarti | Film |
2013 | John Doe | John Doe | Film |
2013 | Monday Mornings | Dr. Tyler Wilson | TV series |
2013— | The Smoke | Kev | TV series |
Guest appearances
Year | Title | Role | Episode |
2000 | Poirot | Ralph Paton | 8.1 "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" |
2001 | Bob Martin | James | 2.2 "Big Break" |
2006 | The Last Detective | Luke Clayhill | 4.2 "Dangerous Liaisons" |
2007 | Ghost Whisperer | Bryan Curtis | 2.17 "The Walk In" |
2007 | Cold Case | Jack Kimball | 4.15 "Blood on the Tracks" |
2009 | Dollhouse | Martin Klar | 2.1 "Vows" |
2011 | CSI: Miami | Ronnie Hale | 10.3 "Blown Away" |