Background

Sives was born on August 14, 1973, in Lochend, Edinburgh.

Education

Jamie Sives studied at Leith Academy and worked as a scaffolder, as a postman, and as a club doorman in Edinburgh before turning to acting full-time.

In 1998, Jamie left The Drama Centre London.

Career

Since leaving The Drama Centre London in 1998, Jamie has appeared in films such as Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, Clash of the Titans, Valhalla Rising, Hallam Foe, On a Clear Day, It’s a Wonderful Afterlife, Triage, A Woman in Winter, One Last Chance, Frozen, Get Him to The Greek, Love and Other Disasters, Last Chance Harvey and Mean Machine and has recently finished work on Lone Scherfig’s film One Day with Anne Hathaway.

He has worked on numerous television shows, most notably BBC’s The Passion and To the Ends of the Earth. Then he was busy filming a new series for HBO entitled Game of Thrones.

His theatre credits include Edward II, directed by Michael Grandage and Hedda Gabler, directed by Sir Richard Eyre.

Achievements

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  Jamie Sives is a young Scottish actor on the rise. Having paid his dues in television series such as Psychos, Holby City, and Rockface, he has finally broken through to the big screen. He gained international fame for his portrayal of Jory Cassel in the first season of Game of Thrones.
  
  As well as being nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2003 BIFA’s, for the role of Wilbur in Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, Jamie won best actor awards at the Valladolid and Festroia film festivals. He also received nominations at the London Film Critics and European Film Academy Awards, respectively and was chosen to be the British ‘Shooting Star’ at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival. He received a best actor award at Jean Carmet Festival in Moulins, France for his role in a short film shot in Paris last year entitled Tremblay-en-France.
  
  

Works

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  • Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

    (The chronically suicidal Wilbur and his good-hearted big ...)

    2002
  • In the Heart of the Sea

    (In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex...)

    2015
  • Clash of the Titans

    (Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus volunteers to ...)

    2010
  • One Day

    (Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess star in this romantic come...)

    2011
  • Valhalla Rising

    (Forced for some time to be a fighting slave, a pagan warr...)

    2009
  • On a Clear Day

    (Frank determines to salvage his self-esteem and tackle hi...)

    2005
  • Love and Other Disasters

    (Emily enjoys being a matchmaker and avoids love by spendi...)

    2006
  • Rush

    (James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two extremely skilled Formula ...)

    2013
  • Hallam Foe

    (Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest ...)

    2007
  • Triage

    (A war photographer's girlfriend investigates his partner'...)

    2009
  • Mean Machine

    (Ex-England soccer captain Danny Meehan is sent to prison ...)

    2001

• TV series

  • New Tricks

    (A BBC production, "New Tricks" dramatizes the work of the...)

    2011
  • To The Ends of the Earth

    (This diverse, complex and haunting trilogy of William Gol...)

    2005
  • The Victim

    (A mother seeks the whereabouts of her son's killer after ...)

    2019
  • Chernobyl

    (In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union ...)

    2019
  • Secret State

    (Secret State explores the relationship between a democrat...)

    2012
  • Game of Thrones

    (Nine noble families wage war against each other in order ...)

    2011
  • Taggart

    (The Maryhill CID investigates gruesome murders against th...)

    2000
  • Ultimate Force

    (Action drama series set within the elite force of the Bri...)

    2002
  • Fortitude

    (Perched on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Fortitude is on...)

    2016
  • In The Dark

    (DI Helen Weeks is eight months pregnant when her boyfrien...)

    2017

Views

Quotations: “I came into acting with that sort of dull, meet-with-triumph-and-disaster-the-same philosophy and it's been the right one for me.”

"Acting is rare. You can be rehearsing Ibsen with Sir Richard Eyre and suddenly he has to take a call on his mobile telling him his friend Arthur Miller has died. Or you can come back from a job on the Isle of Man to be told by your agent you're going straight out to South Africa on another shoot. There's not even any time to wash your pants."

Personality

Physical Characteristics: Height: 1,79m

Weight: 63 kg

Interests

• Sport & Clubs

  Football

Connections

Jamie Sives is not married.

colleague:

Kit Harington

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colleague:

Richard Madden

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Isaac Hempstead-Wright

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colleague:

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

(born 27 July 1970)

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