Jamie Blair Glover (born 10 July 1969) is an English actor. He is best known for being cast as

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in the second cast of the West-End production of ''

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'' in 2017. He portrayed Deputy Head Andrew Treneman in the

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school-based drama series, '' Waterloo Road'', and starred as Roger Tramplemain in

Michael Frayn Michael Frayn, FRSL (; born 8 September 1933) is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce '' Noises Off'' and the dramas ''Copenhagen'' and ''Democracy''. His novels, such as '' Towards the End of the M ...

's comical farce ''

Noises Off ''Noises Off'' is a 1982 play by the English playwright Michael Frayn. Frayn conceived the idea in 1970 while watching from the wings a performance of '' The Two of Us'', a farce that he had written for Lynn Redgrave. He said, "It was funnier ...

'' at the Novello Theatre in 2012. He also appeared as William Russell in the ''

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'' docudrama, '' An Adventure in Space and Time'' (2013).

Background

Born and brought up in Barnes, London, Glover is the son of actors Julian Glover and

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. He attended Frensham Heights School in

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,BBC – Press Office – Waterloo Road: Jamie Glover
Retrieved on 2009-07-17. and trained at the

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. Glover has two daughters, Edie and Ava, with his partner, actress Sasha Behar. They currently live in

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. During his time at the Central School of Speech and Drama, Glover met and shared a flat with fellow actor

Philip Glenister Philip Haywood Glenister (born 10 February 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in the BBC series '' Life on Mars'' (2006–2007) and its sequel '' Ashes to Ashes'' (2008–2010). He also played DCI Willia ...

Career

Television

Glover made his professional debut in the soap opera '' Jupiter Moon''. His other television credits include '' Birds of a Feather'', '' Casualty'', ''

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'', '' New Tricks'', ''

Midsomer Murders ''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of ...

'' and '' Trial & Retribution XV: Rules Of The Game''. He played deputy head Andrew Treneman in the first two series of the

school-based

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'' Waterloo Road'', alongside Jason Merrells and

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, and briefly reprised the role in the fourth series.

Theatre and film

Glover made his first stage appearance at the age of eight, playing young Marcius in a production of ''

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'' at Stratford. Although other juvenile appearances and film offers followed, his parents kept him from becoming a child actor, preferring that he make the choice about his career when he was ready. His theatre work includes ''

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'', ''

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'' (

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), ''

The Chalk Garden ''The Chalk Garden'' is a play by Enid Bagnold that premiered in the US in 1955 and was produced in Britain the following year. It tells the story of the imperious Mrs St Maugham and her granddaughter Laurel, a disturbed child under the care of ...

'', ''

The Glass Menagerie ''The Glass Menagerie'' is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his Histrionic persona ...

'', ''

The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' (russian: Вишнёвый сад, translit=Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by '' Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate editio ...

'' and ''

All's Well That Ends Well ''All's Well That Ends Well'' is a play by William Shakespeare, published in the '' First Folio'' in 1623, where it is listed among the comedies. There is a debate regarding the dating of the composition of the play, with possible dates rangi ...

'', alongside

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. He also appeared in ''

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'' at the Norwich Playhouse, alongside his parents, with Julian Glover also directing the production. He most recently played Peter in the French comedy '' What's In A Name?'' alongside

Nigel Harman Nigel Derek Harman (born 11 August 1973) is an English actor, best known for his role as Dennis Rickman in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. He has worked mostly in theatre. He starred in the final series of '' Hotel Baby ...

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and

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at the

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in January 2017. He joined the cast of ''

'' at the

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starting on 24 May 2017, playing the role of

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. Glover has appeared in the films ''

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'', '' The Reef'' and ''Closing Numbers''.

Voice work

Glover has lent his voice to

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commercials A television advertisement (also called a television commercial, TV commercial, commercial, spot, television spot, TV spot, advert, television advert, TV advert, television ad, TV ad or simply an ad) is a span of television programming produce ...

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s and computer games. He joined the ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...

'' universe in various voice-roles; he played General Maximilian Veers in '' Star Wars: Battlefront II'', taking over the role from his father who played the same character in ''

The Empire Strikes Back ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (also known as ''Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back'') is a 1980 American epic film, epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner from a screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, based o ...

''. In ''Battlefront II'', he dubbed over archive footage of his father as Veers for the archive footage sequences in the game from ''Empire Strikes Back''. He returned to reprise his role as Veers in '' Star Wars: Empire at War''. He also did voice work in ''

Knights of the Old Republic II ''Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords'' is a role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by LucasArts. It is the sequel to BioWare's ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (video game), Star Wa ...

'', and has a major role in '' Star Wars: The Old Republic'' as Darth Malgus. He also works in

radio drama Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...

, and considers that: "Radio allows you to do work on a really good piece with a great cast, director and writer but because it takes far less time, it means that you can schedule in other things easily".

Directing

Glover directed student productions at

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, and in 2008 made his directorial debut with a production of ''

Measure for Measure ''Measure for Measure'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604, according to available records. It was published in the ''First Folio'' of 1623. The play's plot features its ...

'' for the Ambassador's Theatre Group.

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glover, Jamie People from Barnes, London People educated at Frensham Heights School Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama English people of Scottish descent English male television actors English male stage actors English male film actors English male voice actors English male radio actors English male Shakespearean actors Male actors from London Royal Shakespeare Company members 1969 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors