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Jamie Bamber

(1973) Actor United Kingdom

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Jamie Bamber is an actor from the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts About Jamie Bamber

Born: April 3, 1973
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Actor
Spouse: Kerry Norton

About Jamie Bamber

Jamie St John Bamber Griffith, known professionally as Jamie Bamber, is a British actor, known for his roles as Lee Adama in Battlestar Galactica and Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin in the ITV series Law & Order: UK. He also had a supporting role as 2nd Lt. Jack Foley in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, as Lieutenant Archie Kennedy in the Hornblower series and was a regular on the British series Ultimate Force and Peak Practice. In 2013, Bamber starred in the TNT medical drama Monday Mornings and, in 2014, in the Sky 1 drama The Smoke.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jamie Bamber

I love Prada shirts because they're so decorative and figure-hugging, but I also like Reiss shirts because they're clean, simple and look…

Also

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When I was trying to find work after drama school in London, it felt like the same actors always got the plum…

Actor

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I wanted to acknowledge my U.S. heritage and to belong to it more closely. Having said that I am certainly British by…

Acknowledge

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For those of us that were involved from the first days of 'Battlestar,' we were encouraged to give of ourselves and to…

Certainly

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The older I get, the more I believe in practice and work over natural talent and ability.

Ability

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I'm reluctant to get involved in science fiction, because I feel like I've done it and done it well, so unless something…

Along

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I've honestly been so lucky. I've never had a job where I didn't look forward to being on set in the morning.

Been

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I would love to do more family comedy.

Comedy

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I was a team sports guy, but I don't do that anymore. When I work out, it's alone.

Alone

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I think that insecurity/confidence balance is necessary.

Balance

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When I'm living in L.A., I'm mainly a jeans, vintage T-shirt and Nike high-tops guy.

Guy

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There's something extremely rewarding about following characters that you like and knowing that there's as many hours of viewing as you have…

About

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When I started working on 'Battlestar Galactica' in Canada, I was told to get as fit as a marine for my character…

Altered

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The problem with the treadmill is I just don't know what to do in my head. You either stare at the mirror…

Because

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When you start a new project, you wonder whether it's the right choice.

Choice

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Im not the kind of actor that can go completely cold into an emotional scene. I have to transport myself emotionally by…

Actor

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My only hesitation after 'Law & Order' was that I didn't want to be in a super dry procedural like that. I…

After

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British actors used to be scared of the multi-year options that U.S. TV shows demand. That has changed, because the same is…

Actor

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When I first did a U.S. pilot season, there were very few British actors schlepping around town trying to get into television.…

Actor

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It frustrates me that Britain can't make something like 'CSI' or 'The Sopranos'. Instead, British TV puts soap in primetime while every…

Britain

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L.A.'s become so cosmopolitan in its casting and also in its world view.

Also

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Back in the Eighties, I'd buy the biggest Benetton jumper I could find and would wear it long-sleeved, hanging off my shoulders,…

Back

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It's hard to measure up to 'Battlestar' - it's hard not to measure things against it.

Against

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I would have thought there's no greater country to watch rugby than New Zealand.

Country

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I never had to try as a kid to stay in shape. In a way, there was no willpower involved.

Discipline

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