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Jamie Sives

(1973) Actor United Kingdom

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Jamie Sives is an actor from the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts About Jamie Sives

Born: January 1, 1973
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Actor

About Jamie Sives

Jamie Sives is a Scottish actor. He came to prominence for his role as Wilbur in the 2002 film Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, and is known for his more recent roles as Cal Innes in Shetland in 2023 and as James Hardy in the 2025 Netflix series Dept. Q.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jamie Sives

I'm not going to be the next Colin Farrell or Orlando Bloom.

Bloom

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I was 18 and making 150 quid a week, which was a lot of money to me. Then there was a bad…

Bad

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To be honest, I find most politicians very untrustworthy. When I listen to them talking - or rather, lying - I just…

Bat

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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

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I was a big Mickey Rourke fan in his first incarnation. I thought that at the time he was America's greatest screen…

Actor

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I secretly liked acting, but I wanted to play football. It was an enormous dream.

Acting

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I didn't have any desire to be an actor until right before I did it.

Actor

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I worked in an insurance office for six years, and it was there that I just woke up one day and realised…

Canteen

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The Danes don't take themselves seriously at all and look for the joke in everything. Us Scots are on the same line…

Amount

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Acting is rare. You can be rehearsing Ibsen with Sir Richard Eyre and suddenly he has to take a call on his…

Acting

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