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Jim Sturgess

James Anthony "Jim" Sturgess (born 16 May 1981)is an English actor who found his break-out role as Jude in 2007's Across The Universe.

Sturgess was born in London, England but grew up in Farnham, Surrey. He studied at the University of Salford's School of Media, Music and Performance. He was discovered performing in his self written poetry based one-person show "Buzzin" where he was recommended to an actor's agency back in London. Whilst acting in various television programmes and independent films he became a member of a seven piece band, named the "Dilated Spies". Once the band broke up he began to once again pursue a career in acting.

Sturgess sustained almost a decade of roles in British productions, mostly telefilms, including I'm Frank Morgan (2000), Hawk (2001), and the three installments of The Quest series.

In 2007, he made his big break in Julie Taymor's musical Across The Universe, portraying Jude, a paternally shorn young man who travels to the U.S. amid the raging throes of the late '60s and falls in love with sheltered American teenager, Lucy, played by Evan Rachel Wood.

In 2008, he appeared in the fictional historical drama The Other Boleyn Girl in the supporting role of George Boleyn opposite Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana. He also starred in 21 as the male lead Ben Campbell, a movie about five MIT students, who, by counting cards, take Las Vegas casinos for millions. Sturgess' co-stars in 21 include Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey.

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Jim Sturgess - news / articles

Sturgess hopes Spider-Man musical works out - 18 August 2009
-Across The Universe star Jim Sturgess has his fingers crossed for the struggling Spider-Man musical - because he was involved in the project at the beginning and insists it will be a great show.- -The Brit has long been the favourite to play director Julie Taymor's s

Jim Sturgess - what members say

Across The Universe review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent

Across The Universe 6 October 2007
...are several that made me want to hack my ears off. Particularly bad is our lead Jim Sturgess, whose thin voice does nothing for these songs. Also notably bad are tunes like...

21 review by Joshyouwaah from Haddenham, Bucks

Coolest film this year 17 April 2008
... especially as its based around fact! The actors were perfect for there roles, Jim Sturgess and Kevin Spacey were fantastic! Really worth watching, i highly recommend. ...

Heartless review by A customer from Ruislip

Heartless 2 September 2009
...just found it really quite average and couldnt see what all the fuss was about. Jim Sturgess was probably the only good thing about it. ...

Jim Sturgess - filmography

Guardians of Ga'hoole (2010)
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Rachael Taylor, Geoffrey Rush
Director: Zack Snyder
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In a parallel universe featuring a cast of owls and magic transformations, a young barn owl is pushed out of his family's nest by his older brother and then rescued by agents from a mysterious school for orphaned owls.

Rate this: 80% from 3 members

Heartless (2009)
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Noel Clarke, Timothy Spall
Director: Philip Ridley
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Jamie Morgan, a young man with a large heart-shaped birthmark on his face, discovers that there are demons on the streets of East London.

Rate this: 68% from 11 members

Fifty Dead Men Walking on DVD (2009)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers
Director: Kari Skogland
Certificate:
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Based on Martin McGartland's shocking real life story, Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA. He works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA whilst feeding information to his British handler and saving lives in ..read more »

Rate this: 70% from 1,990 member

Crossing Over - BLU-RAY Version (2009)
Starring: Alice Eve, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd
Director: Wayne Kramer
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Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, and Ashley Judd star in Running Scared writer/director Wayne Kramer's harrowing look at life amongst illegal immigrants and the immigration enforcement agents whose job it is to ensure that the U.S. borders remain secure. Every day, a new batch of immigrants comes ..read more »

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21 on DVD (2008)
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
Director: Robert Luketic
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21 is the fact based story about six M.I.T students who were trained in the art of card counting. They subsequently took the Vegas casinos for millions! Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects) and young Hollywood super star Kate Boswoth (Superman Returns) star in this clever and ..read more »

Rate this: 69% from 47,293 members

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21 - BLU-RAY Version (2008)
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
Director: Robert Luketic
Certificate:
Inspired by a true story, 21 mixes Las Vegas casino wheeling and dealing with college-kid angst. Kevin Spacey is crafty MIT professor Micky Rosa, who trains gifted students to count cards and then flies them out to Vegas to raid the blackjack tables between classes. At first they rake in a bundle, ..read more »

Rate this: 70% from 5,712 members

Fifty Dead Men Walking - BLU-RAY Version (2008)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Ewan Harts, Natalie Press
Director: Kari Skogland
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Directed by Kari Skogland (LIBERTY STANDS STILL) and adapted from the autobiography of Martin McGartland, FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING is the electrifying tale of a British secret services agent based in Northern Ireland during the late 80s. During the four years that he was stationed there and before ..read more »

Rate this: 69% from 419 members

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The Other Boleyn Girl on DVD (2007)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana
Director: Justin Chadwick
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Based on a novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" revolves around the ferociously ambitious Boleyn sisters, Mary (Johansson) and Anne (Portman), who are rivals for the bed and heart of 16th century English King Henry VIII (Eric Bana).

Rate this: 69% from 43,038 members

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Across The Universe - BLU-RAY Version (2007)
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Jim Sturgess
Director: Julie Taymor
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The Beatles' songs may have provided the soundtrack for the lives of those coming of age in the 1960s, but their extensive catalogue acts as the literal soundtrack in this romantic musical from visionary director Julie Taymor. Newcomer Jim Sturgess stars as Jude, a young man working on the docks in ..read more »

Rate this: 63% from 559 members

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Across The Universe on DVD (2007)
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Jim Sturgess
Director: Julie Taymor
Certificate:
The Beatles' songs may have provided the soundtrack for the lives of those coming of age in the 1960s, but their extensive catalogue acts as the literal soundtrack in this romantic musical from visionary director Julie Taymor. Newcomer Jim Sturgess stars as Jude, a young man working on the docks in ..read more »

Rate this: 62% from 3,556 members

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Fifty Dead Men Walking to Watch Now (2009)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers
Director: Kari Skogland
Certificate:
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Run time: 117 minutes
Inspired by Martin McGartland's incredible autobiography, Fifty Dead Men Walking is the stunning new action thriller by Kari Skogland about a secret agent working undercover for British security services in Northern Ireland in the late eighties. Over the course of four years, until his betrayal and ..read more »

Rate this: 80% from 6 members

Jim Sturgess facts

5 most recent films

Guardians of Ga'hoole - 4.0 stars
Heartless - 3.5 stars
Fifty Dead Men Walking - 3.5 stars
Crossing Over - BLU-RAY Version - 3 stars
21 - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

21 - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Fifty Dead Men Walking - 3.5 stars
Fifty Dead Men Walking - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
21 - 3.5 stars
The Other Boleyn Girl - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Crossing Over - BLU-RAY Version - 3 stars
Heartless - 3.5 stars
Guardians of Ga'hoole - 4.0 stars
Across The Universe - 3.0 stars
Across The Universe - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael McElhatton - 3 times - show films
Henry Deazley - 3 times - show films
Tom Collins - 3 times - show films
Ewan Harts - 3 times - show films
David Pearse - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kari Skogland - 3 times - show films
Robert Luketic - 2 times - show films
Julie Taymor - 2 times - show films
Justin Chadwick - 1 times - show films
Philip Ridley - 1 times - show films

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