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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
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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
review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent
Across The Universe 6 October 2007
review by Joshyouwaah from Haddenham, Bucks
Coolest film this year 17 April 2008
review by A customer from Ruislip
Heartless 2 September 2009
Jim Sturgess - filmography
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One Day
(2011)
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Romola Garai
Director: Lone Scherfig
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After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are revisited each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.
 
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One Day - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Romola Garai
Director: Lone Scherfig
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After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are revisited each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.
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from 90 members
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Upside Down
(2011)
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess, Jayne Heitmeyer
Director: Juan Diego Solanas
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Look up towards the sky and rub your eyes because you wont believe what you see: cities, forests, and oceans with their own inverted gravity, only an arms length away, yet completely unreachable. Take a leap over to this alternate reality, two worlds one above, one below? facing each other, and ..read more »
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from 5 members
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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 »
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Heartless
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Noel Clarke, Timothy Spall
Director: Philip Ridley
Certificate: 
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This gritty Faustian tale set in the East End of London follows Jamie, a troubled young man with a birthmark on his face, which has left him feeling isolated and fearful, hiding from the world outside. He lives in the East End of London, an area notorious for its violent hooded gangs. According to ..read more »
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Crossing Over - Blu-ray
(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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Crossing Over
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Ray Liotta
Director: Wayne Kramer
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Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. "In Crossing Over," writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure ..read more »
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21 - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
Director: Robert Luketic
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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 »
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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 »
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from 61,690 members
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The Other Boleyn Girl - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Jim Sturgess, Juno Temple
Director: Justin Chadwick
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Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson star as Anne and Mary Boleyn in this adaptation of the bestselling novel by Philippa Gregory. While their story is perhaps one of history's most well known, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL has fun with the facts, creating a lusty, dramatic tale of deception and betrayal...read more »
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from 68 members
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Fifty Dead Men Walking - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Ewan Harts, Natalie Press
Director: Kari Skogland
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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 »
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from 2,620 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).
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Across The Universe - Blu-ray
(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 »
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from 842 members
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Across The Universe
on DVD
(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 »
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Jim Sturgess facts
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...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...
