Adam Nagaitis
Adam Matthew Nagaitis (born June 7, 1985 in Chorley , Lancashire ) is a British actor , best known for his leading roles in The Terror 2018 and Chernobyl 2019.
education
Nagaitis was born on June 7, 1985 in Chorley , Lancashire, England. In 2004, at the age of 19, he moved to New York City and began studying acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory . In New York he founded and ran a theater company. He continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London , where he obtained his BA in Acting in 2012. During his time with RADA, he recorded several radio plays for BBC Radio 4 and was awarded the BBC Radio Carleton Hobbs Award in 2012.
Career
After his five-year acting training, he mainly appeared in films and series that show true historical events and in which he often played real people. In 2014 he got a role in '71 , Yann Demange's feature film debut about the Northern Ireland conflict , and in 2015 the first longer role in a miniseries in Banished about the convict colony of Australia , which he himself describes as his breakthrough. In 2016 he starred in productions about Houdini and Doyle and about the Brontë siblings . He achieved greater international fame through series leading roles in The Terror from 2018 and Chernobyl from 2019. At Christmas 2019 he was seen as a miniseries in an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol . In 2020 he will play a role in the film Gunpowder Milkshake .
Filmography (selection)
Movie
- 2014: '71
- 2014: Sex on the Beach 2 ( The Inbetweeners 2 )
- 2015: Suffragettes - actions instead of words
- 2017: The power of evil ( The Man With The Iron Heart ) and Karel Čurda
- 2018: The Commuter
watch TV
- 2014: Happy Valley - In a small town
- 2015: Code of a Killer
- 2015: Banished
- 2016: Houdini & Doyle
- 2016: Storm of Emotions - The Lives of the Brontë Sisters ( To Walk Invisible ) as Branwell Brontë
- 2018: The Terror season 1 as Cornelius Hickey
- 2019: Chernobyl as Wassili Iwanowitsch Ignatenko
- 2019: A Christmas Carol
Web links
- Adam Nagaitis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Adam Nagaitis . In: Celebsiren . Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ↑ Justin Kroll: 'Terror' Breakout Adam Nagaitis Joins HBO Miniseries 'Chernobyl' . In: Variety . May 23, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ↑ a b Adam Nagaitis - Biography . In: TV Guide . Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ↑ Arjun Sajip: For the love of it - Glass talks to rising star British actor Adam Nagaitis . In: The Glass Magazine . April 15, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ↑ Scott Bates (interview leader): Adam Nagaitis - interview . In: 1883 Magazine . Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ↑ a b Andrea Vecchiato (interview guide): Adam Nagaitis - Interview . In: Nuit Magazine . Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ↑ RADA - Adam Nagaitis . Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ↑ BAFTA Guru: 60 seconds With ... Adam Nagaitis on YouTube , October 14, 2015, accessed September 9, 2019.
- ↑ Justin Kroll: 'The Terror' Star Adam Nagaitis Joins 'Gunpowder Milkshake' (EXCLUSIVE) . In: Variety . June 5, 2019. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ↑ Hickey is only known by name as a member of the Franklin Expedition through an entry in the List of Officers, Seamen and Marines of Her Majesty's Discovery Ships 'Erebus' and 'Terror' and the discovery of his table knife , exhibited in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nagaitis, Adam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nagaitis, Adam Matthew (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chorley , England, UK |