{{Short description|British actor (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Robert Emms | image = | caption = Robert Emms at war horse premiere. | birth_name = Robert James MacPherson | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|5|20}} | birth_place = Horley, Surrey, England | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2007–present }}
'''Robert Emms''' (born '''Robert James MacPherson'''; 20 May 1986) is a British film, stage and television actor, known for portraying Pythagoras in the BBC One fantasy-adventure series ''Atlantis'', Supervisor Lonni Jung in the Star Wars series ''Andor'', and Leonid Toptunov in the HBO miniseries ''Chernobyl''.
==Early life== Emms was born in Horley, Surrey, England. He went to a local secondary school, Oakwood School, Horley.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 January 2012 |title=War Horse film star Robert Emms tells of failed audition 'fate' |url=http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/War-Horse-film-star-Robert-Emms-tells-failed/story-14995193-detail/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112425/http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/War-Horse-film-star-Robert-Emms-tells-failed/story-14995193-detail/story.html |archive-date=2015-09-24 |website=Surrey Mirror}}</ref> He studied at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology from 2002 to 2004, and then the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) from 2004 to 2007.<ref name=LAMDA>{{cite web|title=Robert Emms|url=http://www.lamda.org.uk/studentfiles/2007/c2007/EMMS,%20Robert.pdf|work=LAMDA|accessdate=2011-07-01}}</ref>
==Career== In March 2009, Emms played the lead role of Albert in the National Theatre's production of ''War Horse''.<ref name=WH1>{{cite web|title=War Horse Transfer Cast Update|url=http://www.theatretickets.co.uk/theatre-news/67/War+Horse+Transfer+Cast+Update.html|work=Theatre Tickets|accessdate=2011-07-01|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007054631/http://www.theatretickets.co.uk/theatre-news/67/War+Horse+Transfer+Cast+Update.html|archivedate=7 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=IL>{{cite web|title=War Horse — new cast announced|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/theatre-review/war-horse-new-cast-announced|work=Indie London |accessdate=2011-07-06}}</ref><ref name=WH2>{{cite web|title=Half the cast to change in War Horse! |url=http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/londontheatre/news/se09/warhorse333195.htm|work=London Theatre|date=2009-09-10|accessdate=2011-07-01}}</ref> After Steven Spielberg saw him in ''War Horse'' at the New London Theatre, he was cast as David Lyons in Spielberg's film adaptation of the play.<ref name="Empire">{{cite web|title=Exclusive: War Horse Cast Announced|url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=28148|work=Empire|date=2010-02-17|first=Ian|last=Freer|accessdate=2011-07-06}}</ref><ref name=B>{{cite web|title=War Horse: A Man's Play|url=http://blokely.com/life/war-horse-a-man-s-play/|work=Blokely|date=2010-12-03|accessdate=2011-07-01|archive-date=22 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322181840/http://blokely.com/life/war-horse-a-man-s-play/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In June 2011, ''Screen International'' named him as a 'Star of Tomorrow'.<ref name=SI>{{cite web|title=Screen unveils 2011 Stars of Tomorrow| url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-ireland/screen-unveils-2011-stars-of-tomorrow/5029362.article |work=Screen Daily| date=2011-06-30|accessdate=2011-07-01}}</ref>
His other film work includes ''Kick-Ass 2'' alongside Jim Carrey,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.slashfilm.com/kick-ass-2-set-for-summer-2013-robert-emms-and-morris-chestnut-join-cast/ | title='Kick-Ass 2' Set for Summer 2013; Robert Emms and Morris Chestnut Join Cast| date=2012-08-15}}</ref> and Rick 'Broken' Buckley in ''Broken'' directed by Rufus Norris for BBC films.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/broken | title=Broken (2013), directed by Rufus Norris | Film review}}</ref> He appeared as the Elizabethan playwright Thomas Dekker in ''Anonymous'' directed by Roland Emmerich, in Tarsem Singh's version of the Brothers Grimm's ''Snow White'', ''Mirror Mirror'' with Julia Roberts,<ref name="Variety">{{cite web |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=2011-05-05 |title=Lane, Emms join Relativity's Snow White |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118036465?refCatId=13 |accessdate=2011-07-01 |work=Variety}}</ref> and in the BAFTA-nominated film ''The Arbor'', directed by Clio Barnard.<ref name="Arbor">{{cite news|title=The Arbor, review: The Arbor brilliantly explores the life and legacy of Andrea Dunbar|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8078688/The-Arbor-review.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2010-10-21|first=Sukhdev|last=Sandhu|accessdate=2011-07-06}}</ref><ref name=TFS>{{cite web|title=Nathan Lane And Robert Emms Join 'The Brothers Grimm: Snow White'|url=http://thefilmstage.com/2011/05/05/nathan-lane-and-robert-emms-join-the-brothers-grimm-snow-white/|work=thefilmstage.com|first=Nick|last=Newman|date=2011-05-05|accessdate=2011-07-01|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507142927/http://thefilmstage.com/2011/05/05/nathan-lane-and-robert-emms-join-the-brothers-grimm-snow-white/|archivedate=7 May 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> More recently he has portrayed Vitas Gerulaitis in the film ''Borg vs McEnroe'' directed by Janus Metz Pederson (alongside Shia LaBeouf).<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/shia-labeouf-starrer-borg/mcenroe-begins-shoot/5108494.article | title=Shia LaBeouf-starrer 'Borg/McEnroe' begins shoot}}</ref>
Emms' notable television appearances include ''Happy Valley'' by Sally Wainwright,<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/03/08/happy-valley-series-two-episode-five-review-ending-a-cop-out/ | title=Happy Valley, review: Did Daryl's mum turn the gun on herself? Plus ten more talking points| newspaper=The Telegraph| date=2016-03-08| last1=Hogan| first1=Michael}}</ref> ''The Street'' by Jimmy McGovern,<ref name="Indy">{{cite web|title=Last Night's Television — Monday Monday, ITV1; The Street, BBC1 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-television--monday-monday-itv1-the-street-bbc1-1744887.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715235739/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-television--monday-monday-itv1-the-street-bbc1-1744887.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2009|work=The Independent|date=2009-07-14|first=Tim|last=Walker |accessdate=2011-07-06}}</ref> and ''Scott & Bailey''.<ref name="S&B">{{cite news|title=Have you been watching ... Scott & Bailey?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jul/01/itv1-scott-and-bailey|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2011-07-07|first=Alexandra|last=Heminsley |accessdate=2011-07-06}}</ref> In 2015, Emms played the part of Smitty, the artistic grandson of Petunia Howe, in the three-part BBC series ''Capital'' based on John Lanchester's novel of the same name.<ref name="BBC Online — Capital">{{cite web | title= BBC One: Capital |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qrqlf| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| website= BBC Online | access-date= 24 November 2015}}</ref> He portrayed John Gerard in the 2017 BBC series ''Gunpowder'' alongside Kit Harington and Liv Tyler. He also played Pythagoras in the series Atlantis for the BBC.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/atlantis-casting.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420000223/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/atlantis-casting.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 April 2013 | title=BBC - Cast announced for BBC One's Atlantis - Media Centre}}</ref>
Emms played Jack in ''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' (2018) and the third season of ''Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous'' (2021).
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2010 | ''The Arbor'' | Young David | |- | 2011 | ''War Horse'' | David Lyons | |- | 2011 | ''Anonymous'' | Thomas Dekker | |- | 2012 | ''Broken'' | Rick Buckley | |- | 2012 | ''Mirror, Mirror'' | Charles Renbock | |- | 2013 | ''Kick-Ass 2'' | Insect Man | |- | 2013 | ''The Selfish Giant'' | Phil | |- | 2017 | ''Borg/McEnroe'' | Vitas Gerulaitis | |- | 2017 | ''Apostasy'' | Steven | |- | 2018 | ''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' | Tech Merc (Jack) | |- | 2022 | ''This Is Christmas''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/kaya-scodelario-alfred-enoch-sky-this-christmas-newsupdate/|title=Kaya Scodelario and Alfred Enoch to star in Sky rom-com This Christmas|last=Hibbs|first=James|date=26 September 2022|website=Radio Times}}</ref> | Paul | |- | 2023 | ''Starve Acre'' | Steven | |- | 2025 | ''The Choral'' | Robert Horner | |- | 2025 | ''Bad Apples'' | Josh | |- | 2027 | {{Pending film|Blood on Snow}} | Klein | Post-production |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2008 | ''Shangri-La'' | Horatio | 1 episode |- | 2008 | ''Waking the Dead'' | Steo | 1 episode |- | 2008 | ''The Wrong Door'' | Colin/Smee | 2 episodes |- | 2009 | ''The Street'' | Calum Miller | 1 episode |- | 2009 | ''Monday Monday'' | Tom | 1 episode |- | 2011 | ''Scott & Bailey'' | Luke Farrell | 1 episode |- | 2013–2015 | ''Atlantis'' | Pythagoras | Main role, 25 episodes |- | 2015 | ''Capital'' | Smitty | Miniseries, 3 episodes |- | 2016 | ''The Living and the Dead'' | Peter | 1 episode |- | 2016 | ''Happy Valley'' | Daryl Garrs | Main role, 4 episodes (Series 2) |- | 2017 | ''Gunpowder'' | Father John Gerard | Recurring role, 3 episodes |- | 2019 | ''Cleaning Up'' | Glynn | Main role |- | 2019 | ''Chernobyl'' | Leonid Toptunov | Miniseries, 5 episodes |- | 2019 | ''His Dark Materials'' | Thomas | 6 episodes |- | 2021 | ''Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous'' | Tech Merc (Jack) (voice) | Season 3, 1 episode |- | 2021 | ''War of the Worlds'' | Micah |2 episodes |- | 2022 |''Four Lives'' | Ricky | Miniseries, 3 episodes |- | 2022–2025 | ''Andor'' | Supervisor Lonni Jung | 10 episodes |- | 2023 | ''The Reckoning''<ref>{{cite news | title=The Reckoning: BBC Jimmy Savile Drama 'Delayed Until 2024' |url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/thereckoningdelay-rep/ |access-date=12 November 2022 |work=TV Zone}}</ref> | Ray Teret<ref>{{cite news |last1=Griffin |first1=Louise |title=Steve Coogan gets into character as Jimmy Savile in new look at controversial BBC drama |url=https://www.metro.co.uk/2021/10/22/steve-coogan-gets-into-character-as-jimmy-savile-in-look-at-bbc-drama-15472876/ |access-date=22 October 2021 |work=Metro |date=22 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | Miniseries, 3 episodes |- | 2024 | ''Kaos'' |Anatole |3 episodes |- | 2024 | ''Sherwood'' |Samuel Warner |6 episodes |}
==Theatre== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! Company |- | 2007 | ''The Six-Days World'' | Tom | Jamie Harper | Finborough Theatre |- | 2008 | ''The Glee Club'' | Colin | Roger Haines | Library Theatre, Manchester |- | 2008 | ''Shangri-La'' | Horatio | Mark Ravenhill | Roundhouse |- | 2009–10 | rowspan="2" | ''War Horse'' | Albert Narracott | rowspan="2" | Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris | rowspan="2" | National Theatre at New London Theatre |- | 2009 | Billy Narracott |- | 2019–20 | ''Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer'' | Bobby Fischer | Annabelle Comyn | Hampstead Theatre |- | 2023–24 | ''The Homecoming'' | Teddy | Matthew Dunster | Young Vic |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|3016166|Robert Emms}} * [http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/robert-emms/ Emms' page at Curtis Brown]
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