James Nesbitt
James Nesbitt
William James Nesbitt, OBEis an actor and presenter from Northern Ireland. Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Nesbitt grew up in the nearby village of Broughshane, before moving to Coleraine, County Londonderry. He wanted to become a teacher like his father, so he began a degree in French at the University of Ulster. He dropped out after a year when he decided to become an actor, and transferred to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. After graduating in...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth15 January 1965
CountryIreland
All my adult life, there was the Troubles. That was the backdrop of my life.
It's easier to act in your own accent.
It's a complicated relationship with the place one grows up in, particularly if it's Northern Ireland.
I started a French degree at university, but packed it in when I realised I really wanted to be an actor.
I spend an awful lot of time by myself and enjoy that.
The whole process of making 'Bloody Sunday' was difficult but extraordinary.
As fabulous as technology is, it can also make us very anxious.
People don't watch TV only to relate to stuff. They also watch to find out about a world they can't relate to.
Northern Ireland has treated me well, you know?
I've never felt that acting was my vocation - never had that tortured thing. I love acting, but it doesn't feed my soul.
I've always been a family man and count myself as one of those who are lucky to have the comfort of a family.
Perhaps our imagination needs crime stories to fulfill some craving we have, as a way to assuage a darkness in ourselves.
Perhaps not being very self-aware in the past masked depression. I think I was confused. I think I was immature. I think I probably was quite depressed.
There will only ever be 13 dwarves in 'The Hobbit' - and I was one of them. If I had my time again, would I do it? Yeah, I would.