Jim Sturgess
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Jim was born in London, the son of Jane O. (Martin) and Peter J. S.
Sturgess. He was raised in Surrey. First and foremost his interest was
music. However, he began to develop a secret passion for acting, at age
8, when he auditioned for local theatre to get out of class. Whilst
music appeared cool, he felt being in school plays wasn't. So he stuck
with small parts, despite a yearning to be in the lead role. At age 15,
he joined a band and they began lying about their ages to play gigs in
pubs. At school, he received mostly low grades with the exception of
music and drama.
For college, he moved to Salford because there was a lot of good music
coming out of the Manchester scene. In the hopes of joining a new band,
he undertook a Higher National Diploma in Media Performance at Salford
University. It was here that he met people that were really interested
in filmmaking, and it suddenly felt like a possible career move. He
began making short films with his friends and as well as doing theater.
He wrote and performed a one-man show, which led an actor in the
audience to suggest Jim to his agent. The agent signed him without even
meeting him.
Jim moved back to London in 2000, where he joined the band 'Saint Faith'. He had moved to Manchester to join a band, and instead
fell into acting. He moved back to London for acting, and ended up
joining a band. He took small roles on television to fund his life as a
musician.
Problems began in the band in 2006, and Jim heard of an audition for
the musical film
Across the Universe (2007).
He won the leading male role of Jude. He followed this film with
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. His breakthrough role came
with Dexter in One Day (2011), based on
the bestselling book by David Nicholls. Before his audition, Jim hadn't
read the book.
Sturgess. He was raised in Surrey. First and foremost his interest was
music. However, he began to develop a secret passion for acting, at age
8, when he auditioned for local theatre to get out of class. Whilst
music appeared cool, he felt being in school plays wasn't. So he stuck
with small parts, despite a yearning to be in the lead role. At age 15,
he joined a band and they began lying about their ages to play gigs in
pubs. At school, he received mostly low grades with the exception of
music and drama.
For college, he moved to Salford because there was a lot of good music
coming out of the Manchester scene. In the hopes of joining a new band,
he undertook a Higher National Diploma in Media Performance at Salford
University. It was here that he met people that were really interested
in filmmaking, and it suddenly felt like a possible career move. He
began making short films with his friends and as well as doing theater.
He wrote and performed a one-man show, which led an actor in the
audience to suggest Jim to his agent. The agent signed him without even
meeting him.
Jim moved back to London in 2000, where he joined the band 'Saint Faith'. He had moved to Manchester to join a band, and instead
fell into acting. He moved back to London for acting, and ended up
joining a band. He took small roles on television to fund his life as a
musician.
Problems began in the band in 2006, and Jim heard of an audition for
the musical film
Across the Universe (2007).
He won the leading male role of Jude. He followed this film with
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. His breakthrough role came
with Dexter in One Day (2011), based on
the bestselling book by David Nicholls. Before his audition, Jim hadn't
read the book.