James Nesbitt

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Nesbitt
Occupation	TV Actor
Date Of Birth	Jan 15, 1965(1965-01-15)
Age	59
Birthplace	Northern Ireland
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Capricorn

James Nesbitt Biography

James Nesbitt is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on January 15, 1965 in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Award- winning actor best known for his work in Cold Feet and for starring as the title character, Tommy Murphy, in Murphy’s Law.

He starred in the 2012 film The Hobbit alongside Martin Freeman.

William James Nesbitt OBE (born 15 January 1965) is an actor and television presenter from Northern Ireland.

In an analysis of the film in the History & Memory journal, Aileen Blaney wrote that it is Nesbitt’s real-life household name status that made his portrayal of Cooper such a success. She reasoned that Nesbitt’s celebrity status mirrors that of Cooper’s in the 1970s: “A household name across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic [sic], Nesbitt’s widespread popular appeal is emphatically not contingent upon his Protestant Ulster identity, and consequently the double-voicing of the character he plays does not alienate viewers of an alternative, or no, sectarian persuasion.” Guardian journalist Susie Steiner suggested that his appearance in Bloody Sunday was an attempt to resolve the expression of his “Irishness” on screen: “Where he has taken part in a sectarian theme, his intelligence as an actor has often been masked by an excessive, cartoon-style comedy. Yet in his more successful, high-profile roles, (notably in Cold Feet, and as Pig Finn in the gently pastoral film Waking Ned), Nesbitt’s Irishness has been exploited for its romantic charm. It has been sugared and, in the process, de-politicised.” A critic identified Bloody Sunday as Nesbitt’s “coming of age” film, and Nesbitt called it a turning point in his career. He refers to his career since the film was released as “post-Bloody Sunday”.

He got married to Sonia Forbes-Adam in 1994. He has two daughters, actresses Mary and Peggy Nesbitt.

James Nesbitt Net Worth

James Nesbitt is one of the richest TV Actor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Nesbitt 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He had hopes of becoming a Manchester United football player, or a teacher like his father.

He lived with Games of Throne actor Jerome Flynn in the early 1990s.

William James Nesbitt was born in Ballymena, County Antrim on 15 January 1965. His father, James “Jim” Nesbitt, was the headmaster of the primary school in Lisnamurrican (near Broughshane), while his mother, May Nesbitt, was a civil servant. He has three older sisters named Margaret, Kathryn, and Andrea, all of whom eventually became teachers. The family lived in the house adjoining the one-room school where Nesbitt was one of 32 pupils taught by his father, while the other pupils were all farmers’ children. He grew up “completely” around women and spent a lot of time alone, “kicking a ball against a wall”. He had ambitions to play football for Manchester United or to become a teacher like his father. His parents were Protestants, and Lisnamurrican was in “Paisley country”. The family spent Sunday evenings singing hymns around the piano. Jim marched in the Ballymena Young Conquerors flute band and Nesbitt joined him playing the flute. After the Drumcree conflicts, they stopped marching with the band. The family’s residence in the countryside left them largely unaffected by the Troubles, although Nesbitt, his father, and one of his sisters narrowly escaped a car bomb explosion outside Ballymena County Hall in the early 1970s.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is James Nesbitt Dating?

According to our records, James Nesbitt married to Sonia Forbes-Adam. As of December 1, 2023, James Nesbitt’s is not dating anyone.

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Nesbitt was married to Sonia Forbes-Adam, the daughter of the Reverend Sir Timothy Forbes Adam. The two met when Nesbitt went to the final call-back for Hamlet at Loughborough Hall in 1989, and they soon began dating. They split up for a year after the release of Hear My Song but reunited and married in 1994. They had two daughters, Peggy and Mary, both of whom appeared in the final two Hobbit movies as the daughters of Bard the Bowman. In October 2013, Nesbitt announced that he and his wife would separate after 19 years. They were divorced in 2016.

Facts & Trivia

James Ranked on the list of most popular TV Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. James Nesbitt celebrates birthday on January 15 of every year.

Back on stage, he appeared as Doalty in Translations (Gwenda Hughes, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1991), Aidan in Una Pooka (Mark Lambert and Nicholas Kent, Tricycle Theatre, 1992), Damien in Paddywack (Michael Latimer) , Cockpit Theatre, 1994), and Jesus in Darwin’s Flood (Simon Stokes, Bush Theatre, 1994). Paddywack, in which Nesbitt’s character is suspected by others of being an IRA member, transferred to the United States for a run at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut in October 1994. A Variety critic called Damien “the play’s only fully developed character” and commended Nesbitt for giving “the one strong, telling performance [of the cast]”. In 1996, Nesbitt appeared in an episode of the BBC Northern Ireland television drama Ballykissangel, playing Leo McGarvey, the ex-boyfriend of Assumpta Fitzgerald (Dervla Kirwan) and love rival of Peter Clifford (Stephen Tompkinson). He reprised the role for four episodes in 1998.

What is James Nesbitt best known for?

He got his breakthrough television role playing Adam Williams in the romantic comedy-drama series Cold Feet (1997–2003, 2016–present), which won him a British Comedy Award, a Television and Radio Industries Club Award, and a National Television Award.

Is James Nesbitt in a relationship?

James Nesbitt is joined by rumoured girlfriend Katy Gleadhill in London | Daily Mail Online.

What is James Nesbitt doing now?

James Nesbitt has said doing a Netflix original series was “an opportunity to open a different door again”. The Northern Ireland actor, 56, stars in forthcoming thriller Stay Close , based on the Harlan Coben book of the same name.

Is James Nesbitt in Lord of the Rings?

TV star James Nesbitt has admitted that it was “frustrating” working on The Hobbit. The actor (49) was cast as the dwarf Bofur in Peter Jackson’s movie trilogy , with the final film out in December. Nesbitt said that the experience of working on the three movies was “incredible”, even if his role was small.

What does Nesbitt mean?

Origin:British. Popularity:6544. Meaning: bend shaped like a nose.