Seamus Newham Profile

Profile Overview

Seamus Newham

  • Male
  • London, United Kingdom
Playing Age
68 - 78
Height
6′ 0″
Ethnicity
White
Eye Colour
Brown
Hair Colour
Salt & Pepper
Passport
Yes

About Me

Began career at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in the works of O'Casey, Synge, Yeats, Joyce and Friel. Toured as Parry in Borstal Boy (Odeon Theatre, Paris) & Sergeant Jones in The Shaughraun (Aldwych Theatre, London).

As a freelancer: played Creon in King Oedipus with Liam Neeson (Lyric Theatre, Belfast); Nicola in Arms and the Man (Royal Exchange, Manchester); Theseus in Phaedra (Lyric Hammersmith); Henry Albertson in The Fantasticks (Jermyn Street Theatre) & more recently: The Actor in The Woman in Black (English Theatre of Hamburg).

I've lived in London for the past 40 years & I'm frequently cast in British roles.

Actor at Handmade Films, MTM Productions USA, Thames, LWT, Channel 4, Sky, RTE, BBC including: Clancy in Remington Steele with Pierce Brosnan & Mr Jones in My Life in Film with Andrew Scott.

Spotlight Casting Link:
https://app.spotlight.com/9719-0163-4551
Accents
American - Standard, English, Irish
Languages
English
Accents (United Kingdom)
English, standard, RP
Memberships
Equity

Agent

Dave Phipps

agent@wigandpenassociates.com

07801541396

Credits

2023 The Blue House
Type
Theatre
Role
Charles
Director / Company
Myles O'Gorman
Helikon Theatre Company
2022 Outside Mullingar
Type
Theatre
Role
Tony Riley
Director / Company
Clifford Dean
English Theatre of Hamburg
2019 The Woman in Black
Type
Theatre
Role
The Actor
Director / Company
Paul Glaser
English Theatre of Hamburg
2019 Arthur Miller's: An Enemy of the People
Type
Theatre
Role
Aslaksen
Director / Company
Phil Willmott
Union Theatre, Southwark
2017 Mrs Warren's Profession
Type
Theatre
Role
Sir George Crofts
Director / Company
Seamus Newham
Michael Friend Productions Touring
2016 Heartbreak House
Type
Theatre
Role
Alfred Mangan
Director / Company
Michael Friend
Michael Friend Productions Touring
2015 The Fantasticks
Type
Theatre
Role
Henry Albertson
Director / Company
Neil Robinson
Jermyn Street Theatre
2014 Live at the Electric (series 3)
Type
TV
Role
Government Advisor
Director / Company
Stephen Pipe
BBC
2013 Pygmalion
Type
Theatre
Role
Colonel Pickering
Director / Company
Michael Friend
Michael Friend Productions Touring
2012 Presidential Suite
Type
Theatre
Role
Jordan Pershing
Director / Company
John Binkley
Edinburgh Festival (B&Q Company, New York)
2011 Gaslight
Type
Theatre
Role
Inspector Rough
Director / Company
Michael Friend
Michael Friend Productions Touring
2004 My Life in Film
Type
TV
Role
Mr Jones
Director / Company
Toby McDonald
BBC
2002 Happiness (series 2)
Type
TV
Role
Uncle Brian
Director / Company
Declan Lowney
BBC
2000 The Stretch
Type
TV
Role
McEvoy
Director / Company
Frank W. Smith
Sky
2000 South Sea Bubble
Type
TV
Role
Robert Walpole
Director / Company
Mary Crisp
Channel 4
1999 Brookside (4 Episodes)
Type
TV
Role
Don Gannon
Director / Company
Maurice Hutchinson
Channel 4
1998 The Wedding
Type
Theatre
Role
Dan
Director / Company
Kathi Leahy
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
1996 Juno and the Paycock
Type
Theatre
Role
Captain Boyle
Director / Company
Alan Lyddiard
Northern Stage Company, Newcastle
1994 Phaedra
Type
Theatre
Role
King Theseus
Director / Company
Ceri Sherlock
Lyric Hammersmith, London & UK Tour
1993 The Magician
Type
TV
Role
Conn - IRA Man
Director / Company
Terry Winsor
London Weekend Television
1993 London's Burning
Type
TV
Role
Sid
Director / Company
James Hazeldine
London Weekend Television
1992 The Bill
Type
TV
Role
Hegarty
Director / Company
Haldane Duncan
Thames Television
1991 A Late Lunch with Les
Type
TV
Role
Brawler
Director / Company
Alasdair Macmillan
London Weekend Television
1989 The Vanek Plays
Type
Theatre
Role
Malster
Director / Company
Peter Casterton
Lyric Hammersmith & Realisticke Theatre, Prague
1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Type
Film (Feature)
Role
Taxi Driver
Director / Company
Jack Clayton
Handmade Films
1986 Leave it to Mrs O'Brian
Type
TV
Role
Estate Agent
Director / Company
Brian MacLochlainn
RTE
1985 The Price
Type
TV
Role
O'Connor
Director / Company
Peter Smith
Channel 4
1984 Remington Steele - Episode: Steele Your Heart Away
Type
TV
Role
Clancy
Director / Company
Seymour Robbie
MTM Productions USA
1983 Anne Devlin
Type
Film (Feature)
Role
Sergeant
Director / Company
Pat Murphy
Aeon Films / Irish Film Board
1982 The Year of the French
Type
TV
Role
Fogarty
Director / Company
Michael Garvey
Channel 4 / RTE co-production
1981 The Silver Tassie
Type
TV
Role
British Soldier
Director / Company
Brian MacLochlainn
BBC / RTE co-production
1980 Bestseller - 13 part series on the Bible
Type
TV
Role
Actor/ Narrator
Director / Company
Denis O'Grady
RTE
1980 Voices in the Wilderness
Type
TV
Role
Father Mahoney
Director / Company
Chloe Gibson
RTE
1979 King Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus
Type
Theatre
Role
Creon
Director / Company
Tomas McAnna
Lyric Theatre, Belfast
1979 Arms and the Man
Type
Theatre
Role
Nicola
Director / Company
Casper Wrede
Royal Exchange, Manchester & UK tour
1978 Long Day's Journey Into Night
Type
Theatre
Role
James Tyrone Junior
Director / Company
Stephen Markusfeld
English Theatre of Frankfurt
1978 The Flats
Type
TV
Role
Sean Cullen
Director / Company
Bill Skinner
RTE
1978 The Canon
Type
TV
Role
The Curate
Director / Company
Bill Skinner
RTE
1977 Pride and Prejudice
Type
Theatre
Role
Darcy
Director / Company
Christopher Casson
Olympia Theatre, Dublin
1977 The Merchant of Venice
Type
Theatre
Role
Gratiano
Director / Company
Hilton Edwards
Gate Theatre, Dublin
1976 Ulysses in Nighttown
Type
Theatre
Role
Private Carr / Dark Mercury
Director / Company
Tomas McAnna
Abbey Theatre, Dublin
1976 The Plough and the Stars
Type
Theatre
Role
Lieut. Langon
Director / Company
Sheilah Richards
Abbey Theatre, Dublin
1975 Borstal Boy
Type
Theatre
Role
Parry
Director / Company
Tomas McAnna
Odeon Theatre, Paris/ Abbey Theatre, Dublin
1974 The Shaughraun
Type
Theatre
Role
Sergeant Jones
Director / Company
Hugh Hunt
Aldwych Theatre, London/ Abbey Theatre, Dublin

Training

Abbey Theatre School of Acting, Dublin.
Role
Trained in the naturalistic style of the Abbey Company.

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