Seamus Newham Profile

Profile Overview

Seamus Newham

  • Male
  • London, United Kingdom
Playing Age
66 - 76
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 and Joyce. 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

[email protected]

07801541396

Credits

2022 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
2021 Meet Me For the Holidays
Type
Theatre
Role
Nigel Cole
Director / Company
Jason Moore
OnBook Theatre
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
2014 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
1974 The Plough and the Stars
Type
Theatre
Role
Lieut. Langon
Director / Company
Sheilah Richards
Abbey Theatre, Dublin
1973 Borstal Boy
Type
Theatre
Role
Parry
Director / Company
Tomas McAnna
Odeon Theatre, Paris/ Abbey Theatre, Dublin
1972 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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