Jeremy Strong
Jeremy Strong (born December 25, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Kendall Roy in the HBO television series Succession (2018–2023), for which he has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2020 and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 2022. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
Strong started his acting career at Yale School of Drama. After briefly studying at both the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago he acted in various plays at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. His first off-Broadway performance was in John Patrick Shanley's Defiance in 2006. His Broadway debut came portraying Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich in 2008 revival of A Man for All Seasons. That same year Strong made his film debut in Humboldt County.
Strong has since appeared in a number of acclaimed films portraying real life people such as John George Nicolay in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012), Lee Harvey Oswald in Peter Landesman's Parkland (2013), James Reeb in Ava DuVernay's Selma (2014), and Jerry Rubin in Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020). He has also appeared in Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Adam McKay's The Big Short (2015), Sorkin's Molly's Game (2017) and Armageddon Time (2022).
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Strong started his acting career at Yale School of Drama. After briefly studying at both the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago he acted in various plays at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. His first off-Broadway performance was in John Patrick Shanley's Defiance in 2006. His Broadway debut came portraying Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich in 2008 revival of A Man for All Seasons. That same year Strong made his film debut in Humboldt County.
Strong has since appeared in a number of acclaimed films portraying real life people such as John George Nicolay in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012), Lee Harvey Oswald in Peter Landesman's Parkland (2013), James Reeb in Ava DuVernay's Selma (2014), and Jerry Rubin in Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020). He has also appeared in Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Adam McKay's The Big Short (2015), Sorkin's Molly's Game (2017) and Armageddon Time (2022).
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Known for
The Apprentice
Armageddon Time
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Gentlemen
Serenity
Succession
Molly's Game
Detroit
The Big Short
Black Mass
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Selma
Lennon or McCartney
The Judge
Time Out of Mind
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Mob City
Parkland
Masters of Sex
Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln
Please, Alfonso
Robot & Frank
See Girl Run
Love is Like Life But Longer
The Romantics
Yes
Kill Daddy Good Night
The Messenger
The Good Wife
Contact High
Humboldt County
The Happening
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
King of the Corner
You've Got Mail
Pleasantville
Deconstructing Harry
Amistad
Jingle All the Way