Jeremy Sims
Biography
Jeremy Sims is an Australian actor and director. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney in 1990. He began on screen with a minor part in Harlequin, then became known through the soap opera Chances, playing Alex Taylor from 1991 to 1992 and earning a Logie Award nomination for Most Popular New Talent. His first lead film role came in Idiot Box, which brought Best Actor nominations from the Australian Film Institute and the Film Critics Circle of Australia. He appeared in The Waiting City. In Her Skin came in 2009. A Few Less Men followed in 2017. Swinging Safari came in 2018. He won an Australian Film Institute Award for the television film Aftershocks. As a director he made Last Train to Freo. He followed it with Beneath Hill 60. Last Cab to Darwin earned an AACTA Award for its adapted screenplay. He has also worked on stage.
60years old
Turns 61 on January 10in 61 days
- Born Perth
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Jeremy Hartley Sims
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 9 years2009 to 2018
Every film, newest first
- 2018Swinging SafariIMDb rating 5.6
- 2017A Few Less MenIMDb rating 4.8
- 2009In Her SkinIMDb rating 6.4
- 2009The Waiting CityIMDb rating 6.1
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First role
Sims' first lead role in a feature film came in the 1996 crime film Idiot Box, playing Mick opposite Ben Mendelsohn's Kev, and it earned him Best Actor nominations from the Australian Film Institute and the Film Critics Circle of Australia.
Behind the award
The Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival went to Sims for Beneath Hill 60, his second feature, a 2010 war drama that also earned 12 AFI Awards nominations.
First role
Jeremy Sims made his first appearance on the big screen in the 1980 movie Harlequin, where he played a minor part.
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Worked with
Jeremy Sims shares two films with Guy Pearce, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Guy Pearce's page
Radha Mitchell's page
Sam Neill's page
Joel Edgerton's page
Jack Thompson's page
Richard Roxburgh's page
Simone NorthDirector, 1 film, 2009
All films by Simone North
All films by Stephan Elliott
Mark LamprellDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Mark Lamprell
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.