Robert Emms
Biography
Robert Emms is a British actor who has worked in film, television, and theater, and he attended BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology between 2002 and 2004 before training at LAMDA from 2004 to 2007. Born in Horley, Surrey, he played Albert in the National Theatre's War Horse in 2009, and Steven Spielberg later cast him as David Lyons in the film adaptation after seeing him in the play. Screen International named him a Star of Tomorrow in 2011. His screen credits include War Horse (2011), Anonymous (2011), as the playwright Thomas Dekker, Mirror Mirror (2012), Broken (2012), as Rick Buckley, The Arbor (2010), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). On television he is known for playing Pythagoras in Atlantis, Supervisor Lonni Jung in Andor, and Leonid Toptunov in Chernobyl, with other appearances in Happy Valley, The Street, Scott & Bailey, Capital in 2015, and Gunpowder in 2017.
40years old
Turns 41 on May 20in 191 days
- Born Horley
- Star sign: TaurusLast day of the sign, on the Gemini cusp
- Robert James MacPherson (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 16 years2010 to 2026
Genres
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Big break
After Steven Spielberg saw Emms play Albert in the National Theatre's War Horse at the New London Theatre, Spielberg cast him as David Lyons in his film adaptation of the play.
Robert Emms movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Clio Barnard directed two of these films, Daniel Kokotajlo two. Sean Gilder appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Sean Gilder's page
Rafe Spall's page
Jeremy Irvine's page
Monica Dolan's page
Steve Evets's page
Clio BarnardDirector, 2 films, 2010 to 2013
All films by Clio Barnard
Daniel KokotajloDirector, 2 films, 2017 to 2024
All films by Daniel Kokotajlo
Also two films together2 more actors
- Siobhan FinneranApostasy (2017) and The Selfish Giant (2013)
- Shaun ThomasThe Choral (2025) and The Selfish Giant (2013)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Robert Emms's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.7 billion
8 of the 12 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 12 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.3B75.0% of the total
- 2$183M10.5% of the total
- 3$178M10.2% of the total
- 4$61M3.5% of the total
- 5$15M0.9% of the total
- 6$434K0.0% of the total
- 7$21K0.0% of the total
- 8$12K0.0% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.