Jamie Dornan Once Upon a Time.

Biography

James "Jamie" Dornan was born on May 1, 1982^[1] in the town of Holywood of County Down, Northern Ireland as the youngest child out of his two elder sisters, Liesa and Jessica.^[3] His father, Professor Jim Dornan, is a doctor and the former senior vice president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Jamie's mother, Lorna,^[3] passed away from inoperable pancreatic cancer when he was just sixteen years old.^[4] In later life, his father remarried in 2002 to obstetrician and gynaecologist Samina.^[3]
Following the grim outcome of losing a parent, Jamie attended boarding school at Methodist College Belfast. One of his strong subjects was drama and was productions of Blood Brothers and Bugsy Malone. His extracurricular passion was rugby pitch; acting as winger for the Belfast Harlequins. While at Methoidst College Belfast, he met school friend David Alexander. From their similar tastes in music, they formed the folk singing band Sons of Jim,^[5] and once supported Scottish singer KT Tunstall on tour. The group disbanded in 2008.^[6]
Later, Jamie dropped out of the University of Teesside to focus on rugby, but when that didn't work out, he moved to London in 2002^[4] with the intention of enrolling in drama school. However, drinking problems spurred him from it; along with a miserable six month stint working in a Knightsbridge pub. Previously, Jamie was approached by a modelling agency in Belfast, and decided to take up on the offer and signed with Select Model Management.^[4] In the modelling industry, he posted for Hugo Boss,^[4] Dior Homme, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein and often paired up with big name female models Kate Moss, Lara Stone and Gisele Bündchen and actress Eva Mendes.^[4] In 2012, he gave it up to enter into the acting business.^[2]
His first movie role was in Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette as an alleged love interest of the queen, portrayed by Kirsten Dunst. In film, he portrayed the lead role of Ed in the 2008 Hammer Horror production Beyond the Rave. In 2009's Shadows in the Sun, which starred three-time Academy Award nominee Jean Simmons. Following his departure from ABC's Once Upon a Time, Jamie was cast in Northern Irish crime drama The Fall as Paul Spector, a man leading a double life as a family oriented father and calculating female serial killer, opposite The X-Files alumni Gillian Anderson as sleuthing detective Stella Gibson.
Jamie married English actress and singer Amelia Warner on April 27, 2013 in Somerset. They recently welcomed their first child, a girl.

Jamie Dornan Biography

Jamie Dornan was born on May 1, 1982 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is an actor, known for Marie Antoinette (2006), Shadows in the Sun (2009) and Beyond the Rave (2008). He has been married to Amelia Warner since April 27, 2013. They have one child.

Trivia (6)

Was a Calvin Klein model.

Is the face of the perfume Dior Homme campaign.

Actress Greer Garson was his grandmother's first cousin, making Greer and Jamie first cousins, twice removed.

Played a serious level of rugby in his native Northern Ireland.

Is a huge Manchester United fan (season ticket holder).

Was in a relationship with Keira Knightley for two years. They met on the set of an Asprey photo shoot in 2003.

Personal Quotes (13)

I'm probably the worst person for 'Men's Health' to interview.

I guess I'm just lucky with my genes.

I can't really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead I go swimming as often as possible.

Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.

Everyone likes a bit of competition.

It's funny when you know you're playing two characters and you're aware of how you have to play each one into your performance of the other. You're constantly at the back of your mind thinking and it all gets a bit confusing.

I've always needed to bulk up, so until the modeling took off I was ramming Big Macs down my throat and doing plenty of bodyweight work. I'm over the Big Macs now, but I'll still drop down and do my press ups whenever I find the time.

Because I used to play a lot of sport, I've always been in decent enough shape. When I used to get asked to do a bit of body work before a photo shoot I'd lie and say, 'Yeah, I'm going to the gym.' I literally never did anything.

It's not like I cleaned up with girls. I always looked young and I was very small; I hated being 'cute.'

As a viewer, I don't respond well to actors doing more than they need to tell a story. I get really thrown by that, and pissed off. They're doing lots of things, but they could just stand there and say the lines, and it would tell the story in a far more pleasing way.

I don't think Paul Spector, from The Fall (2013) is that bad of a husband. I think he shows good qualities, despite the fact that he hunts and kills innocent women. But I want to show how regular these guys can be.

I'm still auditioning. I don't really have choices in the material I get. So I have to make the choices in the way I play the characters. And I'm happy to get a chance to play Christian Gray.

I don't like my physique. Who does? I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.