Biography

Jamie Thomas King was born in London, England and educated at Dulwich College, Fine Arts College and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He is the son of American screen writer Laura Lamson and English television director Christopher King.

King began his acting career in the theatre where his most notable performance was in the Royal National Theatre's production of Alan Bennett's "The History Boys". He has since acted extensively in American and European film and television productions, but he is most recognized for playing poet Thomas Wyatt in the television series "The Tudors".

King is also a painter and frequently undertakes private commissions. He is married to Canadian actress Tamara Podemski and they have one child.

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Jamie Thomas King is a English-American actor born and raised in London, England, where he began his training with the National Youth Theatre and later received a scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). His big break came when he starred in the Royal National Theatre's production of Sir Alan Bennett's The History Boys, directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner, followed by a UK tour and a transfer to the West End's Wyndham Theatre.

For the next twenty years, Jamie moved between film and television, with characters like Guy Mackendrick in the multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning series Mad Men (AMC), and Sir Thomas Wyatt in two seasons of the historical drama The Tudors (Showtime). From popular network shows like Private Practice (ABC), Elementary (CBS), Call the Midwife (BBC) and Murdoch Mysteries (CBC) to Oscar and BAFTA-winning films like Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner and Tomas Alfredson's Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy, Jamie established himself as an international screen actor, but never forgot his theatre roots. In 2015, Jamie returned to the stage to join the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, starring in John Ford's Love's Sacrifice.

In 2016, following the death of his son Benjamin due to medical error, Jamie took a hiatus from his career to focus on the Coroner's Inquest. Calling upon everything he learned during the five-year lawsuit, Jamie joined forces with patient safety advocates around the world in their mission to improve global health care practices, eventually teaching workshops, offering keynote addresses and creating a Foundation in memory of his son.

Returning to the industry, and following in the path of his late mother, acclaimed screenwriter Laura Lamson, Jamie wrote his first screenplay. After reading OBE Recipient James Titcombe's memoir Joshua's Story: Uncovering the Morecambe Bay Maternity Scandal. He secured the rights to the book and adapted it for the screen.

In 2023, Jamie partnered with his wife Tamara Podemski to create Blackbird Productions, subsequently acting as EP and star of their first project, The Light Before the Sun, which premieres at the Hamilton Film Festival in October 2024.

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