Stephen Campbell Moore

Stephen Campbell Moore (born Stephen Thorpe; 30 November 1979) is an English actor, best known for his roles in the Alan Bennett play The History Boys and its subsequent film.

Career

Stephen Campbell Moore was educated at Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire (appearing locally in the Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival) and trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he was awarded the prestigious 'Gold Medal' in his final year. He made his screen debut in Stephen Fry's Bright Young Things. He is primarily a screen actor. On stage he has performed with the RSC and the Royal National Theatre.

Campbell Moore created the role of Irwin in the original West End stage production of Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, and also played the character in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions and in the film version of the play.

In 2004, he starred alongside Scarlett Johansson in A Good Woman, based on "Lady Windermere's Fan" by Oscar Wilde, shot on location in Italy.

In 2005, Campbell Moore starred as Edward VIII alongside Joely Richardson as Wallis Simpson in the British television drama Wallis and Edward. In 2009 he will star in the film Ecstasy based on The Undefeated from Irvine Welsh's best-selling novel Three Tales of Chemical...
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