Iain Glen - wikipedia Iain Glen Iain Glen Glen in July 2012 ( 1961 - 06 - 24 ) 24 June 1961 ( age 56 ) Edinburgh, Scotland Nationality Scottish Education Edinburgh Academy University of Aberdeen Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Occupation Actor Years active 1986 -- present Spouse ( s ) Susannah Harker ( m. 1993 ; div. 2004 ) Partner ( s ) Charlotte Emmerson ( since 2005 ) Children Iain Glen ( born 24 June 1961 ) is a Scottish film, television, and stage actor. Glen is best known for his roles as Dr. Alexander Isaacs / Tyrant in the Resident Evil films and for portraying Ser Jorah Mormont on Game of Thrones. Other notable roles include John Hanning Speke in Mountains of the Moon, Sir Richard Carlisle in Downton Abbey, the title role in Jack Taylor and Jarrod Slade in Cleverman. Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Family 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 Selected theatre 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External links Early life and education Iain Glen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and educated at the Edinburgh Academy, an independent school for boys ( now co-educational ), followed by the University of Aberdeen. He then trained at RADA in London, where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. Career This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( January 2016 ) In 1990, Glen won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Silent Scream. In the same year he was cast as Hamlet, Prince of Denmark in Tom Stoppard 's film adaptation of his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in The Blue Room opposite Nicole Kidman. It was announced in 2009 that Glen would star as Ser Jorah Mormont in the HBO series Game of Thrones. In 2010, he played the role of Father Octavian, leader of a sect of clerics who were on a mission against the Weeping Angels in `` The Time of Angels '' and `` Flesh and Stone '', a two - episode story which formed part of the fifth season of the revived television series Doctor Who. He appeared in the second series of Downton Abbey, as Sir Richard Carlisle, a tabloid publisher who is a suitor to, and subsequently engaged to, Lady Mary. From 2010 to the present Glen has played the title character in the Irish TV crime series Jack Taylor adapted from the novels by Ken Bruen. In the 2012 BBC drama series Prisoners ' Wives, he plays Paul, the husband of Francesca, whose comfortable life comes crashing down when he is imprisoned for drug trafficking. Also in 2012, he starred in a new 4 - part BBC Radio 4 adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz, directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko. In 2013, he played the lead in the new play Longing. From 6 December 2013 until early January 2014 Glen starred alongside Richard McCabe in Fortune 's Fool at the Old Vic, directed by Lucy Bailey. He had been due to appear in the full run until 22 February 2014 but was forced to withdraw early to recover from illness, with his role taken by his understudy Patrick Cremin and then by William Houston who joined the cast about the same time as Glen 's departure. In 2015, Glen provided the voiceover for a Vauxhall Mokka advertisement. Family Glen is the younger brother of Hamish Glen, artistic director of the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, and former artistic director of the Dundee Repertory Theatre. He was married to Susannah Harker from 1993 to 2004 ; they have one son, Finlay ( born 1994 ). His partner is now actress Charlotte Emmerson, and they have two daughters : Mary ( born September 2007 ) and Juliet ( born 2012 ). Filmography Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont on the set of Game of Thrones Film Year Title Role Notes 1988 Paris by Night Wallace Sharp 1988 Gorillas in the Mist Brendan 1990 Mountains of the Moon John Hanning Speke 1990 Silent Scream Larry Winters 1990 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Hamlet 1990 Fools of Fortune William Quinton 1992 30 Door Key Joey 1993 The Young Americans Edward Foster 1999 Mararía Bertrand 2000 Beautiful Creatures Tony 2000 Paranoid Stan 2001 Lara Croft : Tomb Raider Manfred Powell 2001 Gabriel & Me Dad 2002 Darkness Mark 2002 The Soul Keeper Dr. Carl Gustav Jung 2003 Song for a Raggy Boy Brother John 2003 Spy Sorge Richard Sorge Resident Evil : Apocalypse Dr. Alexander Isaacs 2005 Man to Man Alexander Auchinleck 2005 Vagabond Shoes Alec Murray Short film 2005 Tara Road Danny 2005 Kingdom of Heaven Richard Cœur de Lion 2006 Small Engine Repair Doug 2007 The Last Legion Orestes 2007 Resident Evil : Extinction Dr. Alexander Isaacs / Tyrant 2007 Mrs Ratcliffe 's Revolution Frank Ratcliffe 2008 Slapper Red / Michael Simmons Short film 2009 Pope Joan Village Priest 2009 Harry Brown S.I. Childs 2009 The Case of Unfaithful Klara Denis 2011 The Iron Lady Alfred Roberts 2013 Kick - Ass 2 Uncle Ralph 2014 Guy Martin 's Spitfire Narrator Documentary 2014 Monsters Behind the Iron Curtain Narrator Documentary 2015 The Bad Education Movie Pasco 2015 Eye in the Sky James Willett 2016 Resident Evil : The Final Chapter Dr. Alexander Isaacs 2017 My Cousin Rachel Nick Kendall 2017 Dusty and Me Mickey the Bubble Post-production 2017 What About Love American Ambassador Post-production 2018 The Flood Philip Post-production Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 Taggart Scott Adair Episode : `` Knife Edge '' 1986 -- 1989 Screen Two Allan Innes / Sailor / Ray 3 episodes 1988 The Fear Carl Galton 5 episodes 1991 Adam Bede Adam Bede Television film 1992 Frankie 's House Tim Page 4 episodes 1992 Screen One Cmdr Powell Episode : `` Black and Blue '' 1993 Missus Father Pietro Salviati, Missus Television film Death of a Salesman Biff Television film 1997 Painted Lady Sebastian Stafford 2 episodes 1998 Trial & Retribution Damon Morton 2 episodes 1999 Wives and Daughters Mr. Preston 4 episodes 2000 Glasgow Kiss Stuart Morrison 6 episodes 2000 The Wyvern Mystery Charles Fairfield Television film 2000 Anchor Me Nathan Carter Television film 2002 Impact Marcus Hodge Television film 2003 Carla Daniel Television film 2005 Kidnapped Alan Breck 2 episodes 2007 Starting Over Gregor Dewhurst Television film 2007 The Relief of Belsen James Johnston Television film 2008 City of Vice John Fielding 5 episodes 2009 The Diary of Anne Frank Otto Frank 5 episodes 2009 Law & Order : UK Luke Slade Episode : `` Unsafe '' 2009 Into the Storm King George VI Television film Doctor Who Father Octavian 2 episodes Spooks Vaughn Edwards 8 episodes 2010 -- 2016 Jack Taylor Jack Taylor Series of television films 2011 Strike Back : Project Dawn Crawford 2 episodes 2011 Downton Abbey Sir Richard Carlisle 6 episodes 2011 -- present Game of Thrones Ser Jorah Mormont 48 episodes 2012 Haven Roland Holloway Episode : `` Real Estate '' 2012 Henry IV, Part II Earl of Warwick Television film 2012 -- 2013 Prisoners ' Wives Paul 10 episodes 2013 Borgia Girolamo Savonarola 2 episodes 2013 Ripper Street Colonel Madoc Faulkner Episode : `` The Weight of One Man 's Heart '' 2013 Agatha Christie 's Poirot Dr. David Willoughby Episode : `` Elephants Can Remember '' 2013 Breathless Inspector Ronald Mulligan 6 episodes 2014 -- 2015 Autopsy : The Last Hours Of Narrator 9 episodes 2014 The Red Tent Jacob 2 episodes 2016 -- present Cleverman Jarrod Slade 12 episodes 2016 -- 2017 Delicious Leo 4 episodes Selected theatre Edward II, Royal Exchange, Manchester 1986 The Man Who Had All the Luck Bristol Old Vic 1990 Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic, 1991 Macbeth ( 1993 ) Henry V ( 1995 ) Martin Guerre ( 1996 -- 1997 ) The Blue Room ( 1998 ) A Streetcar Named Desire ( 2002 ) Hedda Gabler ( 2005 ) The Crucible ( 2006 ) Scenes of a Marriage ( 2008 ) Wallenstein ( 2009, Minerva Theatre, Chichester ) -- title role Separate Tables ( 2009 ) -- roles of Mr Martin and Major Pollock -- Chichester Festival Theatre Ghosts ( 2010 ) -- also directed Uncle Vanya, The Print Room, 2012 -- title role Fortune 's Fool, The Old Vic, 2013 The Seagull Here King Lear Coriolanus She Stoops to Conquer Hapgood Road Small Engine Repair The Recruiting Officer Awards and nominations Year Title Award Result 1990 Silent Scream Silver Bear Best Actor Won 1991 Mountains of the Moon, Fools of Fortune, Silent Scream Evening Standard British Film Award Best Actor Won Hamlet Ian Charleson Award Special commendation Won Henry V Evening Standard Theatre Award Best Actor Nominated 1997 Martin Guerre Laurence Olivier Award Best Actor in a Musical Nominated 1999 The Blue Room Laurence Olivier Award Best Actor Nominated Drama League Award Best Actor Nominated 2007 The Crucible Whatsonstage.com Award Best Actor Nominated Laurence Olivier Award Best Actor Nominated 2012 Game of Thrones Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated 2013 Nominated Downton Abbey Won 2014 Game of Thrones Nominated 2015 Nominated 2016 Nominated References Jump up ^ Murphy, Mekado ( 27 December 2016 ). `` The New York Times ''. Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` Berlinale : 1990 Prize Winners ''. Berlinale.de. Retrieved 20 March 2011. Jump up ^ Fortune 's Fool at oldvictheatre.com Jump up ^ `` Game of Thrones star Iain Glen quits play with mystery illness ''. Evening Standard. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016. Jump up ^ Jan Moir ( 13 December 2013 ). Moir, Jan ( 13 December 2013 ). `` How Lady Mary 's ex fell for a VERY fiery blonde : Iain Glen on becoming a pin - up at the age of 52 ''. Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 13 December 2013. Jump up ^ `` Fortune 's Fool ''. Oldvictheatre.com. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2017. Jump up ^ Lees, Caroline. `` Classic recipes for success ''. Sunday Times. 9 February 1992 External links Official website Iain Glen on IMDb Iain Glen at the Internet Broadway Database A fansite featuring Iain Glen Awards for Iain Glen Equity Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Rake, series 1 ( 2010 ) : Box ; Brazier ; Carter ; Cormack ; Day ; Dykstra ; Joyce ; Le Marquand ; Morrell ; Pickering ; Roxburgh East West 101, series 3 ( 2011 ) : Farinacci ; Fa'aoso ; Hany ; Lim ; Nable ; Porter ; Roc Redfern Now, series 1 ( 2012 ) : Blair ; Flanagan ; Mailman ; McGrath ; Pell ; Purcell ; Rose ; Sebbens ; Yovich Redfern Now, series 2 ( 2013 ) : Blair ; Clarkson Jones ; Dingo ; Flanagan ; Hazlehurst ; Madden ; Page ; Pistorius ; Williscroft ; Wyatt ; Yovich Rake, series 3 ( 2014 ) : Allsop ; Box ; Brazier ; Cormack ; Day ; Dykstra ; Garvey ; Joyce ; Kaczmarek ; Le Marquand ; Lemon ; Malcolm ; Pickering ; Roxburgh ; Sacks The Principal ( 2015 ) : Adams ; Coco ; De Nawi ; Denkha ; Demitriades ; Dimitriades ; Foulkes ; Hanna ; Lekwape ; Matangi ; Romahn ; Xanthis ; Young ; Zahalka Cleverman ( 2016 ) : Page - Lochard, Briggs ; Collins ; Corr ; Dawson ; Glen ; Hick ; Mailman ; O'Connor ; Towney ; Walton. Silver Bear for Best Actor Burt Lancaster ( 1956 ) Pedro Infante ( 1957 ) Sidney Poitier ( 1958 ) Jean Gabin ( 1959 ) Fredric March ( 1960 ) Peter Finch ( 1961 ) James Stewart ( 1962 ) Sidney Poitier ( 1963 ) Rod Steiger ( 1964 ) Lee Marvin ( 1965 ) Jean - Pierre Léaud ( 1966 ) Michel Simon ( 1967 ) Jean - Louis Trintignant ( 1968 ) Jean Gabin ( 1971 ) Alberto Sordi ( 1972 ) Vlastimil Brodský ( 1975 ) Gerhard Olschewski ( 1976 ) Fernando Fernán Gómez ( 1977 ) Craig Russell ( 1978 ) Michele Placido ( 1979 ) Andrzej Seweryn ( 1980 ) Anatoly Solonitsyn / Jack Lemmon ( 1981 ) Stellan Skarsgård / Michel Piccoli ( 1982 ) Bruce Dern ( 1983 ) Albert Finney ( 1984 ) Fernando Fernán Gómez ( 1985 ) Tuncel Kurtiz ( 1986 ) Gian Maria Volontè ( 1987 ) Jörg Pose / Manfred Möck ( 1988 ) Gene Hackman ( 1989 ) Iain Glen ( 1990 ) Maynard Eziashi ( 1991 ) Armin Mueller - Stahl ( 1992 ) Denzel Washington ( 1993 ) Tom Hanks ( 1994 ) Paul Newman ( 1995 ) Sean Penn ( 1996 ) Leonardo DiCaprio ( 1997 ) Samuel L. Jackson ( 1998 ) Michael Gwisdek ( 1999 ) Denzel Washington ( 2000 ) Benicio del Toro ( 2001 ) Jacques Gamblin ( 2002 ) Sam Rockwell ( 2003 ) Daniel Hendler ( 2004 ) Lou Taylor Pucci ( 2005 ) Moritz Bleibtreu ( 2006 ) Julio Chávez ( 2007 ) Reza Naji ( 2008 ) Sotigui Kouyaté ( 2009 ) Grigoriy Dobrygin / Sergei Puskepalis ( 2010 ) Peyman Moaadi / Shahab Hosseini / Ali - Asghar Shahbazi / Babak Karimi ( 2011 ) Mikkel Følsgaard ( 2012 ) Nazif Mujić ( 2013 ) Liao Fan ( 2014 ) Tom Courtenay ( 2015 ) Majd Mastoura ( 2016 ) Georg Friedrich ( 2017 ) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series ( 2010 -- 2019 ) 2010 : Boardwalk Empire, season 1 Antonacci Buscemi Coleman Graham de la Huerta Laciura Macdonald Mol Palladino Piazza Pitt Shannon Sparks Stuhlbarg Weiner Whigham 2011 : Boardwalk Empire, season 2 Buscemi Chianese Clohessy Coleman Cox J. Gallina L. Gallina Graham Huston Laciura Lind Macdonald D. McTigue R. McTigue Mol B. Noon C. Noon O'Rourke Palladino Pennewill Piazza Pitt Shannon Sparks Stuhlbarg Van Wagner Whigham Williams Yusef 2012 : Downton Abbey, series 2 Bonneville Boyle Carmichael Carter Coyle Dockery Findlay Finneran Froggatt Glen Howes James - Collier Leech Logan McGovern McShera Nicol Nuttall Robb Smith Stevens Wilton 2013 : Breaking Bad, season 5, part II Bowen Brandt Cranston Crawford Fletcher Fraser Gunn Metzler Mitte Norris Odenkirk Paul Plemons Quezada Rankin Sane 2014 : Downton Abbey, series 4 Bonneville Carmichael Carter Coyle Dockery Doyle Froggatt James James - Collier Leech Logan McGovern McShera Milne Robb Smith Speleers Theobold Wilton 2015 : Downton Abbey, series 5 Bonneville Carmichael Carter Cassidy Coyle Dockery Doyle Froggatt James James - Collier Leech Logan McGovern McShera Nicol Ovenden Smith Wilton 2016 : Stranger Things, season 1 Brown Buono Chrest Dyer Harbour Heaton Keery Matarazzo McLaughlin Modine Morgan Reynolds Ryder Schnapp Steger Wolfhard Complete list ( 1994 -- 1999 ) ( 2000 -- 2009 ) ( 2010 -- present ) VIAF : 66675578 LCCN : nr2001000120 ISNI : 0000 0001 2102 0236 GND : 129548448 SUDOC : 128598212 BNF : cb14181875w ( data ) NLA : 42223726 NKC : xx0176100 IATH : w6g770f2 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iain_Glen&oldid=801327562 '' Categories : 1961 births Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Living people Royal Shakespeare Company members Scottish male film actors Scottish male stage actors Scottish male television actors British male film actors Scottish male Shakespearean actors British male television actors Male actors from Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Aberdeen People educated at Edinburgh Academy 20th - century Scottish male actors 21st - century Scottish male actors Silver Bear for Best Actor winners Audio book narrators Hidden categories : Use British English from April 2014 Use dmy dates from July 2017 Articles with hCards BLP articles lacking sources from January 2016 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles with IBDb links Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLA identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά Español فارسی Français Galego 한국어 Հայերեն Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Қазақша Latina Magyar მარგალური Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Suomi Svenska தமிழ் Türkçe Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 19 September 2017, at 01 : 12. 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Question: who plays sir richard carlisle in downton abbey
Answer: Iain Glen