(Born Dec. 01, 1961) Jeremy Northam is an English actor. He made his American film debut in The Net (1995), but has appeared more frequently in British films such as Carrington (1995), Emma (1996), The Winslow Boy (1999), An Ideal Husband (1999), Enigma (2001) and as Welsh actor and singer Ivor Novello in Gosford Park (2001).