Iain Glen Biography

IAIN GLEN

Date of Birth: June 24, 1961

This Edinburgh, Scotland native was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and University of Aberdeen. He continued to work on his acting skills while attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England.

Following his graduation, where he won the Bancroft medal, he appeared on stage performing in such plays as Macbeth, and Henry V.

In 1988, Glen landed his first screen role, as Carl Galton in the television series The Fear. From the experience he gathered here, he crossed over into feature work completing various projects including Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Rosencratz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) playing Hamlet, and Silent Scream (1990) for which he won a Silver Berlin Bear for Best Acting Performance from the Berlin International Film Festival.

For the next ten years most of his talent was confined to the small screen. Telefilms and mini-series made up most of his resume. Landing starring roles in Adam Bede, Frankie's House and Black and Blue (all telefilms), as well as in the mini-series, Painted Lady and Glasgow Kiss, Glen became known to British viewers while remaining oblivious to American audiences.

In 1998 he returned to stage to star opposite Nicole Kidman in The Blue Room, which opened to rave reviews. Three years later he found himself back on the big screen in the eyes of viewers on both sides of the pond with performances in Beautiful Creatures (2001) and video-game- turned-movie Tomb Raider (2001) playing Angelina Jolie's arch villain, Powell. Returning to stage, he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play for The Crucible in 2007. In 2008 he starred in Scenes From a Marriage directed by Trevor Nunn at the Belgrade Theatre and in 2009 he played the title role in the world premiere of the play Wallenstein at the Chichester Festival.

In 2011, Glen joined the cast of the massively popular HBO series Game of Thrones. He can still be seen in his role as Jorah Mormont. On top of his successful television career, Glen has continued working on the big screen. Most recently, he appeared in the thriller Eye in the Sky (2016), starring Helen Mirren, the sci-fi sequel Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017), once again starring Milla Jovovich, and the period drama My Cousin Rachel (2017), starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin.

Glen married British actress Susannah Harker (who played Jane Bennet in the mini-series Pride and Predjudice) in 1993. They have a son, Finlay, but in 2004 they divorced. He also has two daughters with his second wife, actress Charlotte Emmerson.

Filmography:

The Lost Girls (2022)
The Windermere Children (2020)
The Racer (2020)
Black Beauty (2020)
The Flood (2019)
My Cousin Rachel (2017)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
Dusty and Me Mickey the Bubble (2016)
The Bad Education Movie (2015)
Eye in the Sky James Willett (2015)
Guy Martin's Spitfire (2014)
Monsters Behind the Iron Curtain (2014)
Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
The Iron Lady (2011)
Pope Joan (2009)
Harry Brown (2009)
The Case of Unfaithful Klara (2009)
The Last Legion (2007)
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)
Small Engine Repair (2006)
Man to Man (2005)
Tara Road (2005)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
Spy Sorge (2003)
Darkness (2002)
The Soul Keeper (2002)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Gabriel & Me (2001)
Beautiful Creatures (2000)
Paranoid (2000)
Mararía (1999)
The Young Americans (1993)
30 Door Key (1991)
Fools of Fortune (1990)
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Silent Scream (1990)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
Paris by Night (1988)
Gorillas in the Mist (1988)