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Jamie Dornan Biography

James Dornan (born 1 May 1982) is an actor, model, and musician from Northern Ireland. He played Sheriff Graham Humbert in the ABC series Once Upon a Time (2011–2013), and serial killer Paul Spector in the BBC Two and RTÉ One crime drama series The Fall (2013–2016), the latter of which was nominated for British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. In film, he portrayed Axel von Fersen in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006), Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades franchise (2015–2018), and Jan Kubiš in Anthropoid (2016).

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Most of the crew were staying in Monaco. But my family and I were actually staying in Nice because I had my whole family there and we wanted a little more space and to stay in a hotel. The truth is we were asleep [when the attack Bastille Day terror happened] and woke up the next morning to it and it was obviously horrific. And then the idea of going out and filming, it just felt so stupid to be working the next day and pretending that everything's cool when you're making some frivolous thing.

Morning, Stupid, Nice, Attack, Whole, Obviously

I was and still am a massive fan of [Murphy] Cillian's work - always have been. Obviously he's a great deal older than me, so I've sort of grew up watching Cillian's work. But I'm very much a fan.

Deals, Fans, Grew Up, Older, Watching, Work

I can't really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead I go swimming as often as possible.

Running, Swimming, Used, Instead, Ground

I’m quite hyper, and my wife would prefer it if I sat down and read a book.

Book, Down And, Hyper, Prefer, Quite, Wife

I'd known plenty of people who'd worked with Cillian [Murphy], and he was one of those people I'd only heard good things about. It's pleasing when it works like this. As Cillian said, it's not always like that.

People, Good Things, Said, Things, Cillian

There's very exciting directors who haven't made a feature yet. That's what's cool about the job - the ever-changing landscape of people you could potentially work with.

Directors, Feature, Jobs, People

I'm not afraid to play the role of Christian Grey. Because I'm not like him. But I perfectly understand him. I never thought that he was a monster. He is simply woven from desires. As every one of us.

Christian, Desire, Like, Monster, Play, Understand

You want roles that challenge you and that scare you a little and where you can really discover something, even about yourself, that maybe you didn't understand.

Challenge, Challenges, Roles, Scare

I guess I'm just lucky with my genes.

Genes, Guess, Lucky

Jamie Foley - he's a very different energy to [director] Sam [Taylor-Johnson]. The whole experience was actually quite different.

Different, Director, Directors, Energy, Experience

I got to watch Anthropoid with this Czech audience and the story means so much to the Czech people so watching it with that audience was kind of terrifying but they responded very well.

Mean, People, Story, Watches, Watching

Everyone likes a bit of competition.

Bits, Competition, Everyone, Likes

I've always needed to bulk up, so until the modeling took off I was ramming Big Macs down my throat and doing plenty of bodyweight work. I'm over the Big Macs now, but I'll still drop down and do my press ups whenever I find the time.

Bigs, Bulk, Down And, Macs, Took, Ups

I don't like my physique. Who does? I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.

Growing Up, Guy, Kids, Physique, Same

Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.

Long, Generations, Stories, Generation, Fairytales

It's not like I cleaned up with girls. I always looked young and I was very small; I hated being 'cute. '

Cleaned, Cute, Girl, Young

You're in a very nice position as an actor when you're portraying a piece of history that actually happened and portraying characters that actually existed. There's so much more to draw on and your research as an actor becomes much easier than if it's some fiction that you're trying to create a world around and background and history.

Nice, Character, Trying, Easier, Piece, World

That tag - underwear model - I just can't get rid of it. And it's such a bizarre, specific thing - underwear. It's like I never modelled clothes.

Bizarre, Clothes, Like, Model, Tag, Underwear

I think you've really got to cling to what makes sense to you. Obviously, I'm not a serial murderer in my real life, so that's where you have to delve into and do all the research. But, you have to find something likable in the character.

Character, Life, Real, Think, Thinking

I think you only watch stuff you've done once because I don't think it's that beneficial to you. I think it's important to sometimes be like, 'What's that thing I'm doing with my face? I didn't think I was doing that. '

Important, Like, Thing, Think, Thinking, Watches

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