Jerome Flynn is an English film and theater actor, musician. He has three dozen roles in various television and film projects. Popularity around the world brought Flynn roles in projects: "Kafka", "Soldier, Soldier", "Ripper Street", "Black Mirror", "Game of Thrones", "John Wick 3".
In the creative biography of Flynn, there are many interesting works on the theater stage and in the cinema. In addition, Flynn is known as an excellent musician and performer. He was a member of the Robson & Jerome duo, which for a long time was at the top of the charts in England in the late 1990s.
Flynn was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work on Game of Thrones. His supporting role in the Ripper Streets project earned the artist a BAFTA nomination.
early years
The boy was born in England in the spring of 1963. His father was a famous musician and actor, and his mother was a teacher of drama at the university.
Jerome has a brother, Daniel, who also later became an actor. Parents divorced when Flynn was still a schoolboy. Soon, his father married a second time and Jerome had a half-brother Johnny, who became a famous singer and actor, and two sisters: Kelly and Lilly.
Jerome has been interested in creativity since early childhood. During his school years, he began to professionally study music, write his own songs, participate in theatrical performances and concerts. The boy had no doubt that a wonderful creative career awaits him in the future.
After completing his primary education, Flynn went on to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic and Public Speaking.
Creative career
Jerome first appeared on the screens in television projects that aired in England. These were minor roles in films: American Theater, Second Screen, Trouble, Bergerac, Boone.
In the early 1990s, Flynn starred in several episodes of the hit TV series Between the Lines. Soon he got one of the main roles in the project "Soldier, Soldier", where he played Paddy Garvey - corporal of the royal riflemen.
For this project, Flynn, together with his friend actor and musician Robson Green, wrote a musical composition that became so popular that it was released as a separate single.
The disc indicated that the song was being performed by the "Pobson & Jerome" duo. The song "Unchained Melody" very quickly climbed to the top of the English charts and stayed there for two months.
The record sold nearly two million copies, becoming the best-selling album in 1996. The duo were nominated for the Music Week Awards in the categories: Best Album, Best Single. In the future, the duo successfully performed on stage for several more years and recorded two albums, and several compositions were again nominated for a music award.
In the early 2000s, Flynn continued to act in films. He has appeared on the screen in several television projects: "Don't Leave Me Along the Way", "Exemplary Guys", "The Secrets of Ruth Rendell".
Soon the actor was invited to the "Game of Thrones" project, where he starred as the mercenary Bronn.
Another successful work of Flynn was the lead role in the BBC series "The Streets of the Ripper." Then he appeared in one of the episodes of the film "Black Mirror", and in 2019 - in the film "John Wick 3".
Flynn took part in the scoring of the animated feature film Van Gogh. Love, Vincent. The film was nominated for Oscar, Golden Globe, Golden Eagle, British Film Academy and European Film Academy.
In 2020, it is planned to launch a new series "The Dark Tower", based on the work of Stephen King, where Flynn will play one of the central roles.
Personal life
Flynn has been a vegetarian since childhood and even a member of one of the international communities.
Almost nothing is known about the actor's family life.
In 2002, on the set of Game of Thrones, Jerome began an affair with Lena Headey. Their relationship lasted no more than a year, ended in a complete break. The actors even stopped talking to each other on the set, and in the future they never starred together in any scene.
