Stephen Campbell Moore

Stephen Campbell Moore (born Stephen Moore Thorpe, 30 November 1979) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys and the film based on it. He has starred in the sci-fi television series War of the Worlds (2019–2021).

Stephen Campbell Moore
Campbell Moore at the Noël Coward Theatre in Photograph 51
Born	Stephen Moore Thorpe (1979-11-30) 30 November 1979 (age 45) London, England
Alma mater	Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Claire Foy ​ ​ (m. 2014; sep. 2018)​ [1]
Partner	Sophie Cookson (2018–present)
Children	2

Career

Stephen Campbell Moore was born in London as Stephen Moore Thorpe. He was educated at Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire (appearing locally in the Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival) and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, alongside Orlando Bloom, where he was awarded the gold medal in his final year.^[2] He made his screen debut in Stephen Fry's Bright Young Things. He is primarily a screen actor. On stage he has performed with the RSC and the Royal National Theatre.^[3]

Campbell Moore created the role of Irwin in the original West End stage production of Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, and also played the character in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions and in the film version of the play.^[4][5][6][7]

Bennett, participating in a question-and-answer session with the play's director, Nicholas Hytner, said: "I think, of the three teachers, Stephen Campbell Moore, who plays Irwin, has the hardest job because he doesn't have the audience's sympathy until two-thirds of the way through the second act. Both Hector and Mrs Lintott have the audience on their side whereas he – who is teaching and getting results, which, in the ordinary way, parents would approve of – is not thought to be sympathetic until he reveals himself as quite vulnerable. That came as a surprise to me when I saw it rehearsed. In a sense, it takes the actors to show you what you've written".^[8]

Reviewing the play for The Guardian in May 2004, Michael Billington wrote: "Stephen Campbell Moore makes Irwin both meretricious in his methods, yet effective in his results".^[9]

In 2004, he starred as Lord Darlington alongside Scarlett Johansson in A Good Woman, based on Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde, shot on location in Italy. In the same year, Campbell Moore played the part of Hugh Stanbury in Andrew Davies' BBC adaptation of Anthony Trollope's novel He Knew He Was Right.^[10][11]

In 2005, he starred as Edward VIII alongside Joely Richardson as Wallis Simpson in the British television drama Wallis & Edward. In 2008, he appeared in one episode of the television series Lark Rise to Candleford as headteacher James Delafield, featuring alongside star Julia Sawalha, and had a regular role in the BBC series Ashes to Ashes. He worked on the ABC miniseries Ben-Hur in 2009, and appeared in the 2011 film Season of the Witch. In 2012, he starred as Titus in Jean Racine's Berenice, alongside Anne-Marie Duff in the title role, at the Donmar Warehouse in London.^{[citation needed]}

Campbell Moore played the role of Viscount Hugh Trimingham in the BBC's 2015 adaptation of L. P. Hartley's novel The Go-Between.^[12]

The same year, he played the role of Maurice Wilkins in Anna Ziegler's play Photograph 51, with Michael Billington writing: "The play is also anything but a one-person show. Stephen Campbell Moore catches perfectly the obduracy and awkwardness of Maurice Wilkins, forever tugging at his slightly too-long sleeves".^[13]

In 2017, he stayed in the cast of the BBC series The Last Post despite learning shortly before the start of filming that he required surgery.^[14]

An August 2018 announcement indicated that Campbell Moore would be among the new cast to join the original actors in the feature film Downton Abbey, which started principal photography at about the same time.^[15]

Recognition and awards

Campbell Moore was nominated for a 2006 Drama Desk Award for his work on the Broadway production of The History Boys.^[16]

Personal life

He underwent surgery to remove brain tumours in 2012 and 2017.^[14]

Campbell Moore married actress Claire Foy in 2014.^[17] They met while working together on the film Season of the Witch.^[18] They have a daughter together, born in 2015. In February 2018, Foy confirmed that the couple had separated.^[19]

In 2017, he met actress Sophie Cookson on the set of Red Joan; they reportedly began dating in November 2018.^[20] They have one child together, born in 2020.^[21]

Credits

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
2004–2006	The History Boys	Irwin	Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, South Bank (2004–5) Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (2006) St. James Theatre, Wellington (2006) Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney (2006) Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway (2006)
2010	All My Sons[22]	Chris Keller	Apollo Theatre, West End, London
2011	Clybourne Park[23]		Wyndham's Theatre, West End, London
2012	Berenice[24]		Donmar Warehouse, West End, London
2013	Chimerica	Joe Schofield	Almeida Theatre, London
2015	Photograph 51	Maurice Wilkins	Noël Coward Theatre, London
2023	When Winston Went to War with the Wireless	John Reith	Donmar Warehouse, London

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Bright Young Things	Adam Fenwick-Symes
2004	A Good Woman	Lord Darlington
2006	Amazing Grace	James Stephen
	The History Boys	Irwin
2008	The Bank Job	Kevin Swain
	Burlesque Fairytales	Peter Blythe-Smith
	The Children	Jonah
2011	Season of the Witch	Debelzaq
	Johnny English Reborn	The Prime Minister
2015	Man Up	Ed
	The Lady in the Van	Doctor
	The Ones Below	Justin
	Burnt	Jack
2017	Goodbye Christopher Robin	Ernest Shepard
2018	Red Joan	Max
2019	Downton Abbey	Major Chetwode
2023	Freud's Last Session	J. R. R. Tolkien
2024	The Union	Cameron Foster

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Byron	John Cam Hobhouse	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2004	He Knew He Was Right	Hugh Stanbury	Miniseries, 4 episodes
2005	Wallis & Edward	Edward VIII	Television film
2006	Hustle	Quenton Cornfoot	1 episode
2008	Lark Rise to Candleford	James Delafield	1 episode
	Ashes to Ashes	Evan White	Recurring role, 8 episodes
2009	A Short Stay in Switzerland	Edward	Television film
2010	Ben Hur	Messala	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2011	Just Henry	Joseph Dodge	Television film
2012	Titanic	Thomas Andrews	Miniseries, 4 episodes
	Hunted	Stephen Turner	Miniseries, 8 episodes
2013	Complicit	Tony Coveney	Television film
	The Wrong Mans	Smoke	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2014	Our Zoo	Reverend Aaron Webb	Main role, 6 episodes
2015	The Go-Between	Viscount Hugh Trimingham	Television film
2016	Stag	Johnners	Miniseries, 3 episodes
2017	The Child in Time	Charles	Television film
	The Last Post	Lieutenant Ed Laithwaite	Main role, 6 episodes
2018	Action Team	Agent 49	1 episode
2019	Traitors	Phillip Jarvis	Miniseries, 2 episodes
	Responsible Child	Dr. Johann Keaton	Television film
2019–2021	War of the Worlds	Jonathon Gresham	Main role, 15 episodes
2021	The One	Damien Brown	Main role, 8 episodes
2022	Anne	Edward Fitzgerald	Miniseries, 1 episode
	The Confessions of Frannie Langton	George Benham	Miniseries, 4 episodes
	Litvinenko	Ben Emmerson	Miniseries, 1 episode
2024	Criminal Record	Leo Hanratty	Main role, 2 episodes
	Masters of the Air	Major Marvin "Red" Bowman	Miniseries, 8 episodes
	The Gold	Tony Lundy	1 episode

Video game

Year	Title	Role	Company	Notes
2015	Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward	Regula van Hydrus	Square Enix

References

1. Stone, Natalie (22 February 2018). "The Crown's Claire Foy Separates from Her Husband After 4 Years of Marriage". Retrieved 19 September 2021.
2. Davies, Serena (24 May 2004). "Stephen Campbell Moore, actor". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
3. "Stephen Campbell Moore". nationaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
4. "Internet Broadway Database: Stephen Campbell Moore – Credits on Broadway". Retrieved 12 November 2006.
5. "National Theatre: Productions: The History Boys 2004". Retrieved 17 October 2006.
6. "The History Boys – Arts Reviews". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 March 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2006.
7. "John Smythe: theatre reviews: NZIAF – The History Boys: More is more". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2006.
8. "The truth behind the History Boys". The Daily Telegraph. London. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
9. Billington, Michael (19 May 2004). "The History Boys". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
10. "He Knew He Was Right (2004 TV Mini-Series): Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
11. "Press Office: He Knew He Was Right – new Andrew Davies adaptation of Anthony Trollope novel for BBC ONE". BBC. 12 July 2003. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
12. "BBC One: The Go-Between – Credits". BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
13. Billington, Michael (14 September 2015). "Photograph 51 review – Nicole Kidman captures the ecstasy of scientific discovery". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
14. "The Last Post's Stephen Campbell Moore: 'I had a brain tumour removed eight weeks ago'". The Daily Telegraph. London. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
15. Imelda Staunton, Geraldine James Join 'Downton Abbey' Movie
16. "2006 – Drama Desk Awards – Nominations". Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
17. Radio Times, 29 January 2015, p.16
18. independent.co.uk, 12 February 2012
19. Proudfoot, Jenny (23 February 2018). "Claire Foy has confirmed her divorce from husband Stephen Campbell Moore". Marie Claire. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
20. "Damian in The One: Stephen Campbell Moore has a very famous ex-wife!". Entertainment Daily. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
21. "Sophie Cookson enjoys a walk with her baby and partner Steven Campbell Moore". London News Time. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
22. Bennett, Ray (31 May 2010). "All My Sons – Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
23. Clybourne Park in the West End http://www.clybournepark.co.uk/
24. Berenice "Berenice - Donmar Warehouse". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

External links

• Stephen Campbell Moore at IMDb
• Stephen Campbell Moore at the Internet Broadway Database