Jeremy Strong (born December 25, 1978) is an American actor. He is
best known for his role as Kendall Roy on the HBO television series
Succession (2018â€"present), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award
for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2020. Strong has also
appeared in a number of films, including Lincoln (2012), Zero Dark
Thirty (2012), Selma (2014), The Big Short (2015), Molly's Game
(2017), and The Gentlemen (2019).Strong was born in Boston, to a
hospice nurse mother and a father who works in juvenile justice, and
attended public schools in Boston and Sudbury. He graduated from Yale
University, where he starred in a number of plays, with a degree in
English. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and the
Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. He made his Broadway debut in
2008.Strong was chosen as the 2008/2009 Leonore Annenberg Fellow by
Lincoln Center Theater. He was nominated for best off-Broadway
performance twice within a three-year period. He appeared on Broadway
in A Man for All Seasons and starred in numerous Off-Broadway
productions.Strong married Emma Wall, a Danish psychiatrist, in 2016.
They have two daughters: Ingrid (born April 2018 in Copenhagen) and
Clara (born November 2019 in New York). Strong and his family live in
Copenhagen.
best known for his role as Kendall Roy on the HBO television series
Succession (2018â€"present), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award
for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2020. Strong has also
appeared in a number of films, including Lincoln (2012), Zero Dark
Thirty (2012), Selma (2014), The Big Short (2015), Molly's Game
(2017), and The Gentlemen (2019).Strong was born in Boston, to a
hospice nurse mother and a father who works in juvenile justice, and
attended public schools in Boston and Sudbury. He graduated from Yale
University, where he starred in a number of plays, with a degree in
English. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and the
Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. He made his Broadway debut in
2008.Strong was chosen as the 2008/2009 Leonore Annenberg Fellow by
Lincoln Center Theater. He was nominated for best off-Broadway
performance twice within a three-year period. He appeared on Broadway
in A Man for All Seasons and starred in numerous Off-Broadway
productions.Strong married Emma Wall, a Danish psychiatrist, in 2016.
They have two daughters: Ingrid (born April 2018 in Copenhagen) and
Clara (born November 2019 in New York). Strong and his family live in
Copenhagen.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.