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Jamie Sives

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Jamie Sives
Born (1973-08-14) 14 August 1973 (age 51)
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Jamie Sives (/ˈsvəs/ SEE-vəs; born 14 August 1973) is a Scottish actor.

Sives was born in Lochend, Edinburgh.[1] He studied at Leith Academy. Sives attended Leith Academy with future Guilt co-star Mark Bonnar. During their time at school, Bonnar and Sives acted in a play together.[2] Sives worked as a scaffolder, as a postman, and as a club doorman in Edinburgh before turning to acting full-time.[1][3] In 2014 he played the lead role of King James III of Scotland in the National Theatre of Scotland's production of James III, which was also part of the Edinburgh International Festival.[4]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Film Role Notes
1999 Split Second Tony Jones TV movie
2001 Mean Machine Chiv
2002 Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Wilbur Festroia International Film Festival: Best Actor
Valladolid International Film Festival: Best Actor
Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer
Nominated – European Film Awards: Audience Award for Best Actor
Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for British Newcomer of the Year
2004 One Last Chance Fitz
2005 On a Clear Day (film) Rob
2005 Frozen Jim
2006 A Woman in Winter Michael
2006 Love and Other Disasters Finlay McMillian
2007 Hallam Foe Alasdair
2007 Wedding Belles Gordon TV movie
2008 Last Chance Harvey Doctor Butler
2009 Valhalla Rising Gorm - Christian Viking
2009 Triage David
2010 One Night in Emergency Nick TV movie
2010 It's a Wonderful Afterlife Detective Hughes
2010 Clash of the Titans Captain
2010 Get Him to the Greek Aldous's Mate in London
2010 The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich Hamilton
2013 Rush BRM Mechanic
2013 A Very Unsettled Summer Daniel
2015 In the Heart of the Sea Cole
2016 Moon Dogs Maurice
2017 Rearview Paul
2017 The Voyage of the Heretique Jack Palmer
2018 Wild Rose Sam
2019 Intrigo: Dear Agnes Peter
2019 Trick or Treat Lesley

Television

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Year Show Role Notes
1999 Holby City Ellie's Ex Episode: "Brave Heart"
1999 The Bill Jerry Baker Episode: "Makeover"
1999 Psychos Paul Hammond 1 episode
1999 Roger Roger Barman 1 episode
2000 Taggart DC Alvie Buchanan Episode: "Ghost Rider"
2000 Glasgow Kiss Paul Gilchrist 4 episodes
2002 Ultimate Force Simon Episode: "Just a Target"
2002–03 Rockface Peter Craig 13 episodes
2005 To the Ends of the Earth 1st Lieutenant Summers 3 episodes
2006 Doctor Who Captain Reynolds Episodes: "Tooth and Claw"
2007 Secret Diary of a Call Girl Jay 1 episode
2008 Trial & Retribution Kevin Reid 1 episode
2008 The Passion Apostle John 3 episodes
2008 Waking the Dead Rob Lomax Episode: "Duty and Honour"
2008 Silent Witness Ryan McBride Episode: "Safe"
2011 Outcasts Leon 1 episode
2011 Game of Thrones Jory Cassel 5 episodes
2011 New Tricks Mark Slater Episode: "Old Fossils"
2012 Secret State Lee Foulds 4 episodes
2013 The Guilty Jeb Colman 3 episodes
2017 In the Dark DCI Jack Gosforth 4 episodes
2018 Hard Sun Chris Chapel 1 episode
2017–18 Frontier McTaggart 11 episodes
2019 The Victim Lenny Dean 4 episodes
2019 Chernobyl Sitnikov 2 episodes
2021 Crime DI Dougie Gillman 6 episodes
2019–23 Guilt Jake McCall 12 episodes
2021–23 Annika DS Michael McAndrews 12 episodes
2023 Shetland Cal Innes 6 episodes

Short films

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Year Title Role Director
1999 Poof Ian Wise Jes Benstock, Graeme Kennedy
1999 Dead on Time Zammo James Larkin
2000 Fish Calumn Robert Cavanah
2004 The Race George McInnes Donald Mackinnon
2004 The Knickerman The Knickerman Sonja Phillips
2010 Tremblay-en-France James Vincent Vizioz
2012 Volume Nik Mahalia Belo
2014 Front Mental Mickey Kevin Wright
2018 Wale O'Brian Barnaby Blackburn

References

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  1. ^ a b Stephen Applebaum (20 November 2003). "Jamie Sives in Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself) – Interview". BBC. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  2. ^ Dalgetty, Lee (28 May 2023). "Guilt stars Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives talk Edinburgh school days and 'bittersweet' final season". Edinburgh Live. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Jamie and his magic touch". The Scotsman. 2 July 2005. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  4. ^ "James III: The True Mirror". www.nationaltheatre.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
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