Jamie Bamber

In 2026, he joined the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Ned Roper.

• Name — Jamie Bamber • Birth Name — Jamie St John Bamber Griffith • Born — 3 April 1973 • Birthplace — Hammersmith, London, England • Occupation — Actor • Education — St Paul's School • Alma Mater — St John's College, Cambridge London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art • Years Active — 1998–present • Spouse — Kerry Norton • Children — 3

Jamie St John Bamber Griffith was born in Hammersmith, London, England, to Ralph and Elizabeth Griffith. His father is from the United States and his mother is from Northern Ireland. At the time Bamber was born, his father was a management consultant. Bamber has five brothers and one sister, actress Anastasia Griffith. Bamber was educated at St Paul's School in London, and graduated with a first in modern languages (Italian and French) from St John's College, Cambridge, before attending and graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He is fluent in both Italian and French, having spent part of his childhood in Paris. Bamber appeared in the 1994 student film Shifting Sands.

Beginning in 2003, Bamber starred as Lee 'Apollo' Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica that started as a miniseries and served as a backdoor pilot for the 2004 television series on the US Sci Fi Channel (now Syfy). The show received critical acclaim and received a Peabody Award plus a number of nominations in its four-season run; Bamber was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television for Battlestar Galactica in 2004. In the role of Lee Adama, Bamber speaks with an American accent which is frequently cited for its accuracy; he credits being exposed to his father's American accent from childhood. He also darkened his hair in an effort to more closely resemble Edward James Olmos, who plays his character's father. Reciprocally, Olmos wore contact lenses with blue irises to match Bamber's eyes. Bamber wrote the foreword for Titan Books' Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season Three by David Bassom. Of the show's dramatic resonance, he said:... that's what good drama lets us do. It allows us to see and to feel things we otherwise would not. And great drama allows us to do that on every level: the psychological, the personal and the political. I am proud to say that in the pared down world of Battlestar Galactica, there is no plot, no character and no relationship that does not breathe the oxygen of all three levels at once.

• Illustration — Bamber at Japan Expo in Paris in July 2009 Bamber is also well known for his role as DS Matt Devlin, the younger partner of veteran detective DS Ronnie Brooks (Bradley Walsh) on Law & Order: UK for the show's first five series, from 2009 to 2011. He played Lieutenant Archibald "Archie" Kennedy in the ITV series Hornblower, appearing in five of the eight television films in which Kennedy (rising in ranks from midshipman to fourth lieutenant) has a much expanded role from that essayed in C.S. Forester's novels. Bamber also appeared as a trainee doctor in the final series of long running ITV soap Peak Practice, and portrayed an SAS officer in Ultimate Force; it was on a break from the latter, which he subsequently revealed was a job that he was not entirely happy with, that he traveled to Los Angeles and read for Battlestar Galactica. Bamber guest starred in the second season premiere of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse where his character is wed to Echo (played by Eliza Dushku) during one of her missions; he also reunited with his Battlestar Galactica co-star Tahmoh Penikett in the episode. In the BBC's Outcasts, Bamber portrayed a hot-tempered expeditionary leader amongst colonists of a distant planet in the late 21st century; though he had been offered a larger part in the series, he elected to take the supporting role in part because he was wary of following up Battlestar Galactica with another sci-fi series that bore a few similarities. Other TV series in which he has made guest appearances include CSI: Miami, NCIS, House, Cold Case, Ghost Whisperer, The Last Detective, Body of Proof, Perception, Rizzoli & Isles, and the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. He played the role of detective Caolán Longstreet in 17th Precinct, a pilot by Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore described as a police drama which takes place in a world governed by magic. The pilot was not picked up by NBC for the fall 2011 season; it would have also re-united him with his Galactica co-stars James Callis and Tricia Helfer. • Illustration — Bamber at the 2007 Scream Awards Bamber starred as neurosurgeon Dr. Tyler Wilson in Monday Mornings, the David E. Kelley-produced series for TNT, co-executive-produced by Sanjay Gupta and based on his novel of the same name. The series debuted in February 2013; it was cancelled after one season. In 2014 he played the lead role of Kev Allison, a London firefighter struggling to keep his personal and professional relationships together after a life-altering accident on the job, in The Smoke, a Kudos Television drama for Sky1 in the UK. He then had supporting roles in two UK series: Marcella, returning for a second series in 2018; and Fearless. He also played a recurring role in the 2018 STARZ series Counterpart and starred as Colonel Alexander Coltrane in the Cinemax series Strike Back. He played Archie Hughes, Martha's business partner and ex-fiance, in the BBC TV series Beyond Paradise, which started airing in 2023. In July 2026, Bamber was announced to be joining the cast of the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Ned Roper, the partner of Gemma Hawkins, who is the sister of established character Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington), arriving alongside several other members of the Hawkins family.

Bamber's stage appearances include Prince Hal in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 at the Bristol Old Vic in 2002; and in 2005 he appeared as Mephistopheles in Dr. Faustus; at the Liverpool Playhouse. He has also acted in radio serials; major roles include Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited and Philip in Where Angels Fear to Tread for BBC Radio 4.

Bamber is married to English actress and singer Kerry Norton, who played Ishay, Doc Cottle's assistant, on Battlestar Galactica. The couple have three daughters.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1998–2001 — Hornblower — Midshipman/Acting Lt./Lt. Archie Kennedy — 5 television films • 1999 — The — Lord Tony Dewhurst — Series 1; episode 1: "The Scarlet Pimpernel" • 2000 — Agatha Christie's Poirot — Ralph Paton — Series 7; episode 1: "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" • Lady Audley's Secret — George Talboys — Television film • 2001 — Bob Martin — James — Series 2; episode 2: "Big Break" • Band of Brothers — 2nd Lt. Jack E. Foley — Miniseries; episodes 7–9 • 2001–2002 — Peak Practice — Dr. Matt Kendal — Series 12; episodes 5–10, 12 & 13 • 2002 — Daniel Deronda — Hans Meyrick — Miniseries; episodes 1–4 • 2002–2003 — Ultimate Force — Lt. Dennis 'Dotsy' Doheny — Series 1 & 2; 8 episodes • 2003 — Battlestar Galactica — Cpt./Cmdr./Major Lee 'Apollo' Adama — Miniseries; episodes 1 & 2 • 2004–2009 — Main role; seasons 1–4; 74 episodes • 2007 — Battlestar Galactica: Razor — Television film • Cold Case — Jack Kimball — Season 4; episode 15: "Blood on the Tracks" • Ghost Whisperer — Bryan Curtis — Season 2; episode 17: "The Walk-In" • The — Luke Clayhill — Series 4; episode 2: "Dangerous' Liaisons" • 2009 — Dollhouse — Martin Klar — Season 2; episode 1: "Vows" • 2009–2011 — Law & Order: UK — DS Matt Devlin — Main role; series 1–5; 32 episodes • 2011 — Outcasts — Mitchell Hoban — Episode 1 • CSI: Miami — Ronnie Hale — Season 10; episode 3: "Blown Away" • House — Bob Harris — Season 8; episode 5: "The Confession" • 17th Precinct — Caolán Longstreet — Television film (unaired pilot) • 2012 — Body of Proof — Aiden Welles — Season 2; episodes 15–17 • Perception — Dr. Michael Hathaway — Season 1; episodes 2, 6 & 8: "Faces", "Lovesick" & "Kilimanjaro" • 2013 — Monday Mornings — Dr. Tyler Wilson — Main role; episodes 1–10 • 2014 — The — Kev Allison — Main role; miniseries; episodes 1–8 • 2014–2015 — Rizzoli & Isles — Paul Wescourt — Season 5; episodes 12 & 13: "Burden of Proof" & "Bridge of Tomorrow" • NCIS — NSA Attorney Jake Malloy — Season 12; episodes 9, 14 & 22, & season 13; episodes 9 & 11 • 2015 — Major Crimes — Malcolm Rich — Season 4; episode 3: "Open Line" • The — Vincent Plowman — Episodes 8, 10 & 11: "A House Divided", "Why We Fight" & "Harvest" • 2016 — Model Woman — Lio Fibonacci — Pilot episode • 2016–2018 — Marcella — DI/DCI Tim Williamson — Series 1 & 2; 14 episodes • 2017 — Fearless — Matthew Wild — Miniseries; episodes 2–6 • Counterpart — Eric Burton — Season 1; episode 1: "The Crossing" • 2019–2020 — Strike Back — Col. Alexander Coltrane — Series 7 & 8; 20 episodes • 2021 — Innocent — Sam Wright — Main role; series 2; episodes 1–4 • 2022 — Signora Volpe — Adam Haines — Series 1; episodes 1 & 3: "An Anxious Aunt" & "Truffles & Treachery" • 2022–2024 — DI Ray — DCI Martyn Hunter — Series 1; episodes 1–4, & series 2; episode 3 • 2023 — Treyder — Justin Lee — (unknown episodes) • Cannes Confidential — Harry King — Main role; episodes 1–6 • Who Is Erin Carter? — DI Jim Armstrong — Miniseries; episodes 4 & 7 • 2023–present — Beyond Paradise — Archie Hughes — Series 1; episodes 2–6, series 3; episodes 1–3 & series 4; episode 2 • 2024 — The Wives — Charlie Morgan — Episodes 1–6 • 2026–present — EastEnders — Ned Roper — Regular role

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2013 — Star Trek Continues — Mr. Simone — Episode 1: "Pilgrim of Eternity"

• Year — Title — Role • 2011 — Star Wars: The Old Republic — Ffon Althe / Sergeant Garus (voice) • 2013 — Grand Theft Auto V — The Local Population (voice) • Dead Rising 3 — Simon Merkin (voice)

The authorities additionally record the headings Jamie St John Bamber Griffith and Jamie Saint John Bamber Griffith. His recorded language was English. He married Kerry Norton.

Bamber played the starring role in the 2008 film Pulse 2: Afterlife, a direct-to-DVD sequel to 2006's Pulse. Earlier he starred in The Devil's Tattoo (known as Ghost Rig in the US) along with Kerry Norton, who was later to become his wife. He made his French-language acting debut in 2012 in Martin Valente's Un jour mon père viendra, portraying the American fiancé of the female lead played by French pop star Olivia Ruiz. According to Bamber, his character is loosely based on Andre Agassi. Most recently, he co-starred in the 2017 French romantic comedy L'Embarras du Choix alongside Alexandra Lamy and Arnaud Ducret. In May 2011, Bamber completed filming John Doe: Vigilante, an Australian production directed by Kelly Dolen. The film was released in the United States on 21 March 2014. On 9 June 2015, Variety announced that Jamie Bamber, Kellan Lutz, Jesse Williams, and Jess Weixler had joined the cast of a thriller film titled Money, directed by Martin Rosete and produced by Atit Shah.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2003 — The — Tom — Released as Ghost Rig in the U.S. • 2008 — Pulse 2: Afterlife — Stephen — Direct-to-DVD • 2012 — Un jour mon père viendra — Stephen Astarti — English title: One Day My Dad Will Come • Filly Brown — Sam • Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse — Robin Hood (voice) — Direct-to-DVD • 2013 — Before I Sleep — Paul • 2014 — John Doe: Vigilante — John Doe • 2015 — The — Jeff Ryan • Numb — Will Evans — Also associate producer • 2016 — Money — John • A New York Christmas — Sam Martin — Original title: A Christmas in New York • 2017 — lang="fr" | L'Embarras du choix — Paul — World-wide / English title: You Choose! • 2018 — Inferno: Skyscraper Escape — Tom Bronson • 2019 — The Car: Road to Revenge — Caddok • 2020 — Avernus — Jack — Short film • 2022 — Titanic 666 — Professor Hal Cochran • The Lair — Major Roy Finch • 2024 — Strangers — Sky • Heavyweight — Completed