Jonas Armstrong (born 1 January 1981) is an Irish actor, best known for his appearances on British television. He is currently playing the title role in the BBC One drama series Robin Hood, his highest-profile role to date. Image File history File linksMetadata JonasAsRobin. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... Robin Hood is a British television programme, produced by independent production company Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One, with co-funding from the BBC America cable television channel in the United States. ...

Biography

Armstrong was born in Dublin, Ireland but raised in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England. He was educated at Arnold School in Blackpool, England, and while a student there, took part in many school productions led by drama director Colin Snell. Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... , Lytham St Annes is a conurbation in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Arnold School is a public school located in Blackpool, Lancashire, England on the Fylde coast, and a member of HMC. // Arnold School was founded by Frank Truswell Pennington on 4 May 1896. ... It has been suggested that South Shore, Blackpool be merged into this article or section. ...

Armstrong graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 2003, where he performed in productions including Twelfth Night, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Crucible and Ulysses. Armstrong has a BASSC (The British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat) Certificate in stage combat. Rada is the term for council or assembly borrowed by Polish from Middle High German Rat (council) and later passed into Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Twelfth Night has at least three meanings: Twelfth Night (holiday), celebrated by some Christians Twelfth Night, or What You Will, a comedic play by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night (band), a progressive rock band This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... The Caucasian Chalk Circle is one of Bertolt Brechts most important plays and one of the most regularly performed German plays. ... For other uses, see Crucible (disambiguation). ... Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce, first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on February 2, 1922, in Paris. ...

Career

Theatre

• Quartermaine's Terms (Royal Theatre, Northampton, Opened 19th September 2003) - Derek Meadle
• The Skin of Our Teeth (Young Vic, Opened 4th March 2004) - Henry
• Rutherford & Son (Royal Exchange, Manchester Opened 19 January 2005) - Richard

Play by Simon Gray. ... The Skin of Our Teeth is a Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning play by Thornton Wilder. ...

Television

• Never Mind The Buzzcocks (28 February 2007)- Himself
• Robin Hood (BBC1, 2006-) - Robin
• Losing Gemma (ITV1, 2006) - Steve
• The Ghost Squad (Channel 4, 2005) - Pete Maitland
• Teachers (Channel 4, 2004) - Anthony Millington
• Blue Peter [Shoebiz Appeal 2006] - Himself
• Soccer AM [Sky Sports 2006] - Himself

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Trivia

Armstrong broke his third metatarsal while filming a scene of the second series of Robin Hood in 2007. He was sent home but has subsequently returned to Budapest to continue filming. During this time off he met his current girlfriend, Emmerdale actress, Sammy Winward. The metatarsus consists of the five long bones of the foot, which are numbered from the medial side (ossa metatarsalia I.-V.); each presents for examination a body and two extremities. ... Robin Hood is a British television programme, produced by independent production company Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One, with co-funding from the BBC America cable television channel in the United States. ... For other uses, see Budapest (disambiguation). ...

External links

• Jonas Armstrong at the Internet Movie Database
• Bio at RADA
• Bio at Talented British Actors site