1. Jeremy Irvine's mother, Bridget Smith, is a Liberal Democrat councillor on the South Cambridgeshire District Council, and his father, Chris Smith, is an engineer.
16 Facts About Jeremy Irvine
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Jeremy Irvine has two younger brothers, one of whom portrayed a younger version of Irvine's Pip in Great Expectations.
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Jeremy Irvine almost gave up acting for good just before he got his big break in War Horse.
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Jeremy Irvine worked in his local supermarket and did web design prior to gaining success as an actor.
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Jeremy Irvine played Luke in the television series Life Bites and appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2010 production of Dunsinane.
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Jeremy Irvine spent so much time recreating the Battle of Somme scene in the film that he ended up contracting trench foot.
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Jeremy Irvine then starred in the independent film Now Is Good, alongside Dakota Fanning.
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On 12 August 2014, Deadline reported that Jeremy Irvine had been cast as Percy Bysshe Shelley in Mary Shelley's Monster.
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Jeremy Irvine attended the same school, Bedford Modern, as the band's members.
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In July 2017, Jeremy Irvine confirmed via his Instagram that he had joined the cast of The Last Full Measure alongside Tommy Hatto and Zach Roerig.
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In May 2021, Jeremy Irvine was cast as Alan Scott in the HBO Max live-action television series based on Green Lantern.
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In February 2024, it was announced that Jeremy Irvine had been cast as Henry Beauchamp in the Outlander prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood.
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Jeremy Irvine has been involved in trials with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to test an artificial pancreas, a form of automatic glucose meter attached to a portable insulin pump.
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Jeremy Irvine introduced his experiences with diabetes to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall during a visit to the Cambridge Welcome Trust Clinical Research Facility on 7 February 2012.
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Jeremy Irvine was again present with the Duchess on 31 January 2013 at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's inpatient adolescent ward, after she had become president of the JDRF in 2012.
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Jeremy Irvine avoids the spotlight and tries to maintain privacy, once saying that "I realised very quickly that I didn't want to be famous, so I don't go to Mahiki, I just go down the pub with all my mates".