Jeremy Strong

Jeremy Strong born December 25 1978 is an American actor He is best known for his role as Kendall Roy in the HBO television series Succession 20182023 for which he has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2020 and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Television Series Drama in 2022 Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022 Strong started his acting career at Yale School of Drama After briefly studying at both the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago he acted in various plays at the Williamstown Theatre Festival His first offBroadway performance was in John Patrick Shanleys Defiance in 2006 His Broadway debut came portraying Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich in 2008 revival of A Man for All Seasons That same year Strong made his film debut in Humboldt County Strong has since appeared in a number of acclaimed films portraying real life people such as John George Nicolay in Steven Spielbergs Lincoln 2012 Lee Harvey Oswald in Peter Landesmans Parkland 2013 James Reeb in Ava DuVernays Selma 2014 and Jerry Rubin in Aaron Sorkins The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 He has also appeared in Kathryn Bigelows Zero Dark Thirty 2012 Adam McKays The Big Short 2015 Sorkins Mollys Game 2017 and Armageddon Time 2022 Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeremy Strong licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia