- Born
- Birth nameStephen John Emery
- Height1.78 m
- Stephen Moyer's passion for acting began in local theatre in Brentwood & Chelmsford, Essex where he also made a name for himself with his own theatre company "The Reject Society". He then trained at LAMDA and began his professional acting career on stage, including 2 years with the RSC ("Romeo & Juliet", "The Thebans", "Columbus"), touring in "Romeo & Juliet" with the Oxford Stage in the title role of "Romeo", and in the world premiere of Pete Townshend's rock opera "The Iron Man" at "The Young Vic". British television credits include leading roles in Channel 4 dramas Men Only (2001), NY-LON (2004), Five's Menace (2002) and the BBC's The Grand (1997), Lilies (2007) and L'oeil du tueur (2007), as well as a number of guest roles in popular shows such as Cold feet: Amours et petits bonheurs (1997), Inspecteur Barnaby (1997) and Meurtres en sommeil (2000). In the meantime, he made his screen debut starring in the eponymous role in Prince Valiant (1997) with Katherine Heigl, followed by Quills, la plume et le sang (2000) with Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix & Michael Caine, as well as leading roles in subsequent movies including Daddy (2003) and Soumission (2008). U.S. television credits include leading roles in La princesse des voleurs (2001) with Keira Knightley, NBC's mini-series 1943 l'ultime révolte (2001) with David Schwimmer, Hank Azaria and Donald Sutherland, USA Network's Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated The Starter Wife (2007) starring Debra Messing, and co-starring with Anna Paquin in Alan Ball's Golden Globe-nominated show for HBO; True Blood (2008) as the 173-year-old vampire "Bill Compton".- IMDb mini biography by: Pandaish
- In 2013 Stephen took the role of Captain vonTrapp opposite Carrie Underwood's Maria in NBC's first foray into live musical broadcast; The Sound of Music Live! (2013) to an event audience of over 18 million. Subsequent acting projects have included Pontius Pilate in National Geographic's Killing Jesus (2015), dastardly Milus Corbett in Kurt Sutter's The Bastard Executioner (2015), Fox's Shots Fired (2017) with Stephan James, ITV's UK drama Safe House (2015), and the patriarchal Reed Strucker in the Marvel inspired mutant/human conflict TV series The Gifted (2017). Moyer also directed three episodes of HBO's True Blood (2008), and 2018 marked his film directorial debut for The Parting Glass (2018); written by and starring Denis O'Hare, and co-starring Anna Paquin, Edward Asner, Melissa Leo, Cynthia Nixon and Rhys Ifans, and nominated for Best International Feature Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018. Producing credits include co-producer for CASM Films on The Parting Glass (2018), and the 2019 TV series Flack (2019) in conjunction with Hat Trick Productions and UKTV for PopTV(US) and W(UK).- IMDb mini biography by: Pandaish
- SpouseAnna Paquin(August 21, 2010 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenBilly MoyerLilac MoyerCharlie MoyerPoppy Moyer
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- His wife, Anna Paquin, gave birth to fraternal twins (a boy named Charlie and a girl named Poppy) on September 12, 2012.
- He loves to box and frequently engages in sparring to keep in shape.
- Played the part of a vampire in True Blood (2008) and he is attacked by humans. In Priest (2011), he played a human who is attacked by vampires. In Ultraviolet (1998), he played a human who is turned into a vampire and then killed by a human.
- Confirmed his engagement to longtime girlfriend and co-star Anna Paquin.
- Despite playing enemies in True Blood, he and Anna Paquin are actually really good friends with Denis O'Hare in real life.
- (on shooting in New York) It was a dream to shoot there and not be a tourist.
- ("we" being British actors) American actors are incredibly professional when preparing for a shot or getting into character, whereas we tend to be having a laugh and mucking about. We'll be more relaxed up until the point the camera rolls. That's not a criticism by any means, but there's a different way of working.
- (in a 2007 interview) If you'd asked me if I believed in the paranormal this time last year I'd have said no. I used to be an atheist, but I've chilled out a bit on that. A couple of things in the past year have made me think maybe there is something to it.
- (in a 2007 interview) I said to my son not that long ago, 'What do you want to do when you're older?' He said, 'I'm going to have to go away and think about it.' So off he went. He came back and said, 'Daddy, I've decided that I want to be an actor.'
- (On acting in violent scenes with his character, Jimmy Collins, in L'oeil du tueur (2007)) I'm not like that in real life, so when I get the chance to punch a bit of air and let out a bit of steam, I love it.
- True Blood (2008) - $275,000 per episode (2013-2014)
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