Jan tv series stephen moyer biography

Stephen Moyer (formerly Stephen Emery)

I was a member of Young Gen before going on to formal training at The London Academy of Dramatic Art.  It was a beginning for me of a building in confidence that allowed me to feel that I was able to pursue acting as a profession.  I have now been an actor for 30 years.

After graduating from LAMDA Stephen worked in theatre for five years with the National Theatre Wales, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Oxford Stage Company.  Stephen’s first television role was in 1993 in the TV adaptation of the play Conjugal Rites.  In 1997 he made his screen debut landing the leading role in Prince Valient.  He is best known however as vampire Bill Compton in the American HBO series ‘True Blood’.  In 2010 he married Anna Paquin who played his love interest Sookie Stackhouse in the series and they are now based in Los Angeles.  In 2017 the couple collaborated on an indie film called the Parting Glass which was Stephen’s Directorial debut.

Though actor Stephen Moyer was recognizable to U.K. audiences thanks to 15 years of steady television work, it was not until Alan Ball of "Six Feet Under" (HBO, 2001-05) fame cast him as a 173-year-old Confederate vampire on his HBO drama "True Blood" (2008-14) that he was catapulted into the American spotlight. Thanks in part to the palpable chemistry shared with co-star Anna Paquin — whom Moyer would date and eventually marry in 2010 to the delight of fans — the show became the network's most watched series since "The Sopranos" (1999-2007).

The role of the undead Bill Compton provided Moyer the chance to show his sculpted physique in some of the steamiest sex scenes on TV while playing the kind of courtly, haunted protector women loved to fantasize about. Thanks to his American success on "True Blood," the actor made the transition to features with supporting roles in "Priest" (2010) and "The Double" (2010). Armed with solid acting chops gained from years spent in the theater, Moyer had found the perfect vehicle to launch him onto the American pop culture radar.

Born Stephen John Emery on Oct. 11, 1969, Moyer grew up in blue-collar Essex County, England. After serving as head choir boy in the local church, Moyer began singing in school plays and realized he

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