Jeremy Child

"Coles Child" redirects here. For other uses, see Coles Child (disambiguation).

Jeremy Child
Born	20 September 1944 (1944-09-20) (age 67) Woking, Surrey, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1967–present

Sir Coles John "Jeremy" Child, 3rd Baronet (born 20 September 1944) is an English actor.

He was born in Woking, England and educated at Eton College, as well as trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After appearing in repertory theatre, he was cast in a significant role in the 1967 film Privilege. Since then he has played over 90 different roles in films and television, including a small role in the cult film Quadrophenia; as Tory politician Charles Gurney Seymour in the television adaptation of Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals, and a cameo in A Fish Called Wanda. From 1977 to 1978, he appeared in the second series of Backs to the Land.

In 1993, he appeared in a party political broadcast for the UK Labour Party which also starred Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.

Most recently he appeared in the 2004 film Wimbledon, and television drama Judge John Deed. He has also appeared in Doctors for one episode, and most recently appeared as David Walsh in EastEnders. Child has played the British Foreign Secretary three times in his career.

He has been married three times, including to the actress Deborah Grant by whom he has a daughter, and currently lives in Benson, Oxfordshire.

Selected filmography

• Quest for Love (1971)
• Harnessing Peacocks (1992, TV film)

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Child	Baronet (of Bromley Place) 1971–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

External links

• Jeremy Child at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Child, Jeremy
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Date of birth	20 September 1944
Place of birth	Woking, Surrey, England
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