
Jim Sturgess
Department: Acting
Biography
James Anthony Sturgess (born 16 May 1978) is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His first major role was as Jude in the musical romance drama film Across the Universe (2007). In 2008, he played the male lead role of Ben Campbell in 21. In 2009, he played Gavin Kossef in the crime drama Crossing Over, appearing with Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, and Ashley Judd. In 2010, Sturgess starred in the film The Way Back, directed by Peter Weir. Sturgess co-starred in the 2012 epic science fiction film Cloud Atlas.
Known For

Across the Universe
2007

Mouth to Mouth
2005

21
2008

The Other Boleyn Girl
2008

Apartment 7A
2024

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010

Crossing Over
2009

Heartless
2010

Fifty Dead Men Walking
2008

The Way Back
2010

Hawkins
2001

The Browning Version
1994

One Day
2011

Cloud Atlas
2012

Upside Down
2012

The Best Offer
2013

Ashes
2012

London Fields
2018

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
2015

Berlin, I Love You
2019

Electric Slide
2014

Stonehearst Asylum
2014

Geostorm
2017

Creating the Universe
2008

The Quest
2002

Rehab
2003

The Final Quest
2004

The Second Quest
2004

J.T. LeRoy
2019

Spike Island
2012

Thursday the 12th
2003

One Thousand Paper Cranes
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The Other Me
2022

Alone Together
2022

4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
2026

Friends Reunited
2005

What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025

The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

A Touch of Frost
1992

Judge John Deed
2001

Other People's Children
2000

Feed the Beast
2016

The Stolen Girl
2025

Heartbeat
1992

Hard Sun
2018

The Residents
2001

Home Before Dark
2020

Conan
2010

Mix Tape
2025

Close to the Enemy
2016