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
Empathy (2007), as well as a number of guest roles in popular shows such as
Cold Feet (1997),
Midsomer Murders (1997) and
Waking the Dead (2000). In the meantime, he made his screen debut starring in the eponymous role in
Prince Valiant (1997) with
Katherine Heigl, followed by
Quills (2000) with
Geoffrey Rush,
Kate Winslet,
Joaquin Phoenix &
Michael Caine, as well as leading roles in subsequent movies including
Entrusted (2003) and
Restraint (2008). U.S. television credits include leading roles in
Princess of Thieves (2001) with
Keira Knightley, NBC\'s mini-series
Uprising (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\".
