Jeremy Theobald is a British

United Kingdom

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 actor

Actor

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 best known for his portrayal of Bill (credited as "The Young Man"), the main character in Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Jonathan James Nolan is a British-American film director, screenwriter and producer.He received serious notice after his second feature Memento , which he wrote and directed based on a story idea by his brother, Jonathan Nolan. Jonathan went to co-write later scripts with him,...

's major picture debut, Following (1998). Following, for which Theobald was also a producer

Film producer

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, was filmed around their day jobs. Jonathan Romney, writing in the New Statesman

New Statesman

New Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....

, noted that "Nolan and his cast are terrific finds: I wouldn't normally say this to struggling artists, but they might want to give up their day jobs." Theobald also appeared in Larceny, a short film shot by Nolan while in the UCLU Film Society, and Doodlebug, another short film by Nolan. Nolan went on to direct Memento, the Hollywood version of Insomnia

Insomnia (2002 film)

Insomnia is an American psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank. The film, released on 24 May 2002, is a remake of the 1997 Norwegian film of the same name.-Plot:...

, and Batman Begins

Batman Begins

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, in which Theobald had a walk-on part as the "Younger Gotham Water Board Technician". As with many British actors, he has also had a part in an episode of ITV

ITV

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's The Bill

The Bill

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Theobald has a degree in Physiology

Physiology

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 from UCL

University College London

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, and was a Managing Editor of the Journal of Pathology with the publisher Wiley

John Wiley & Sons

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. He is now Executive Editor of the Forum for Global Health Protection, a not-for-profit company sponsored by the Health Protection Agency

Health Protection Agency

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. He has an interest in publication ethics, and he is currently the Treasurer of the Committee on Publication Ethics

Committee on Publication Ethics

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, a London-based organisation of biomedical journals.

Theobald is sometimes mentioned by Rob Smyth in his "Over-by-over" cricket

Cricket

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 column in The Guardian

The Guardian

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