Born: Jamie St John Bamber Griffith on 3 April, 1973 in Hammersmith, London.

Jamie Bamber is an English-American actor most famous for his roles as Major Lee "Apollo" Adama on the Sci Fi Channel television program Battlestar Galactica and as Archibald "Archie" Kennedy on Hornblower.

He was born in Hammersmith, London to Northern Irish mother Elizabeth (Liz) and an American father Ralph. He holds American citizenship through birth.

Bamber received a first class honours degree in Modern Languages (Italian and French) at St. John's College, Cambridge, before attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

In 2003, Bamber starred as Lee 'Apollo' Adama, a Captain in the Colonial Fleet, in Ron Moore's re-make Battlestar Galactica. This mini-series effectively served as pilot for a potential TV show. A TV series was commissioned in a collaborative effort between the Sci Fi Channel (United States) and Sky TV (the British broadcaster). Battlestar Galactica is filmed mostly in Vancouver, British Columbia and as of 2008, is currently in its fourth season.

Bamber married actress Kerry Norton in September 2003, and they have three daughters: Isla Elizabeth Angela Griffith, and twins Darcy and Ava.

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