Christopher Eccleston in "Let Him Have It" and David Stevens in "Shallow Grave" and for his television performances in "Cracker" and "Hillsborough". His BAFTA-nominated performance as Nicky Hutchinson in the BBC miniseries "Our Friends in the North" (1996) established Eccleston as a household name in the UK; he followed the serial with film roles in "Jude", "A Price Above Rubies", "Elizabeth", "eXistenZ", "Gone in 60 Seconds", "The Invisible Circus", "The Others", "24 Hour Party People" and "28 Days Later" and television roles including the drama series "Clocking Off" and a second BAFTA-nominated performance as Messianic figure Stephen Baxter in the ITV drama
Amelia (film) Amelia (film) Amelia is a 2009 Canadian-American biographical film about the life of Amelia Earhart. Most of the story is told in flashbacks before ending with Earhart's mysterious disappearance. The film was directed by Mira Nair and starred Hilary Swank as Earhart and Richard Gere as her husband, George Putnam. The cast list also included Christopher Eccleston and Ewan McGregor. The film was written by Ronald Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan, using research from sources including "East to the Dawn" by Susan Butler and "The Sound of Wings" by Mary S. Lovell. The film has garnered predominantly negative reviews. On