After a two-year wait, Theo James is back on our screens in the highly-anticipated second season of Netflix’s The Gentlemen.
The 41-year-old actor stars as Eddie Horniman, the new Duke of Halstead who inherits the family’s sweeping estate and discovers an industrial cannabis empire operating beneath it. The second season reunites viewers with faces old and new, including Kaya Scodelario, Vinnie Jones and newcomer Benedetta Porcaroli.
Theo has become a well-known face thanks to his roles in The Time Travellers Wife, Sanditon and plenty more – but did you know he has a wife who is pretty famous too? The actor married his wife six years ago and the pair are even proud parents. Here’s all you need to know…
Who is Theo James’ wife?
Theo James is married to Irish actress Ruth Kearney. Ruth has a number of credits to her name that fans may recognise her from. In 2010, she began starring in ITV drama Primeval before going on to land parts in Casualty and American political drama Tyrant.
If you were a fan of the thriller series The Following then you’ll definitely be familiar with Ruth who played the part of Daisy in 2015’s third series of the show. In 2016, the actress began appearing in Netflix’s comedy series Flaked as London and, in 2019, she, she appeared alongside her husband in the part of Eliza Campion in Sanditon.
© Photo: Getty ImagesWhere did the pair meet?
The actors met while studying at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and have been in a relationship since 2009. The couple, who like to keep their private life mostly out of the spotlight, got married at Islington Town Hall in August 2018 and in 2021 they welcomed their first child together, a daughter.
In September 2023, they welcomed their second child, a son.
“We have a 4-month-old … We’re in the thick of it,” Theo told KTLA while walking the Emmys red carpet in January 2024.
© Photo: Getty ImagesThey’ve shared the screen
Ruth starred alongside Theo in the first season of Sanditon in 2019, a year after they tied the knot in real life. The actress played Eliza Campion, the woman that Theo’s character Sidney decides to marry at the end of the show’s first season.
“It’s interesting being together this long because we have navigated through the very beginnings of our careers,” Theo told the Evening Standard about their relationship in 2020.
He added: “That can be really hard at times, but also that [brings] certain strengths [to] a relationship which helps us being together long term.”
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