Jamie Dornan: 10 Previous Roles You May Have Missed

By Brogan Morris /

7. Shadows Of The Sun

In David Rocksavage€™s Brit independent film, Dornan is allowed for the first real time to show off his acting mettle as a man who€™s formed a bond with a much older woman (Jean Simmons, making her return to the screen after a decade) suffering from a chronic illness. Dornan is genuinely subtle and affecting here - even if the film isn€™t a masterpiece - playing the mysterious, wandering Joe with a taciturn decency. There€™s not a great deal for Dornan to chew on courtesy of the script itself, but he still assembles his first fully-realised character for Shadows In The Sun, playing it reticent and a little bit gawky, surprisingly holding his own against two-time Academy Award nominee Simmons with ease.