Early life

He was born to architect parents in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and was educated at the independent St Peter's School, York. He went to Heriot-Watt University to study architecture, and performed with the Edinburgh University Theatre Company. Wise then moved to Glasgow where he studied drama at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He then travelled in the Far East.

Career

His television work includes four BBC period dramas: The Moonstone with Keeley Hawes, the Buccaneers alongside Carla Gugino, Madame Bovary with Frances O'Connor, The Riff Raff Element in 1992 and 1993, and as Sir Charles Maulver in the 2007 five-part series Cranford. In 1999 he starred as Marshall in ITV's seven-part drama Wonderful You alongside his future mother-in-law Phyllida Law and future brother-in-law Richard Lumsden. Recently he filmed a number of readings of love scenes from a selection of classic and modern love scenes, from Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles to Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss for The Carte Noire Readers. In 2011, he appeared in Hallmark Channel's Honeymoon for One, starring Nicollette Sheridan.

He is also the producer of the 2010 BBC/Masterpiece production The Song of Lunch starring his wife, actress Emma Thompson, and Alan Rickman. Greg Wise made his theatrical return starring in Brad Fraser's Kill Me Now at Park Theatre in Finsbury Park, London from Thursday 19 February - Sunday 29 March 2015. In July 2015, Wise played the role of emotionally distanced father Gilbert Aldridge in the BBC’s two-part television adaptation of Sadie Jones’ debut novel The Outcast.

Personal life

He has been married to Emma Thompson, who played Elinor in Sense and Sensibility, since 2003. They have a daughter (born 1999) and a Rwandan son (informally added to the family in 2003 at the age of 16).

Filmography

Film

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Walking On Sunshine	2014	Doug
Three Days in Havana	2013	Harry Smith
Effie Gray	2013	John Ruskin
Morris: A Life with Bells On	2009	Miloslav Villandry
The Disappeared	2008	Jake Ryan
A Cock and Bull Story	2005	Greg
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby	2005	Minister Lee
Every Seven Years	2004	Boyfriend	short
Five Moons Plaza	2003	Francesco Doni
Johnny English	2003	Agent One
Hills Like White Elephants	2002	The American	short
The Discovery of Heaven	2001	Max Delius
Mad Cows	1999	Alex
Africa	1999	Josh Sinclair
Judas Kiss	1998	Ben Dyson
The Moonstone, a BBC TV film	1997	Franklin Blake
Sense and Sensibility	1995	John Willoughby

Television

• The Crown (2016 TV series) - Lord Louis Mountbatten
• Galavant (2016 TV series) - Arnold Galavant
• The Outcast (2015 TV mini-series) - Gilbert Aldridge.
• Homefront (2012 TV mini-series) - Major Pete Bartham
• Honeymoon for One (2011 TV film) - Sean
• Law & Order: UK (2011 TV series episode 32: Crush)
• The Song of Lunch (2010 TV film) - Producer
• Cranford (2009 TV Series) - Sir Charles Maulver
• Place of Execution (2008 TV film)
• Agatha Christie's Marple (2007 TV film: Towards Zero)
• Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes (2006 TV film) - Peter Higgins
• Trial & Retribution Sins of the Father (2006 TV film) - John Harrogate
• Number 13 (2006 TV episode) - BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas
• According to Bex (2005 TV series) - Charles Mathers
• Hornblower, Loyalty episode. (2003 TV film) - Major Côtard
• Sirens (2002 TV film) - Oliver Rice
• Madame Bovary (2000 TV film) - Rodolphe (episodes 2, 3)
• Wonderful You (1999 TV mini-series) - Marshall, chartered accountant
• Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998 TV film) - Red Knight
• House of Frankenstein 1997 (1997 TV film) - Crispian Grimes
• Hospital! (1997 TV film) - Dr. Jim Nightingale
• The Place of the Dead (1997 TV film) - Corporal Hugh Brittan
• Tales from the Crypt (TV series) **Fatal Caper (1996)
• The Buccaneers (1995 TV mini-series) - Guy Thwaite
• Feast of July (1995) - Arch Wilson
• Taggart (TV series)**Hellfire (1994) - Gregg Martin
• The Riff Raff Element (1993 TV series) - Alister
• Typhon's People (1993 TV film) - Cato Macgill/Adam Prime
• Covington Cross (TV series)**Pilot (1992) - Henry of Gault
• A Masculine Ending (1992 TV film) - Jamie Baird

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