Talk:James Nesbitt

Citizenship Clarification
Based on recent acceptance by the British Gov that people born to Northern Ireland are entitled to be Irish, without also being British, I have changed a couple of notations. Since James carries both a British and Irish passport I added "Irish" under citizenship, and removed "British" from the opening sentence as this label for people from Northern Ireland are invariably a point of contention, and with him accepting both it is disingenuous to refer to him as only "British." It seems to me in other articles saying both Irish AND British seems to create the same sort of arguements so leaving it as "from Northern Ireland" seems the safest option. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.70.174 (talk) 13:02, 16 August 2020 (UTC)


 * people born in Northern Ireland ARE automatically British, and it has nothing to do with the Good friday agreement, people cannot be born without a citizenship people in NI are British citizens with the option of being Irish citizens but its not automatic its a personal choice 2A02:C7C:4098:D700:BC21:8247:33CC:20AA (talk) 21:11, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Amazing how every single word of this is wrong 81.105.127.114 (talk) 21:56, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Sarcastic comment?
The opening comment "an actor and presenter from Northern Ireland known for his extensive range of accents all from Northern Ireland" is obviously sarcastic and does not have a place here.

Native of which town?
Nesbitt didn't actually grow up in Coleraine, from what I remember my uncle (another actor) telling me. He comes from a nearby town, and I forget the name of it. If anyone knows the town, please replace Coleraine with it. --Mal 20:09, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Have now changed it to Bruogshone I love you James Nesbitt your hot really hot even if your old no Afence

James Nesbitt next Doctor who?
Look at the link I've provided. It seems to suggest that James Nesbitt may be the next Doctor Who when David Tennant steps down. Would this be worth including in the article?

http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/02082007/21/nesbitt-new.html

Looneyman 20:35, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The rumour appears to stem from The Sun, so I've sourced that. Please remember that newspapers "know" who the next Dr Who will be every time the current one looks like quitting. This should be treated as a rumour until confirmed or denied by the BBC (albeit a notable rumour). Brad 07:47, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

It's a rumour started by a comedian on a forum.

Source
Bradley0110 (talk) 20:32, 5 August 2008 (UTC) Bradley0110 (talk) 12:43, 1 March 2009 (UTC) Bradley0110 (talk) 07:46, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Egan, Barry (1 March 2009). "It's good to talk, James". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media).
 * Tinney, Aaron (14 June 2009). "Jimmy's pain for mum May". Belfast Telegraph (Independent News & Media (Northern Ireland)).

PR checklist of individual comments
For my benefit so I don't have to keep returning to the PR Bradley0110 (talk) 22:28, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Nationality
Why is his nationality listed as Northern Irish, which is itself, a part of the United Kingdom? I realise being from Northern Ireland part of the UK he can choose to be called Irish or British, but if you read his biography in newspapers such as the Guardian, the Telegraph, on IMDB and even on the Northern Ireland.gov website, he is regarded as British. Why are wikipedia editors other than British ones, obsessed with supporting separatist and republican movements, albeit non-vocally. I realise Americans are pretty obsessed with the whole independence thing but it's too far when an actor even regards himself as British and you don't allow it.
 * Do you have a reference that "[he] regards himself as British"? RashersTierney (talk) 14:01, 26 December 2012 (UTC)


 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d_AFzqoIMc and http://www.filmclub.org/behind-the-scenes/details/313/james-nesbitt-and-aidan-turner
 * In neither of these 'refs' does Nesbitt say he is British. Checking them out proved to be a waste of time. RashersTierney (talk) 20:16, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Furthermore I have to add, if someone doesn't say they are British but also doesn't say they're not, are we now to assume every British Citizen isn't British until they say they are? Or every person is a supporter of Irish Nationalism until they say otherwise? That's a bad precedent to set. He has never said he supports a United Ireland or Irish Nationalism, under the Good Friday agreement he can identify himself as Irish or British [not Northern Irish]. It's utter tosh frankly that he is being displayed as a nationality that doesn't exist simply so as not to upset the few nationalists that haunt these boards. Son of the Isles (talk) 16:40, 28 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Please note this page is not 'a board'. RashersTierney (talk) 20:16, 26 December 2012 (UTC)


 * If that's the one thing you pick out of my above post I'm seriously starting to worry about the preservation of sense on this website. It's clearly slipping when we start referring to people as nationalities that don't exist, and calling cities such as Londonderry by names that aren't even legally certified in the countries they're a part of. Son of the Isles (talk) 16:40, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Unless you draw some legalistic distinction between 'nationality' and 'national identity', then a significant proportion of the population of Northern Ireland do give their nationality as 'Northern Irish', according to the recent census release. RashersTierney (talk) 17:52, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Further to the above, the article does not and has never stated his nationality as Northern Irish. With the exception of politicians and people who explicitly describe themselves as "British", any article about someone from the UK refers to them being of their constituent country, be that England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Bradley0110 (talk) 16:29, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * It most certainly has, since 2007, notwithstanding the redirect to 'Northern Ireland'. RashersTierney (talk) 17:52, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, it looks like I've skewered my own argument, in that it was me who changed it from "from Northern Ireland" to "Northern Irish". However, it did go back to "from Northern Ireland", probably in mid-2008. My statement above though referred to "Northern Irish" being interpreted as a nationality instead of simply an adjective. Bradley0110 (talk) 21:40, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * In the absence of a definite self-identification of some kind, I think a return to 'from Northern Ireland' is probably best, particularly since the new census considers 'Northern Irish' as a statement of national identity. RashersTierney (talk) 21:54, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Thompson Care to explain Emma Thompson, among others, who is cited quite clearly by the true Nationality, which is British, even though she is from the English constituent country? Son of the Isles (talk) 16:40, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No. It was discussed on the relevant TP. Take it up there if you wish. RashersTierney (talk) 17:52, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyGYnBsQYxs Irish tricolours at 01:45 and green, white and orange streamers decorate his trailer along with other things to "remind him of home" http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/nesbitt-makes-home-100959432.html. Unless he explicitly states he is Irish, British or both then I agree that the article is fine as it is by stating the fact that he is from Northern Ireland. TTWSYFree (talk) 03:19, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Advertising roles.
I believe Nesbitt is currently "starring" in 2x advertising rolls, one for Thomas Cook (in person) and another for an insurance (voice)...thing. Damn it, now I'm hearing his voice everywhere. Dat accent. Anyway, can this be added to other projects? --Somchai Sun (talk) 08:25, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Birth Year
I begin by stating that I am new to editing, and apologize for any faux pas. My edit attempting to (so far as I can tell) correct the birth year to 1965 (from 1970) was reverted, due to my edit summary referring to IMDB which I now know is not considered a reliable source. Every mention of James Nesbitt's birth I could find from a Google search stated that it was 1965, and the rest of this article is inconsistent with the current birth year of 1970 (eg. first sentence of Early Life section states 1965, along with a further statement that he graduated CSSD in 1987 at age 22). I now offer http://www.empireonline.com/people/james-nesbitt/ and https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3102101/stan-lee-lucky-man-sky1-james-nesbitt-sienna-guillory/ as hopefully valid sources for birth in 1965. I haven't attempted to make another edit for fear of appearing belligerent.88.145.184.145 (talk) 19:59, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you 88.145.184.145. I've restored your fix. It looks like the birth year change was made recently, on May 3rd. gobonobo  + c 20:09, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

FAR concerns
The article seems to need updating and much of the post-2010 content is unsourced. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  09:21, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Stan Lee’s Lucky Man
Not listed in his bio on wikipedia 180.216.193.223 (talk) 08:18, 10 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I was just looking for it as well. Not mentioned.  Terrific series currently being shown on Channel 7 in Australia. AussieLKL (talk) 04:23, 20 May 2024 (UTC)