billing as the series' new star, taking over from Douglas Henshall. In March 2010 Flemyng earned a lead role as Cpl. Callow in the war/horror film The 4th Reich. On 15 August 2010, it became public that he had been cast in the role of Azazel in the X-Men prequel, X-Men: First Class, directed by Matthew Vaughn. In 2011, Flemyng reprised his character of Danny Quinn in the last episode of Primevals fourth series, it is said that he would return as Danny Quinn one last time before the finale of the shows fifth series. In 2012, he starred in I Give It a Year (released in Feb 2013), as the bride's brother-in-law in a British romcom by Working Title. After two years Jason just completed work on the feature film 'The Journey' on which he also serves as Producer, in which he plays Ozzy. The film was written especially for him and took two years to complete, it was filmed in Greece and London and is directed by Lance Nielsen In January 2015, Flemyng signed with UK-based Evolution Pictures to direct the vampire film Eat Locals. Flemyng appears as himself in the 2018 short film To Trend on Twitter in aid of young people with cancer charity CLIC Sargent with comedians Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Helen Lederer and David Baddiel. Personal life For nine years, Flemyng and actress Lena Headey were a couple; the relationship ended in 2001. Flemyng married Elly Fairman in the summer of 2008, in Tuscany, Italy. The pair have twin boys, Noah and Cassius, who were born in 2012. In 2020, Flemyng said they had all suffered from COVID-19. Flemyng enjoys long-distance running and has completed several marathons. Flemyng is a supporter of Chelsea F.C. Filmography Film Television References External links 1966 births 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art English male film actors English male Shakespearean actors English male stage actors English male television actors English people of Scottish descent Living people Male actors from London National Youth Theatre members People educated at Christ's Hospital People from Putney Royal Shakespeare Company members