2010–2012 Early music career and The Naughty Room

Jarvis confirmed his second album's title as Is the World Strange or Am I Strange? on his official Facebook page. The first single released from the album is "Gay Pirates", which was released on 23 January 2011. The single's music video was directed by Jarvis. The song was featured as Record of the Day^[2] and AOL's Spinner video of the day.^[3] "Gay Pirates" was voted number 85 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011, which aired on Australia Day in 2012. The album itself was given an 8.5/10 rating from Soundblab album reviews.^[4] He announced in an interview with TNC that he had begun work on his first feature film, called The Naughty Room.^[5]

The film premièred on BBC Four on the 20 August 2012, shortly after the release of Jarvis' third studio album, titled Think Bigger, the film included multiple songs/variations of songs from the new album in the soundtrack.^[6] He toured the UK in late 2012 supporting Mad Dog Mcrea, for whom he penned the song "Waiting on the Hill". The comedy film Hawk(e): The Movie (2013) features several songs by Cosmo Jarvis.^[7] In January 2013, "Love This" came in at number 59 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2012.^[8] On the 20 November 2020 Jarvis re-released his 2012 album Think Bigger as "Think Bigger - (2020 Deluxe Edition)" as the 2012 album was never fully released globally. The Think Bigger reissue will contain all of its 11 original recordings remastered for 2020, plus a further 9 rare bonus tracks from that same writing period, including 5 never before heard songs and 4 acoustic live 'bedroom' versions of key Think Bigger tracks.^[9]

2012–present Breakthrough and critical acclaim

In 2015, he auditioned and was cast to portray the character of Sebastian in William Oldroyd's debut feature film Lady Macbeth.^[10]

In 2019, his portrayal of Arm in the independent film Calm with Horses earned him a nomination as Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards 2020 and London Film Critics' Circle. Adapted from the short story of the same name from the collection Young Skins by Colin Barrett, Calm with Horses was received positively, with critics praising both Nick Rowland's work as a debut director and Jarvis' performance as Douglas Armstrong.^[11] The film was released in the United States under the title The Shadow of Violence.^[12]

In 2020, he was a guest star on the 5th season of Peaky Blinders, as the character Barney, along with Brian Gleeson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Neil Maskell, Sam Claflin, Emmett J Scanlan and Kate Dickie.^[13] Following Peaky Blinders, Jarvis appeared in Nocturnal, Funny Face, The Evening Hour and Raised by Wolves.^[14]

In 2021, Jarvis was announced to star opposite of Dakota Johnson in Netflix's adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion.^[15] He was also cast in a leading role opposite Hiroyuki Sanada in FX's TV mini-series Shōgun, the second TV adaptation of James Clavell's best-selling novel of the same name, set to release in 2024.^[16][17]

In 2022, Jarvis was nominated for Best Lead Performance in the British Independent Film Awards new gender-neutral category for his performance in It Is In Us All. He was also nominated for Best International Actor at the Irish Film and Television Awards.^{[18] [19]}

In January 2023, it was announced that Cosmo Jarvis had joined the cast of Alto Knights, with Robert De Niro announced as playing both lead roles in the gangster drama, based on a script by Nicholas Pileggi and directed by Barry Levinson. Alto Knights is set to release in November 2024. ^{[20] [21] [22][23]}

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