Jeremy Strong (born December 25, 1978) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He has appeared in many films that are based on true stories, including Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln (as John George Nicolay), Parkland (as Lee Harvey Oswald), Selma (as James Reeb), Black Mass, The Big Short and Molly's Game. He also has a featured role as Kendall Roy in the HBO series Succession.
Strong was born in Boston, to a hospice nurse mother and a father who works in juvenile justice, and attended public schools in Boston and Sudbury. He graduated from Yale University, where he starred in a number of plays, with a degree in English. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. He made his Broadway debut in 2008.
Strong was chosen as the 2008/2009 Leonore Annenberg Fellow by Lincoln Center Theater. He was nominated for best off-Broadway performance twice within a three-year period. He appeared on Broadway in A Man for All Seasons and starred in numerous Off-Broadway productions.