Irvine was born Jeremy William Fredric Smith on 18 June 1990 in Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire, where he was raised. His mother, Bridget Smith, is a Liberal Democrat councillor on (and latterly leader of) the South Cam… See more

Irvine worked in his local supermarket and also did web design prior to gaining success as an actor. He played Luke in the television series Life Bites and appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2010 production of … See more

Irvine has had diabetes mellitus type 1 since childhood: "When I was six, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I was on four injections a day, which I administered myself." His two brothers also suffer from diabetes. Ir… See more