Adam James
Adam James was born on 9 September 1972. Adam trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1996. He worked extensively in both TV and Theatre early on in his career, receiving a Best Newcomer nomination at the M.E.N awards for his work at the Royal Exchange and then coming to prominence in 2001 in 'Band of Brothers'. This followed a string of notable guest leads in such popular shows as Extras, Ashes to Ashes, Hustle, Dr. Who and Foyles War. In 2010 he performed in New York in 'The Pride' along side Ben Whishaw and Andrea Riseborough for which he won the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role and also received the Drama Desk Nomination. He would return in 2013, this time Off Broadway with the critically acclaimed and Olivier Award winning play "Bull", only to return to Broadway once more in 2016 with the Olivier and Critics Circle award winning play "King Charles III" in which Adam played the Prime Minister, and later received the Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2015, the same year in which he appeared in another Mike Bartlett hit "Dr.Foster", he married the former actress Victoria Shalet. Their first child was born in September 2016, and Adam has an adult daughter from a previous relationship. Adam then continued his collaboration with Mike Bartlett by filming both the much anticipated second series of Dr.Foster alongside a TV film version of King Charles III for BBC2. He has since returned to the stage and London's West End in the Olivier Award Winning "Girl From The North Country" at the Noel Coward Theatre and the hugely critically acclaimed "Consent" having transferred with it from the National Theatre. More recently he reunited with Rupert Goold for the world premiere of Anne Washburn's new play "Shipwreck" at the Almeida Theatre. His most recent Television work includes Julian Fellowes' new period drama "Belgravia" for ITV and Epix in the US (produced by Carnival the team behind Downtown Abbey) and also the hugely successful and critically acclaimed 12 part series "I May Destroy You" for the BBC and HBO, written, performed, produced an co-directed by Michaela Coel.
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Full Filmography
All Credits (76)
Wicked: For Good
as Galinda's Popsicle
Murder Before Evensong
as Bernard De Floures
The Day of the Jackal
as Jeremy Whitelock
Wicked
as Galinda's Popsicle
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
as Patrick Green QC
The Couple Next Door
as Ben Gregston
The Buccaneers
as Colonel St. George
Out of the Grey
as Henry
The Long Shadow
as Desmond Wilcox
The Penitent: A Rational Man
as Richard Marlow
Choked Up
as Robert West
Treason
as Patrick Hamilton
The Suspect
as Dr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens
Hotel Portofino
as Jack Turner
Dalgliesh
as Alex Mayer
Vigil
as Lt Commander Mark Prentice
Life
as Neil Baker
I May Destroy You
as Julian
Belgravia
as John Bellasis
The Kill Team
as Hardin
Hunter Killer
as Captain Forbes
You
as Elliot Tannenberg
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Pegasus
Celebrity Catchphrase
as Unknown
Home from Home
as Robert Dillon
Eric, Ernie and Me
as Ernest Maxin
King Charles III
as Prime Minister Tristram Evans
National Theatre Live: Consent
as Jake
1066: A Year to Conquer England
as Harold Godwinson
1066: A Year to Conquer England
as Harold Godwinson
Catherine Tate's Nan
as Charles Wilmott
Coalition
as Jeremy Heywood
A Little Chaos
as Monsieur De Barra
The Game
as George
Grantchester
as James Heath
The Crimson Field
as Colonel Charles Purbright
Thicker Than Water
as Gavin Leonard
Churchill's First World War
as Winston Churchill
Family Tree
as Ronnie Chadwick
Endeavour
as Kent Finn
Kilimanjaro
as Thomas
Death in Paradise
as Rick Mayhew
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don Pedro
Law & Order: LA
as Max Steinberg
Vexed
as Charlie Brewer
Sleep with Me
as MacDara
The Execution of Gary Glitter
as John Carter QC
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
as DI McMillan
Last Chance Harvey
as Josh Hillman
Consuming Passion
as Mick
Wired
as Simon
Harley Street
as Unknown
Bonekickers
as Unknown
Ashes to Ashes
as Edward Markham
The Mother of Tears
as Michael Pierce
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
as Matt
Lewis
as Ethan Croft
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
as Mark McCaffrey
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
as Titus
Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
as Rupert
Hotel Babylon
as Unknown
Love Soup
as Unknown
Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono
as William Ryder
Hustle
as Carlton Wood
Celebrity Mastermind
as Self - Contestant
Three Blind Mice
as 1st Exec (uncredited)
Foyle's War
as Major Wesker
The Lost Battalion
as Capt. Nelson Holderman
Band of Brothers
as Cleveland O. Petty
Waking the Dead
as Michael Leonard
Murder on the Orient Express
as William MacQueen
As If
as Richard
Sharpe: The Legend
as Carline
Sharpe's Regiment
as Captain Carline
Sharpe
as Cpt. Philip Carline
A Touch of Frost
as Gregory Salmond