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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Wicked as Galinda's Popsicle
- 2024 · The Day of the Jackal as Jeremy Whitelock
- 2024 · We Live in Time as Simon Maxson
- 2024 · Mr Bates vs The Post Office as Patrick Green QC
- 2023 · The Buccaneers as Colonel St. George
- 2023 · Out of the Grey as Henry
- 2023 · The Long Shadow as Desmond Wilcox
- 2023 · The Penitent - A Rational Man as
- 2023 · Choked Up as Robert West
- 2022 · Treason as Patrick Hamilton
- 2022 · The Suspect as Dr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens
- 2022 · Hotel Portofino as Jack Turner
- 2021 · Vigil as Lt Commander Mark Prentice
- 2020 · Life as Neil Baker
- 2020 · I May Destroy You as Julian
- 2020 · Belgravia as John Bellasis
- 2019 · The Kill Team as Hardin
- 2018 · Hunter Killer as Captain Forbes
- 2018 · Johnny English Strikes Again as Pegasus
- 2018 · You as Elliot Tannenberg
- 2018 · Celebrity Catchphrase as
- 2018 · Home from Home as Robert Dillon
- 2017 · Eric, Ernie and Me as Ernest Maxin
- 2017 · King Charles III as Prime Minister Tristram Evans
- 2017 · National Theatre Live: Consent as Jake
- 2017 · 1066: A Year to Conquer England as Harold Godwinson
- 2017 · 1066: A Year to Conquer England as Harold Godwinson
- 2015 · Catherine Tate's Nan as Charles Wilmott
- 2015 · A Little Chaos as Monsieur De Barra
- 2014 · The Game as George
- 2014 · The Crimson Field as Col Charles Purbright
- 2014 · Thicker Than Water as Gavin Leonard
- 2013 · Churchill's First World War as Winston Churchill
- 2013 · Endeavour as Kent Finn
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Rick Mayhew
- 2011 · Much Ado About Nothing as Don Pedro
- 2010 · Law & Order: LA as Max Steinberg
- 2010 · Vexed as Charlie Brewer
- 2009 · Sleep With Me as MacDara
- 2009 · The Execution of Gary Glitter as John Carter QC
- 2009 · Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead as DI McMillan
- 2008 · Last Chance Harvey as Josh Hillman
- 2008 · Consuming Passion as Mick
- 2008 · Wired as Simon
- 2008 · Harley Street as
- 2008 · Bonekickers as
- 2008 · Ashes to Ashes as Edward Markham
- 2007 · Sold as
- 2007 · The Mother of Tears as Michael Pierce
- 2007 · Secret Diary of a Call Girl as Matt
- 2007 · Lewis as Ethan Croft
- 2006 · The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Mark McCaffrey
- 2006 · Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart as Rupert
- 2006 · Hotel Babylon as
- 2005 · Love Soup as
- 2005 · Extras as Tre Cooper
- 2005 · Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono as William Ryder
- 2005 · Doctor Who as DI McMillan
- 2004 · England Expects as Daniel
- 2004 · Hustle as Carlton Wood
- 2003 · Celebrity Mastermind as Self - Contestant
- 2003 · Reversals as Dr. Glen Morrow
- 2001 · The Lost Battalion as Capt. Nelson Holderman
- 2001 · Band of Brothers as Cleveland O. Petty
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as Michael Leonard
- 2001 · Murder on the Orient Express as William MacQueen
- 2001 · As If as Richard
- 1997 · Sharpe: The Legend as Carline
- 1997 · Jonathan Creek as Alec
- 1996 · Cold Lazarus as
- 1996 · Sharpe's Regiment as Captain Carline