Adam James
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 9, 1972 (age 54)
- Birthplace
- London, England
Biography
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
Filmography
Young Sherlock
TV · as Doctor Maltby · 2 eps
Treasure Island
TV · as Squire Livesey · 6 eps
Wicked: For Good
Movie · as Galinda's Popsicle
Murder Before Evensong
TV · as Bernard De Floures · 6 eps
We Live in Time
Movie · as Simon Maxson
Wicked
Movie · as Galinda's Popsicle
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
TV · as Patrick Green QC · 4 eps
The Day of the Jackal
TV · as Jeremy Whitelock · 4 eps
The Penitent: A Rational Man
Movie · as Richard Marlow
Out of the Grey
Movie · as Henry
Choked Up
Movie · as Robert West
The Long Shadow
TV · as Desmond Wilcox · 1 ep
The Buccaneers
TV · as Colonel St. George · 4 eps
The Couple Next Door
TV · as Ben Gregston · 6 eps
The Suspect
TV · as Dr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens · 5 eps
Treason
TV · as Patrick Hamilton · 4 eps
Hotel Portofino
TV · as Jack Turner · 1 ep
Dalgliesh
TV · as Alex Mayer · 2 eps
Vigil
TV · as Prentice · 6 eps
Life
TV · as Neil Baker · 3 eps
Belgravia
TV · as John Bellasis · 6 eps
I May Destroy You
TV · as Julian · 4 eps
The Kill Team
Movie · as Hardin
Johnny English Strikes Again
Movie · as Pegasus
Hunter Killer
Movie · as Captain Forbes
Home from Home
TV · as Robert Dillon · 6 eps
You
TV · as Elliot Tannenberg · 2 eps
Celebrity Catchphrase
TV · 1 ep
King Charles III
Movie · as Prime Minister Tristram Evans
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Movie · as Harold Godwinson
Eric, Ernie and Me
Movie · as Ernest Maxin
National Theatre Live: Consent
Movie · as Jake
1066: A Year to Conquer England
TV · as Harold Godwinson · 3 eps
A Little Chaos
Movie · as Monsieur De Barra
Coalition
Movie · as Jeremy Heywood
Catherine Tate's Nan
TV · as Charles Wilmott · 1 ep
Thicker Than Water
TV · as Gavin Leonard · 1 ep
The Game
TV · as George · 1 ep
Grantchester
TV · as James Heath · 1 ep
The Crimson Field
TV · as Colonel Charles Purbright · 2 eps
Churchill's First World War
Movie · as Winston Churchill
Kilimanjaro
Movie · as Thomas
Endeavour
TV · as Kent Finn · 1 ep
Family Tree
TV · as Ronnie Chadwick · 1 ep
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie · as Don Pedro
Death in Paradise
TV · as Rick Mayhew · 1 ep
Vexed
TV · as Charlie Brewer · 1 ep
Law & Order: LA
TV · as Max Steinberg · 1 ep
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Movie · as DI McMillan
The Execution of Gary Glitter
Movie · as John Carter QC
Sleep with Me
Movie · as MacDara
Miranda
TV · as Rupert · 1 ep
Consuming Passion
Movie · as Mick
Last Chance Harvey
Movie · as Josh Hillman
Wired
TV · as Simon · 3 eps
Bonekickers
TV · 1 ep
Harley Street
TV · 1 ep
Ashes to Ashes
TV · as Edward Markham · 1 ep
The Mother of Tears
Movie · as Michael Pierce
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
TV · as Matt · 2 eps
Lewis
TV · as Ethan Croft · 1 ep
Sold
TV · 1 ep
Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
Movie · as Rupert
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
TV · as Mark McCaffrey · 1 ep
Hotel Babylon
TV · as Carlton Foreman
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
TV · as Titus · 1 ep
Love Soup
TV · 1 ep
Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono
TV · as William Ryder · 2 eps
England Expects
Movie · as Daniel
Hustle
TV · as Carlton Wood · 2 eps
Reversals
Movie · as Dr. Glen Morrow
Three Blind Mice
Movie · as 1st Exec (uncredited)
Celebrity Mastermind
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Foyle's War
TV · as Major Wesker · 1 ep
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie · as William MacQueen
The Lost Battalion
Movie · as Capt. Nelson Holderman
Band of Brothers
TV · as Cleveland O. Petty · 4 eps
As If
TV · as Richard · 1 ep
Waking the Dead
TV · as Michael Leonard · 2 eps
Sharpe: The Legend
Movie · as Carline
Sharpe's Regiment
Movie · as Captain Carline
Sharpe
TV · as Cpt. Philip Carline · 1 ep
A Touch of Frost
TV · as Gregory Salmond · 2 eps