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Adam James

Born · September 9, 1972 (52 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: London, England

Bio

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

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers

You

You

Johnny English Strikes Again

Johnny English Strikes Again

Hunter Killer

Hunter Killer

Wicked: For Good

Glinda's Popsicle

2025

Wicked

Galinda's Popsicle

2024

The Day of the Jackal

Jeremy Whitelock · (4 episodes)

2024

We Live in Time

Simon Maxson

2024

Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Patrick Green QC · (4 episodes)

2024

The Buccaneers

Colonel St. George · (4 episodes)

2023

Out of the Grey

Henry

2023

The Long Shadow

Desmond Wilcox · (1 episode)

2023

The Penitent - A Rational Man

2023

Choked Up

Robert West

2023

Treason

Patrick Hamilton · (4 episodes)

2022

The Suspect

Dr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens · (5 episodes)

2022

Hotel Portofino

Jack Turner · (1 episode)

2022

Vigil

Lt Commander Mark Prentice · (6 episodes)

2021

Life

Neil Baker · (3 episodes)

2020

I May Destroy You

Julian · (4 episodes)

2020

Belgravia

John Bellasis · (6 episodes)

2020

The Kill Team

Hardin

2019

Hunter Killer

Captain Forbes

2018

Johnny English Strikes Again

Pegasus

2018

You

Elliot Tannenberg · (2 episodes)

2018

Celebrity Catchphrase

(1 episode)

2018

Home from Home

Robert Dillon · (6 episodes)

2018

Eric, Ernie and Me

Ernest Maxin

2017

King Charles III

Prime Minister Tristram Evans

2017

National Theatre Live: Consent

Jake

2017

1066: A Year to Conquer England

Harold Godwinson

2017

1066: A Year to Conquer England

Harold Godwinson · (3 episodes)

2017

Catherine Tate's Nan

Charles Wilmott · (1 episode)

2015

A Little Chaos

Monsieur De Barra

2015

The Game

George · (1 episode)

2014

Grantchester

James Heath · (1 episode)

2014

The Crimson Field

Col Charles Purbright · (6 episodes)

2014

Thicker Than Water

Gavin Leonard · (1 episode)

2014

Churchill's First World War

Winston Churchill

2013

Endeavour

Kent Finn · (1 episode)

2013

Death in Paradise

Rick Mayhew · (1 episode)

2011

Much Ado About Nothing

Don Pedro

2011

Law & Order: LA

Max Steinberg · (1 episode)

2010

Vexed

Charlie Brewer · (1 episode)

2010

Sleep With Me

MacDara

2009

The Execution of Gary Glitter

John Carter QC

2009

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

DI McMillan

2009

Last Chance Harvey

Josh Hillman

2008

Consuming Passion

Mick

2008

Wired

Simon · (3 episodes)

2008

Harley Street

(1 episode)

2008

Bonekickers

(1 episode)

2008

Ashes to Ashes

Edward Markham · (1 episode)

2008

Sold

(1 episode)

2007

The Mother of Tears

Michael Pierce

2007

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

Matt · (2 episodes)

2007

Lewis

Ethan Croft · (1 episode)

2007

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

Mark McCaffrey · (1 episode)

2006

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Titus · (1 episode)

2006

Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart

Rupert

2006

Hotel Babylon

(2 episodes)

2006

Love Soup

(1 episode)

2005

Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono

William Ryder · (2 episodes)

2005

England Expects

Daniel

2004

Hustle

Carlton Wood · (2 episodes)

2004

Celebrity Mastermind

Self - Contestant · (1 episode)

2003

Reversals

Dr. Glen Morrow

2003

Three Blind Mice

1st Exec (uncredited)

2003

Foyle's War

Major Wesker · (1 episode)

2002

The Lost Battalion

Capt. Nelson Holderman

2001

Band of Brothers

Cleveland O. Petty · (2 episodes)

2001

Waking the Dead

Michael Leonard · (2 episodes)

2001

Murder on the Orient Express

William MacQueen

2001

As If

Richard · (1 episode)

2001

Sharpe: The Legend

Carline

1997

Cold Lazarus

(1 episode)

1996

Sharpe's Regiment

Captain Carline

1996

Sharpe

Cpt. Philip Carline · (1 episode)

1993