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.
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
Family Tree
Ronnie Chadwick · (1 episode)
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