Adam James
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 9, 1972 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- London, England
- Credits
- 81
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
2026TV
Doctor Maltby
Wicked: For Good
2025Movie
Galinda's Popsicle
Murder Before Evensong
2025TV
Bernard De Floures
The Day of the Jackal
2024TV
Jeremy Whitelock
Wicked
2024Movie
Galinda's Popsicle
We Live in Time
2024Movie
Simon Maxson
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024TV
Patrick Green QC
The Couple Next Door
2023TV
Ben Gregston
The Buccaneers
2023TV
Colonel St. George
Out of the Grey
2023Movie
Henry
The Long Shadow
2023TV
Desmond Wilcox
The Penitent: A Rational Man
2023Movie
Richard Marlow
Choked Up
2023Movie
Robert West
Treason
2022TV
Patrick Hamilton
The Suspect
2022TV
Dr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens
Hotel Portofino
2022TV
Jack Turner
Dalgliesh
2021TV
Alex Mayer
Vigil
2021TV
Lt Commander Mark Prentice
Life
2020TV
Neil Baker
I May Destroy You
2020TV
Julian
Belgravia
2020TV
John Bellasis
The Kill Team
2019Movie
Hardin
Hunter Killer
2018Movie
Captain Forbes
You
2018TV
Elliot Tannenberg
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018Movie
Pegasus
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018TV
Home from Home
2018TV
Robert Dillon
Eric, Ernie and Me
2017Movie
Ernest Maxin
King Charles III
2017Movie
Prime Minister Tristram Evans
National Theatre Live: Consent
2017Movie
Jake
1066: A Year to Conquer England
2017Movie
Harold Godwinson
1066: A Year to Conquer England
2017TV
Harold Godwinson
Catherine Tate's Nan
2015TV
Charles Wilmott
Coalition
2015Movie
Jeremy Heywood
A Little Chaos
2015Movie
Monsieur De Barra
The Game
2014TV
George
Grantchester
2014TV
James Heath
The Crimson Field
2014TV
Colonel Charles Purbright
Thicker Than Water
2014TV
Gavin Leonard
Churchill's First World War
2013Movie
Winston Churchill
Family Tree
2013TV
Ronnie Chadwick
Endeavour
2013TV
Kent Finn
Kilimanjaro
2013Movie
Thomas
Death in Paradise
2011TV
Rick Mayhew
Much Ado About Nothing
2011Movie
Don Pedro
Law & Order: LA
2010TV
Max Steinberg
Vexed
2010TV
Charlie Brewer
Sleep with Me
2009Movie
MacDara
The Execution of Gary Glitter
2009Movie
John Carter QC
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009Movie
DI McMillan
Last Chance Harvey
2008Movie
Josh Hillman
Consuming Passion
2008Movie
Mick
Wired
2008TV
Simon
Harley Street
2008TV
Bonekickers
2008TV
Ashes to Ashes
2008TV
Edward Markham
Sold
2007TV
The Mother of Tears
2007Movie
Michael Pierce
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
2007TV
Matt
Lewis
2007TV
Ethan Croft
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006TV
Mark McCaffrey
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006TV
Titus
Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
2006Movie
Rupert
Hotel Babylon
2006TV
Love Soup
2005TV
Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono
2005TV
William Ryder
England Expects
2004Movie
Daniel
Hustle
2004TV
Carlton Wood
Celebrity Mastermind
2003TV
Self - Contestant
Reversals
2003Movie
Dr. Glen Morrow
Three Blind Mice
2003Movie
1st Exec (uncredited)
Foyle's War
2002TV
Major Wesker
The Lost Battalion
2001Movie
Capt. Nelson Holderman
Band of Brothers
2001TV
Cleveland O. Petty
Waking the Dead
2001TV
Michael Leonard
Murder on the Orient Express
2001Movie
William MacQueen
As If
2001TV
Richard
Sharpe: The Legend
1997Movie
Carline
Sharpe's Regiment
1996Movie
Captain Carline
Sharpe
1993TV
Cpt. Philip Carline
A Touch of Frost
1992TV
Gregory Salmond