Adam James
Acting
Born: September 9, 1972 (age 53) · London, England
Highest Rated
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
Band of Brothers
2001
You
2018
Wicked
2024
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
Hunter Killer
2018
We Live in Time
2024
The Day of the Jackal
2024
Wicked: For Good
2025
A Little Chaos
2015
The Mother of Tears
2007
The Kill Team
2019
Death in Paradise
2011
Photos (1)
Movies (30)
Wicked
Galinda's Popsicle
Wicked: For Good
Galinda's Popsicle
Hunter Killer
Captain Forbes
Johnny English Strikes Again
Pegasus
We Live in Time
Simon Maxson
Last Chance Harvey
Josh Hillman
A Little Chaos
Monsieur De Barra
The Kill Team
Hardin
The Lost Battalion
Capt. Nelson Holderman
Murder on the Orient Express
William MacQueen
Kilimanjaro
Thomas
Sharpe: The Legend
Carline
King Charles III
Prime Minister Tristram Evans
Sharpe's Regiment
Captain Carline
Consuming Passion
Mick
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
DI McMillan
Choked Up
Robert West
Much Ado About Nothing
Don Pedro
Sleep with Me
MacDara
The Mother of Tears
Michael Pierce
Coalition
Jeremy Heywood
Three Blind Mice
1st Exec (uncredited)
Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
Rupert
Eric, Ernie and Me
Ernest Maxin
Out of the Grey
Henry
The Penitent: A Rational Man
Richard Marlow
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Harold Godwinson
National Theatre Live: Consent
Jake
The Execution of Gary Glitter
John Carter QC
Churchill's First World War
Winston Churchill
TV Shows (47)
Death in Paradise
Rick Mayhew · 1 eps
You
Elliot Tannenberg · 2 eps
Foyle's War
Major Wesker · 1 eps
Vigil
Lt Commander Mark Prentice · 6 eps
The Day of the Jackal
Jeremy Whitelock · 4 eps
A Touch of Frost
Gregory Salmond · 2 eps
Band of Brothers
Cleveland O. Petty · 4 eps
Hustle
Carlton Wood · 2 eps
Waking the Dead
Michael Leonard · 2 eps
Lewis
Ethan Croft · 1 eps
Endeavour
Kent Finn · 1 eps
Grantchester
James Heath · 1 eps
Young Sherlock
Doctor Maltby · 2 eps
Law & Order: LA
Max Steinberg · 1 eps
The Buccaneers
Colonel St. George · 4 eps
Celebrity Catchphrase
1 eps
Dalgliesh
Alex Mayer · 2 eps
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Matt · 2 eps
Sharpe
Cpt. Philip Carline · 1 eps
Ashes to Ashes
Edward Markham · 1 eps
The Couple Next Door
Ben Gregston · 6 eps
Hotel Babylon
2 eps
The Long Shadow
Desmond Wilcox · 1 eps
Hotel Portofino
Jack Turner · 1 eps
Thicker Than Water
Gavin Leonard · 1 eps
I May Destroy You
Julian · 4 eps
Treason
Patrick Hamilton · 4 eps
As If
Richard · 1 eps
The Game
George · 1 eps
Belgravia
John Bellasis · 6 eps
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Titus · 1 eps
The Suspect
Dr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens · 5 eps
Life
Neil Baker · 3 eps
Murder Before Evensong
Bernard De Floures · 6 eps
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Patrick Green QC · 4 eps
Family Tree
Ronnie Chadwick · 1 eps
Vexed
Charlie Brewer · 1 eps
Love Soup
1 eps
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Mark McCaffrey · 1 eps
Bonekickers
1 eps
The Crimson Field
Colonel Charles Purbright · 2 eps
Wired
Simon · 3 eps
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Harold Godwinson · 3 eps
Home from Home
Robert Dillon · 6 eps
Harley Street
1 eps
Catherine Tate's Nan
Charles Wilmott · 1 eps
Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono
William Ryder · 2 eps
