Name
Adam James
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1972-09-09 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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Untested American submarine commander, Capt. Joe Glass of the USS Arkansas, is on the hunt...
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Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercove...
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An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chanc...
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In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his...
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A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens...
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When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan...
- 2001 Murder on the Orient Express as William MacQueen
- 2001 The Lost Battalion as Capt. Nelson Holderman
- 2023 The Penitent: A Rational Man as Richard Marlow
- 2007 The Mother of Tears as Michael Pierce
- 2006 Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart as Rupert
- 2008 Consuming Passion as Mick
- 2004 England Expects as Daniel
- 2023 Out of the Grey as Henry
- 2008 Last Chance Harvey as Josh Hillman
- 2009 Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead as DI McMillan
- 2009 The Execution of Gary Glitter as John Carter QC
- 2015 A Little Chaos as Monsieur De Barra
- 2023 Choked Up as Robert West
- 2013 Churchill's First World War as Winston Churchill
- 1997 Sharpe: The Legend as Carline
- 2024 We Live in Time as Simon Maxson
- 2009 Sleep with Me as MacDara
- 2003 Reversals as Dr. Glen Morrow
- 2011 Much Ado About Nothing as Don Pedro
- 2017 King Charles III as Prime Minister Tristram Evans
- 2017 1066: A Year to Conquer England as Harold Godwinson
- 2017 Eric, Ernie and Me as Ernest Maxin
- 1996 Sharpe's Regiment as Captain Carline
- 2018 Johnny English Strikes Again as Pegasus
- 2018 Hunter Killer as Captain Forbes
- 2017 National Theatre Live: Consent as Jake
- 2019 The Kill Team as Hardin
- 2024 Wicked as Galinda's Popsicle
- 2003 Three Blind Mice as 1st Exec (uncredited)
- 2025 Wicked: For Good as Galinda's Popsicle
- 2015 Coalition as Jeremy Heywood
- 2013 Kilimanjaro as Thomas
- 2025 Murder Before Evensong as Bernard Lord de Floures
- 2001 Band of Brothers ( 4 episodes ) as Cleveland O. Petty
- 2007 Secret Diary of a Call Girl ( 2 episodes ) as Matt
- 2014 Thicker Than Water ( 1 episode ) as Gavin Leonard
- 2021 Vigil ( 6 episodes ) as Lt Commander Mark Prentice
- 2010 Vexed ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Brewer
- 2006 The Amazing Mrs Pritchard ( 1 episode ) as Mark McCaffrey
- 2001 As If ( 1 episode ) as Richard
- 2008 Wired ( 3 episodes ) as Simon
- 2006 Hotel Babylon ( 2 episodes )
- 2004 Hustle ( 2 episodes ) as Carlton Wood
- 2005 Love Soup ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Lewis ( 1 episode ) as Ethan Croft
- 2007 Sold ( 1 episode )
- 2001 Waking the Dead ( 2 episodes ) as Michael Leonard
- 2008 Bonekickers ( 1 episode )
- 2018 Home from Home ( 6 episodes ) as Robert Dillon
- 2013 Endeavour ( 1 episode ) as Kent Finn
- 2015 Catherine Tate's Nan ( 1 episode ) as Charles Wilmott
- 2008 Harley Street ( 1 episode )
- 2010 Law & Order: LA ( 1 episode ) as Max Steinberg
- 2022 The Suspect ( 5 episodes ) as Dr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens
- 2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office ( 4 episodes ) as Patrick Green QC
- 2023 The Long Shadow ( 1 episode ) as Desmond Wilcox
- 2017 1066: A Year to Conquer England ( 3 episodes ) as Harold Godwinson
- 2020 Life ( 3 episodes ) as Neil Baker
- 2022 Treason ( 4 episodes ) as Patrick Hamilton
- 2005 Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono ( 2 episodes ) as William Ryder
- 2008 Ashes to Ashes ( 1 episode ) as Edward Markham
- 2018 You ( 2 episodes ) as Elliot Tannenberg
- 2020 Belgravia ( 6 episodes ) as John Bellasis
- 2018 Celebrity Catchphrase ( 1 episode )
- 2020 I May Destroy You ( 4 episodes ) as Julian
- 2014 The Game ( 1 episode ) as George
- 2023 The Buccaneers ( 4 episodes ) as Colonel St. George
- 2022 Hotel Portofino ( 1 episode ) as Jack Turner
- 2024 The Day of the Jackal ( 4 episodes ) as Jeremy Whitelock
- 2003 Celebrity Mastermind ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant
- 2011 Death in Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Rick Mayhew
- 2014 Grantchester ( 1 episode ) as James Heath
- 2006 Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire ( 1 episode ) as Titus
- 1993 Sharpe ( 1 episode ) as Cpt. Philip Carline
- 2002 Foyle's War ( 1 episode ) as Major Wesker
- 2013 Family Tree ( 1 episode ) as Ronnie Chadwick
- 2023 The Couple Next Door ( 6 episodes ) as Ben Gregston
- 2021 Dalgliesh ( 2 episodes ) as Alex Mayer
- 2025 Murder Before Evensong ( 6 episodes ) as Bernard De Floures
- 2014 The Crimson Field ( 2 episodes ) as Colonel Charles Purbright
- 2026 Young Sherlock ( 2 episodes ) as Doctor Maltby
- 1992 A Touch of Frost ( 2 episodes ) as Gregory Salmond
