Acting
Adam James
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.
Filmography
Young Sherlock
Series · 2026
Wicked: For Good
Film · 2025
Murder Before Evensong
Series · 2025
We Live in Time
Film · 2024
Wicked
Film · 2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Series · 2024
The Day of the Jackal
Series · 2024
The Penitent: A Rational Man
Film · 2023
Out of the Grey
Film · 2023
Choked Up
Film · 2023
The Long Shadow
Series · 2023
The Buccaneers
Series · 2023
The Couple Next Door
Series · 2023
The Suspect
Series · 2022
Treason
Series · 2022
Hotel Portofino
Series · 2022
Dalgliesh
Series · 2021
Vigil
Series · 2021
Life
Series · 2020
Belgravia
Series · 2020
I May Destroy You
Series · 2020
The Kill Team
Film · 2019
Johnny English Strikes Again
Film · 2018
Hunter Killer
Film · 2018
Home from Home
Series · 2018
You
Series · 2018
Celebrity Catchphrase
Series · 2018
King Charles III
Film · 2017
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Film · 2017
Eric, Ernie and Me
Film · 2017
National Theatre Live: Consent
Film · 2017
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Series · 2017
A Little Chaos
Film · 2015
Coalition
Film · 2015
Catherine Tate's Nan
Series · 2015
Thicker Than Water
Series · 2014
The Game
Series · 2014
Grantchester
Series · 2014
The Crimson Field
Series · 2014
Churchill's First World War
Film · 2013
Kilimanjaro
Film · 2013
Endeavour
Series · 2013
Family Tree
Series · 2013
Much Ado About Nothing
Film · 2011
Death in Paradise
Series · 2011
Vexed
Series · 2010
Law & Order: LA
Series · 2010
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Film · 2009
The Execution of Gary Glitter
Film · 2009
Sleep with Me
Film · 2009
Consuming Passion
Film · 2008
Last Chance Harvey
Film · 2008
Wired
Series · 2008
Bonekickers
Series · 2008
Harley Street
Series · 2008
Ashes to Ashes
Series · 2008
The Mother of Tears
Film · 2007
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Series · 2007
Lewis
Series · 2007
Sold
Series · 2007
Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
Film · 2006
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Series · 2006
Hotel Babylon
Series · 2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Series · 2006
Love Soup
Series · 2005
Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono
Series · 2005
England Expects
Film · 2004
Hustle
Series · 2004
Reversals
Film · 2003
Three Blind Mice
Film · 2003
Celebrity Mastermind
Series · 2003
Foyle's War
Series · 2002
Murder on the Orient Express
Film · 2001
The Lost Battalion
Film · 2001
Band of Brothers
Series · 2001
As If
Series · 2001
Waking the Dead
Series · 2001
Sharpe: The Legend
Film · 1997
Sharpe's Regiment
Film · 1996
Sharpe
Series · 1993
A Touch of Frost
Series · 1992