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 Se…
Acting
- 2026Treasure IslandSquire Livesey6 ep.
- 2026Young SherlockDoctor Maltby2 ep.
- 2025Murder Before EvensongBernard De Floures6 ep.
- 2024The Day of the JackalJeremy Whitelock4 ep.
- 2024Mr Bates vs The Post OfficePatrick Green QC4 ep.
- 2023The Couple Next DoorBen Gregston6 ep.
- 2023The BuccaneersColonel St. George4 ep.
- 2023The Long ShadowDesmond Wilcox1 ep.
- 2022TreasonPatrick Hamilton4 ep.
- 2022The SuspectDr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens5 ep.
- 2022Hotel PortofinoJack Turner1 ep.
- 2021DalglieshAlex Mayer2 ep.
- 2021VigilPrentice6 ep.
- 2020LifeNeil Baker3 ep.
- 2020I May Destroy YouJulian4 ep.
- 2020BelgraviaJohn Bellasis6 ep.
- 2018YouElliot Tannenberg2 ep.
- 2018Celebrity Catchphrase1 ep.
- 2018Home from HomeRobert Dillon6 ep.
- 20171066: A Year to Conquer EnglandHarold Godwinson3 ep.
- 2015Catherine Tate's NanCharles Wilmott1 ep.
- 2014The GameGeorge1 ep.
- 2014GrantchesterJames Heath1 ep.
- 2014The Crimson FieldColonel Charles Purbright2 ep.
- 2014Thicker Than WaterGavin Leonard1 ep.
- 2013Family TreeRonnie Chadwick1 ep.
- 2013EndeavourKent Finn1 ep.
- 2010VexedCharlie Brewer1 ep.
- 2008WiredSimon3 ep.
- 2008Harley Street1 ep.
- 2008Bonekickers1 ep.
- 2008Ashes to AshesEdward Markham1 ep.
- 2007Sold1 ep.
- 2007Secret Diary of a Call GirlMatt2 ep.
- 2007LewisEthan Croft1 ep.
- 2006The Amazing Mrs PritchardMark McCaffrey1 ep.
- 2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireTitus1 ep.
- 2006Hotel Babylon2 ep.
- 2005Love Soup1 ep.
- 2005Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefonoWilliam Ryder2 ep.
- 2004HustleCarlton Wood2 ep.
- 2003Celebrity MastermindSelf - Contestant1 ep.
- 2001Band of BrothersCleveland O. Petty4 ep.
- 2001Waking the DeadMichael Leonard2 ep.
- 2001As IfRichard1 ep.
- 1993SharpeCpt. Philip Carline1 ep.
- 1992A Touch of FrostGregory Salmond2 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2026Young SherlockDoctor Maltby2 ep.
- 2025Death in ParadiseRick Mayhew1 ep.
- 2024Celebrity MastermindSelf - Contestant1 ep.
- 2024DalglieshAlex Mayer2 ep.
- 2024The Day of the JackalJeremy Whitelock4 ep.
- 2023The BuccaneersColonel St. George4 ep.
- 2023The Long ShadowDesmond Wilcox1 ep.
- 2023YouElliot Tannenberg2 ep.
- 2023Celebrity Catchphrase1 ep.
- 2022TreasonPatrick Hamilton4 ep.
- 2022Hotel PortofinoJack Turner1 ep.
- 2020LifeNeil Baker3 ep.
- 2020I May Destroy YouJulian4 ep.
- 2017EndeavourKent Finn1 ep.
- 2016Thicker Than WaterGavin Leonard1 ep.
- 2015Catherine Tate's NanCharles Wilmott1 ep.
- 2014The GameGeorge1 ep.
- 2014GrantchesterJames Heath1 ep.
- 2014The Crimson FieldColonel Charles Purbright2 ep.
- 2013Family TreeRonnie Chadwick1 ep.
- 2012VexedCharlie Brewer1 ep.
- 2011Law & Order: LAMax Steinberg1 ep.
- 2008Secret Diary of a Call GirlMatt2 ep.
- 2010LewisEthan Croft1 ep.
- 2010Foyle's WarMajor Wesker1 ep.
- 2010A Touch of FrostGregory Salmond2 ep.
- 2009Hotel Babylon2 ep.
- 2009Doctor WhoDI McMillan1 ep.
- 2009HustleCarlton Wood2 ep.
- 2009Jonathan CreekAlec1 ep.
- 2008Bonekickers1 ep.
- 2008Harley Street1 ep.
- 2008Ashes to AshesEdward Markham1 ep.
- 2007ExtrasTre Cooper1 ep.
- 2007Sold1 ep.
- 2007Waking the DeadMichael Leonard2 ep.
- 2006The Amazing Mrs PritchardMark McCaffrey1 ep.
- 2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireTitus1 ep.
- 2005Love Soup1 ep.
- 2004As IfRichard1 ep.
- 2001Band of BrothersCleveland O. Petty4 ep.
- 1996SharpeCpt. Philip Carline1 ep.