Adam James
Born: 1972-09-09 in London, England
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Wicked: For Good as Galinda's Popsicle
- Murder Before Evensong as Bernard De Floures
2024
- Wicked as Galinda's Popsicle
- The Day of the Jackal as Jeremy Whitelock
- We Live in Time as Simon Maxson
- Mr Bates vs The Post Office as Patrick Green QC
2023
- The Buccaneers as Colonel St. George
- The Couple Next Door as Ben Gregston
- Choked Up as Robert West
- The Long Shadow as Desmond Wilcox
- Out of the Grey as Henry
- The Penitent - A Rational Man
2022
- Treason as Patrick Hamilton
- Hotel Portofino as Jack Turner
- The Suspect as Dr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens
2020
- Belgravia as John Bellasis
- I May Destroy You as Julian
- Life as Neil Baker
2019
- The Kill Team as Hardin
2018
- You as Elliot Tannenberg
- Hunter Killer as Captain Forbes
- Johnny English Strikes Again as Pegasus
- Celebrity Catchphrase
- Home from Home as Robert Dillon
2017
- Eric, Ernie and Me as Ernest Maxin
- 1066: A Year to Conquer England as Harold Godwinson
- King Charles III as Prime Minister Tristram Evans
- 1066: A Year to Conquer England as Harold Godwinson
- National Theatre Live: Consent as Jake
2015
- A Little Chaos as Monsieur De Barra
- Coalition as Jeremy Heywood
- Catherine Tate's Nan as Charles Wilmott
2014
- Grantchester as James Heath
- The Game as George
- Thicker Than Water as Gavin Leonard
- The Crimson Field as Col Charles Purbright
2013
- Endeavour as Kent Finn
- Churchill's First World War as Winston Churchill
- Family Tree as Ronnie Chadwick
2011
- Death in Paradise as Rick Mayhew
- Much Ado About Nothing as Don Pedro
2010
- Law & Order: LA as Max Steinberg
- Vexed as Charlie Brewer
2009
- Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead as DI McMillan
- The Execution of Gary Glitter as John Carter QC
- Sleep With Me as MacDara
2008
- Consuming Passion as Mick
- Ashes to Ashes as Edward Markham
- Last Chance Harvey as Josh Hillman
- Bonekickers
- Wired as Simon
- Harley Street
2007
- Lewis as Ethan Croft
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl as Matt
- The Mother of Tears as Michael Pierce
- Sold
2006
- Hotel Babylon
- Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart as Rupert
- Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire as Titus
- The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Mark McCaffrey
2005
- Love Soup
- Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono as William Ryder
2004
- Hustle as Carlton Wood
- England Expects as Daniel
2003
- Reversals as Dr. Glen Morrow
- Three Blind Mice as 1st Exec (uncredited)
- Celebrity Mastermind as Self - Contestant
2002
- Foyle's War as Major Wesker
2001
- Band of Brothers as Cleveland O. Petty
- Waking the Dead as Michael Leonard
- Murder on the Orient Express as William MacQueen
- As If as Richard
- The Lost Battalion as Capt. Nelson Holderman
1997
- Sharpe: The Legend as Carline
1996
- Cold Lazarus
- Sharpe's Regiment as Captain Carline
1993
- Sharpe as Cpt. Philip Carline