Adam James

Birthday: 1972-09-09
Birthplace: UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2024-11-20 Wicked Galinda's Popsicle
2024-10-10 We Live in Time Simon Maxson
2023-10-23 Out of the Grey Henry
2023-09-04 The Penitent - A Rational Man
2023-03-28 Choked Up Robert West
2019-10-17 The Kill Team Hardin
2018-10-19 Hunter Killer Captain Forbes
2018-09-13 Johnny English Strikes Again Pegasus
2017-12-29 Eric, Ernie and Me Ernest Maxin
2017-05-10 King Charles III Prime Minister Tristram Evans
2017-05-09 National Theatre Live: Consent Jake
2017-02-28 1066: A Year to Conquer England Harold Godwinson
2015-03-26 A Little Chaos Monsieur De Barra
2013-07-30 Churchill's First World War Winston Churchill
2011-05-16 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro
2009-12-30 Sleep With Me MacDara
2009-11-06 The Execution of Gary Glitter John Carter QC
2009-04-11 Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead DI McMillan
2008-12-25 Last Chance Harvey Josh Hillman
2008-11-02 Consuming Passion Mick
2007-10-31 The Mother of Tears Michael Pierce
2006-07-26 Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart Rupert
2004-04-05 England Expects Daniel
2003-11-19 Reversals Dr. Glen Morrow
2001-12-02 The Lost Battalion Capt. Nelson Holderman
2001-04-22 Murder on the Orient Express William MacQueen
1997-10-13 Sharpe: The Legend Carline
1996-05-01 Sharpe's Regiment Captain Carline