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Adam James (actor)
Adam James is a British actor. His credits include Band of Brothers, The Mother of Tears, Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire, Bonekickers, Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant and the Doctor Who episode "Planet of the Dead", as well as an episode of ITV2 drama Secret Diary of a Call Girl. He also appeared in Extras, as the new agent of Ricky Gervais's character. He has also appeared in Ashes to Ashes as Edward Markham in the first episode.
In 2009 James appeared in the Doctor Who episode Planet of the Dead, co-starring with his friend David Tennant, the pair having first worked together in Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre 1999 production of King Lear. James' other theatre work includes Blood and Gifts (2010) and Much Ado About Nothing (2011), alongside David Tennant and Catherine Tate.
He has recently finished his run at the National Theatre in Mike Bartlett's 13 and has begun previews for "Don't Dress for Dinner" at the Roundabout Theatre in New York.
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Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Cold Lazarus | Militia man | |
| 1996 | Island | Ross | |
| 1996 | Sharpe's Regiment | Captain Carline | |
| 1996 | The Bill | PC Kelleher | Played PC Kelleher in 2 episodes - "A Good Night Out" and "No Assistance Required". |
| 1998 | Silent Witness | Eden Blackman | |
| 1998 | Life of the Party | Winston Spencer Churchill | |
| 1999 | Let Them Eat Cake | Marquis de Bonvie | |
| 2000 | Tenth Kingdom | Beantown Man | |
| 2000 | I Saw You | Kevin | |
| 2001 | Murder On The Orient Express | William McQueen | |
| 2001 | Table Twelve-After Hours | Chef | |
| 2001 | Band of Brothers | Pvt.Cleveland O. Petty | Adam played Pvt Petty in Currahee (Episode 1), Day of Days (Episode 2), Carentan (Episode 3) and Crossroads (Episode 5). |
| 2001 | The Last Battalion | Capt. Nelson Holderman, Co. K 307 th | |
| 2002 | Trust | Charles | |
| 2003 | Holby City | Tim Preston | Adam also played Pete Guildford in Casualty. |
| 2003 | Doctors | Bryan Evans | |
| 2003 | Reversals | Dr Glen Morrow | |
| 2004 | England Expects | Daniel Isaacs | |
| 2004 | As If | Richard | |
| 2005 | Meucci | William Ryder | Italian tv movie |
| 2005 | Casualty | Pete Guildford | He played Pete Guildford for 17 episodes. |
| 2005 | Love Soup | Guy Cassidy | |
| 2006 | Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in my Heart | Rupert | |
| 2006 | Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Titus Flavius | Adam played Titus Flavius in episode 3 The Jewish Revolt (aka Rebellion). Jonathan Coy from Much Ado was also in this episode. |
| 2006 | Desperados | David Barclay | |
| 2006 | The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | Mark McCaffrey | |
| 2007 | Judge John Deed | Major General Waters | He played Major General Waters in parts 1 & 2 of "War Crimes". |
| 2007 | Waking the Dead | Michael Leonard | He played Michael Leonard in parts 1 & 2 of "Deus Ex Machina". |
| 2007 | The Commander | Tony Lattice | |
| 2007 | Sold | Darius Bowmore | |
| 2007 | Extras | Tre Cooper | Adam played Ricky Gervais' agent in the final episode. |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes | Edward Markham | He played a drug dealer in the first episode of the Life on Mars sequel. |
| 2008 | My Family | Daniel | |
| 2008 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Matt Hexton/Tony | Adam appeared in series two. |
| 2008 | Harley Street | Calvin Morgan | Adam appeared in the first episode of Harley Street |
| 2008 | Bonekickers | John | Adam appeared in the episode entitled "The Lines of War". |
| 2008 | Consuming Passion | Mick | tv movie |
| 2008 | Wired | Simon Penvell | |
| 2009 | Hotel Babylon | Carlton Foreman | Adam appeared in series 4, episode 2 playing a fight promoter. |
| 2009 | Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant | Henry VIII | |
| 2009 | Jonathan Creek | Alec | Christmas Special called "The Grinning Man". |
| 2009 | Hustle | Carlton Wood | Adam appeared in episode 2 and episode 6 of the fifth series. |
| 2009 | Dr Who | D.I. McMillan | Adam appeared in the Dr Who Easter Special called "Planet of the Dead". |
| 2009 | The Execution of Gary Glitter | John Carter QC | |
| 2009 | Sleep with Me | MacDara | |
| 2010 | A Touch of Frost | Gregory Salmond | Adam played a lawyer in the last two episodes, entitled "If the Dogs run free parts 1 & 2". |
| 2010 | Foyle's War | Major Wesker | |
| 2010 | Lewis | Ethan Croft | Adam appeared in "Your Sudden Death Question" as an officially designated troublemaker. |
| 2010 | Trinny and Susanna: From Boom to Bust | Dinner Guest | Adam appeared in part four. |
| 2010 | Miranda | Rupert | Aka Rupert the Bear |
| 2010 | In Dalston Nobody Can hear You Scream | Pen | |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Los Angeles | Max Steinberg | Adam played a lawyer in the episode entitled "Benedict Canyon". |
| 2012 | Vexed | Charlie Brewer | Series 2 |
Film & Shorts
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Forbidden Territory | Albert Barney | |
| 1999 | Gregory's Two Girls | Phil | |
| 2000 | High Heels and Low Lifes | Rupert | |
| 2001 | Its Not You Its Me | Rob | short |
| 2002 | Three Blind Mice | 1st Exec | (uncredited) |
| 2002 | A Family Man | Mark | short |
| 2003 | Prima Dammi Un Baccio | Stephen | Speaks Italian |
| 2004 | Show | - | short |
| 2004 | De-Lovely | Horsegroom | |
| 2006 | Just in Time | John Graham Ashton | short |
| 2006 | The Road to Guantanamo | Chris Mackay | Docu-drama |
| 2006 | CMC | - | short |
| 2007 | Mother of Tears | Michael Pierce | aka Le Terza Madre (Italian title). He was nominated for Best Actor at the David Di Donatello Awards. |
| 2008 | Broken Lines | Toby | |
| 2008 | Last Chance Harvey | Josh Hillman | |
| 2011 | Acting = Intensity + Rebellion | Movie Director | short - this can be viewed on the Funny or Die website. |
| 2011 | 2 in a million | Jeff | short |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Coriolanus | Meninius | |
| 1995 | A View From a Bridge | Rudolpho | |
| 1995 | Tamburlaine | ||
| 1996 | Lone Star | Cletis | |
| 1996 | Private Wars | Gately | |
| 1996 | Unseen Hand | Cisco | |
| 1997 | Poor Super Man | Matt | He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the MEN Awards. |
| 1998 | Chimes at Midnight | Hotspur | |
| 1998 | Glass Menagerie | Gentleman Caller | |
| 1999 | King Lear | Edmund | |
| 2000 | Snake In The Fridge | Randy | Second time he has appeared in a play that was written by Brad Fraser (after Poor Super Man). |
| 2002 | Original Sin | Eugene Black | |
| 2002 | Time and the Conways | Robin Conway | Second time he has been directed by Braham Murray (after Snake in the Fridge). |
| 2004 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Algernon Moncrieff | |
| 2006 | Rabbit | Richard | He played the same role in a Brits off Broadway season at the 59E59 Theatres in New York in June/July 2007. |
| 2007 | French Without Tears | Lt. Commander Bill Rogers | |
| 2007 | My Child | Karl | Played the only named character. |
| 2008 | Now or Later | Marc | |
| 2009/9 | Gethsemane | Geoff Benzine | |
| 2010 | Blood and Gifts | Simon Craig | Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the Whatsonstage Awards. Second time he has been directed by Howard Davies (after Gethsemane). Second time he has acted with Matthew Marsh (after Now or Later). |
| 2010 | The Pride | Peter/Man/Doctor | Drama Desk nomination. Won the 2010 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor. |
| 2011 | Tiger Country | John | Second time he has worked with Nina Raine (after Rabbit). Second time he has worked with Pip Carter (after Gethsemane). |
| 2011 | Much Ado About Nothing | Don Pedro | Best Don Pedro ever. Second Shakespeare with David Tennant. |
| 2011 | 13 | Mark | Second time he has worked with Mike Bartlett (after My Child). |
| 2011 | Don't Dress for Dinner | Bernard | Sequel to Boeing Boeing, this play is also known as Pyjamas for Six. He should do more comedy anyway! |
Radio
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ???? | The Nature of Vikings | ||
| 2004 | Selling Immortality | ||
| January 2010 | Deep Cut | Colonel Nigel Josling | (Radio 4) Re-broadcast in November 2011. |
| December 2011 | Our Country's Good | Robert Sideway | Our Country's Good and The Recruiting Officer shared the same cast when they were broadcast on Radio 3 & 4 in December 2011. Adam acted opposite Elliot Levey, his fellow cast member from Much Ado about Nothing in both. Ironically, his character in Our Country's Good plays the role of Mr Worthy in the The Recruiting Officer, the play within the play. |
| December 2011 | The Recruiting Officer | Mr Worthy | |
| April 2012 | Twelfth Night | Sir Andrew | |
| April 2012 | Romeo and Juliet | Benvolio |
Misc
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 9/11: The Bronx | Series Narrator | |
| 2009 | Dr Who Confidential (Planet of the Dead) | (As himself) | |
| 2009 | Theatre Live |
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