Acting · London, England · Born September 9, 1972
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.
TVYoung Sherlock
2026
as Doctor Maltby
MovieWicked: For Good
2025
as Galinda's Popsicle
TVMurder Before Evensong
2025
as Bernard De Floures
TVThe Day of the Jackal
2024
as Jeremy Whitelock
MovieWicked
2024
as Galinda's Popsicle
MovieWe Live in Time
2024
as Simon Maxson
TVMr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
as Patrick Green QC
TVThe Couple Next Door
2023
as Ben Gregston
TVThe Buccaneers
2023
as Colonel St. George
MovieOut of the Grey
2023
as Henry
TVThe Long Shadow
2023
as Desmond Wilcox
MovieThe Penitent: A Rational Man
2023
as Richard Marlow
MovieChoked Up
2023
as Robert West
TVTreason
2022
as Patrick Hamilton
TVThe Suspect
2022
as Dr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens
TVHotel Portofino
2022
as Jack Turner
TVDalgliesh
2021
as Alex Mayer
TVVigil
2021
as Lt Commander Mark Prentice
TVLife
2020
as Neil Baker
TVI May Destroy You
2020
as Julian
TVBelgravia
2020
as John Bellasis
MovieThe Kill Team
2019
as Hardin
MovieHunter Killer
2018
as Captain Forbes
TVYou
2018
as Elliot Tannenberg
MovieJohnny English Strikes Again
2018
as Pegasus
TVCelebrity Catchphrase
2018
TVHome from Home
2018
as Robert Dillon
MovieEric, Ernie and Me
2017
as Ernest Maxin
MovieKing Charles III
2017
as Prime Minister Tristram Evans
MovieNational Theatre Live: Consent
2017
as Jake
Movie1066: A Year to Conquer England
2017
as Harold Godwinson
TV1066: A Year to Conquer England
2017
as Harold Godwinson
TVCatherine Tate's Nan
2015
as Charles Wilmott
MovieCoalition
2015
as Jeremy Heywood
MovieA Little Chaos
2015
as Monsieur De Barra
TVThe Game
2014
as George
TVGrantchester
2014
as James Heath
TVThe Crimson Field
2014
as Colonel Charles Purbright
TVThicker Than Water
2014
as Gavin Leonard
MovieChurchill's First World War
2013
as Winston Churchill
TVFamily Tree
2013
as Ronnie Chadwick
TVEndeavour
2013
as Kent Finn
MovieKilimanjaro
2013
as Thomas
TVDeath in Paradise
2011
as Rick Mayhew
MovieMuch Ado About Nothing
2011
as Don Pedro
TVLaw & Order: LA
2010
as Max Steinberg
TVVexed
2010
as Charlie Brewer
MovieSleep with Me
2009
as MacDara
MovieThe Execution of Gary Glitter
2009
as John Carter QC
MovieDoctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009
as DI McMillan
MovieLast Chance Harvey
2008
as Josh Hillman
MovieConsuming Passion
2008
as Mick
TVWired
2008
as Simon
TVHarley Street
2008
TVBonekickers
2008
TVAshes to Ashes
2008
as Edward Markham
Sold
2007
MovieThe Mother of Tears
2007
as Michael Pierce
TVSecret Diary of a Call Girl
2007
as Matt
TVLewis
2007
as Ethan Croft
TVThe Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
as Mark McCaffrey
TVAncient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Titus
MovieShiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
2006
as Rupert
TVHotel Babylon
2006
TVLove Soup
2005
TVMeucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono
2005
as William Ryder
England Expects
2004
as Daniel
TVHustle
2004
as Carlton Wood
TVCelebrity Mastermind
2003
as Self - Contestant
Reversals
2003
as Dr. Glen Morrow
MovieThree Blind Mice
2003
as 1st Exec (uncredited)
TVFoyle's War
2002
as Major Wesker
MovieThe Lost Battalion
2001
as Capt. Nelson Holderman
TVBand of Brothers
2001
as Cleveland O. Petty
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Michael Leonard
MovieMurder on the Orient Express
2001
as William MacQueen
TVAs If
2001
as Richard
MovieSharpe: The Legend
1997
as Carline
MovieSharpe's Regiment
1996
as Captain Carline
TVSharpe
1993
as Cpt. Philip Carline
TVA Touch of Frost
1992
as Gregory Salmond
