Adam James
Acting

Adam James

Born 9 September 1972 · London, England
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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.

Known for

Band of Brothers
You
Wicked
Johnny English Strikes Again
Hunter Killer
We Live in Time
The Day of the Jackal
Wicked: For Good
A Little Chaos
The Mother of Tears
The Kill Team
Death in Paradise
Wicked: For Good
We Live in Time
Wicked
The Penitent: A Rational Man
Out of the Grey
Choked Up
The Kill Team
Johnny English Strikes Again
Hunter Killer
King Charles III
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Eric, Ernie and Me
National Theatre Live: Consent
A Little Chaos
Coalition
Churchill's First World War
Kilimanjaro
Much Ado About Nothing
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
The Execution of Gary Glitter
Sleep with Me
Consuming Passion
Last Chance Harvey
The Mother of Tears
Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
Murder on the Orient Express
The Lost Battalion
Sharpe: The Legend
Sharpe's Regiment
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