Personal Info
Birth date
1972-09-09 (53 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
London, England
Also known as
-Adam James
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
You
8.031
Overview:
A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by.Death in Paradise
7.5
Overview:
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.The Day of the Jackal
8.184
Overview:
An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.Wicked
6.93
Overview:
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.The Buccaneers
7.2
Overview:
A group of fun-loving American girls burst onto the scene in tightly corseted 1870s London, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash. Sent to secure husbands and status, the buccaneers' hearts are set on much more than that.Endeavour
8.1
Overview:
The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.Waking the Dead
7.2
Overview:
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.Foyle's War
7.9
Overview:
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.Band of Brothers
8.577
Overview:
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.Hustle
7.7
Overview:
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.Law & Order: LA
6.8
Overview:
From the tony Beverly Hills to the seedy side of Hollywood, LAPD’s elite Robbery Homicide Division is on the case. Fusing classic ripped-from-the-headlines storytelling with the backdrop of LA, the series delves into the high profile crimes of the west coast.Lewis
7.6
Overview:
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.Grantchester
7.3
Overview:
In 1953 at the hamlet of Grantchester, Sidney Chambers—a charismatic, charming clergyman—turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious circumstances.Sharpe
8
Overview:
Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books. Produced by Celtic Films and Picture Palace Films for the ITV network, the series was shot mainly in Turkey and the Crimea, although some filming was also done in England, Spain and Portugal. The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. In 2004, as part of ITV's new set of drama, ITV announced that it intended to produce new episodes of Sharpe, in co-production with BBC America, loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his role as Sharpe. Sharpe's Challenge is a two-part adventure; part one premiered on ITV on 23 April 2006, with part two being shown the following night. With more gore than earlier episodes, the show was broadcast by BBC America in September 2006.Vigil
7.2
Overview:
The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre lead an investigation on land and at sea into a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of Britain’s national security.Hunter Killer
6.894
Overview:
Captain Glass of the USS Arkansas discovers that a coup d'état is taking place in Russia, so he and his crew join an elite group working on the ground to prevent a war.We Live in Time
7.275
Overview:
An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.The Couple Next Door
5.7
Overview:
Evie and Pete move into an upscale neighborhood and find themselves in a world of curtain twitching and status anxiety. They find friendship in the shape of the couple next door, alpha traffic cop Danny and his wife, glamorous yoga instructor Becka, but after Danny and Evie share a passionate night together there is trouble ahead.Celebrity Catchphrase
NYR
Overview:
In this entertaining series packed with laughs, celebrity contestants attempt to work out catchphrases based on fun animations. Animations include well known phrases, sayings and even film, song and book titles. The celebrities need to buzz in as quickly as they can when they know the answer and can say what they see in a chance to win money for their chosen charities.Dalgliesh
6.6
Overview:
A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.Murder Before Evensong
5.5
Overview:
In 1980s England, Canon Daniel Clement, the Rector of Champton, finds himself unexpectedly entangled in a murder case when a dead body turns up in the church. When Daniel announces a plan to modernize the church, the parish is suddenly divided. And then a body is found dead at the back of the church. As the police move in and the bodies start piling up, Daniel is the only one who can try and keep his fractured community together... and catch a killer.The Lost Battalion
6.8
Overview:
Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.Hotel Babylon
7.3
Overview:
Hotel Babylon is a British television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones. The show followed the lives of workers at a glamorous five-star hotel.As If
7.5
Overview:
Jamie, Sooz, Nicki, Alex, Sasha and Rob - all friends, all around eighteen, and all stars in their own drama.Secret Diary of a Call Girl
6.9
Overview:
It's her business doing pleasure with you. A witty and provocative series based on the real-life adventures of a high-class escort. Juggling her own reality with her clients' fantasies can be difficult, but this savvy sweetheart knows every trick in the book, and she's doing it in style.Johnny English Strikes Again
6.265
Overview:
Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep school, Johnny springs back into action to find the mysterious hacker. For this mission to succeed, he’ll need all of his skills - what few he has - as the man with yesterday’s analogue methods faces off against tomorrow’s digital technology.Celebrity Mastermind
6
Overview:
Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.Sharpe: The Legend
5
Overview:
Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn reminiscing about the brave and determined officer who took him to hell and back. The narrator is Rifleman Cooper, and the officer whose fame he recalls is the legendary Richard Sharpe.Acting
2025Murder Before Evensong (6 Episodes) as Bernard De Floures
2024Wicked as Galinda's Popsicle
2024The Day of the Jackal (4 Episodes) as Jeremy Whitelock
2024We Live in Time as Simon Maxson
2024Mr Bates vs The Post Office (4 Episodes) as Patrick Green QC
2023The Couple Next Door (6 Episodes) as Ben Gregston
2023The Buccaneers (4 Episodes) as Colonel St. George
2023Out of the Grey as Henry
2023The Long Shadow (1 Episode) as Desmond Wilcox
2023The Penitent - A Rational Man as Unknown
2023Choked Up as Robert West
2022Treason (4 Episodes) as Patrick Hamilton
2022The Suspect (5 Episodes) as Dr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens
2022Hotel Portofino (1 Episode) as Jack Turner
2021Dalgliesh (2 Episodes) as Alex Mayer
2021Vigil (6 Episodes) as Lt Commander Mark Prentice
2020Life (3 Episodes) as Neil Baker
2020I May Destroy You (4 Episodes) as Julian
2020Belgravia (6 Episodes) as John Bellasis
2019The Kill Team as Hardin
2018Hunter Killer as Captain Forbes
2018Johnny English Strikes Again as Pegasus
2018You (2 Episodes) as Elliot Tannenberg
2018Celebrity Catchphrase (1 Episode) as Unknown
2018Home from Home (6 Episodes) as Robert Dillon
2017Eric, Ernie and Me as Ernest Maxin
2017King Charles III as Prime Minister Tristram Evans
2017National Theatre Live: Consent as Jake
20171066: A Year to Conquer England as Harold Godwinson
20171066: A Year to Conquer England (3 Episodes) as Harold Godwinson
2015Catherine Tate's Nan (1 Episode) as Charles Wilmott
2015A Little Chaos as Monsieur De Barra
2014The Game (1 Episode) as George
2014Grantchester (1 Episode) as James Heath
2014The Crimson Field (6 Episodes) as Col Charles Purbright
2014Thicker Than Water (1 Episode) as Gavin Leonard
2013Churchill's First World War as Winston Churchill
2013Family Tree (1 Episode) as Ronnie Chadwick
2013Endeavour (1 Episode) as Kent Finn
2011Death in Paradise (1 Episode) as Rick Mayhew
2011Much Ado About Nothing as Don Pedro
2010Law & Order: LA (1 Episode) as Max Steinberg
2010Vexed (1 Episode) as Charlie Brewer
2009Sleep With Me as MacDara
2009The Execution of Gary Glitter as John Carter QC
2009Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead as DI McMillan
2008Last Chance Harvey as Josh Hillman
2008Consuming Passion as Mick
2008Wired (3 Episodes) as Simon
2008Harley Street (1 Episode) as Unknown
2008Bonekickers (1 Episode) as Unknown
2008Ashes to Ashes (1 Episode) as Edward Markham
2007Sold (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007The Mother of Tears as Michael Pierce
2007Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2 Episodes) as Matt
2007Lewis (1 Episode) as Ethan Croft
2006The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (1 Episode) as Mark McCaffrey
2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (1 Episode) as Titus
2006Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart as Rupert
2006Hotel Babylon (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2005Love Soup (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono (2 Episodes) as William Ryder
2004England Expects as Daniel
2004Hustle (2 Episodes) as Carlton Wood
2003Celebrity Mastermind (1 Episode) as Self - Contestant
2003Reversals as Dr. Glen Morrow
2003Three Blind Mice as 1st Exec (uncredited)
2002Foyle's War (1 Episode) as Major Wesker
2001The Lost Battalion as Capt. Nelson Holderman
2001Band of Brothers (4 Episodes) as Cleveland O. Petty
2001Waking the Dead (2 Episodes) as Michael Leonard
2001Murder on the Orient Express as William MacQueen
2001As If (1 Episode) as Richard
1997Sharpe: The Legend as Carline
1996Cold Lazarus (1 Episode) as Unknown
1996Sharpe's Regiment as Captain Carline
1993Sharpe (1 Episode) as Cpt. Philip Carline