Adam James

Actor Sep 9 (age 54) London, England 1992–2026 (34 year career)

6.9 avg rating

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…

Known For

Film

Wicked

Galinda's Popsicle

Film

Hunter Killer

Captain Forbes

Film

We Live in Time

Simon Maxson

Film

Johnny English Strikes Again

Pegasus

Film

Wicked: For Good

Galinda's Popsicle

Film

A Little Chaos

Monsieur De Barra

Film

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

DI McMillan

Film

Vigil

Lt Commander Mark Prentice

Filmography

Acting (86)

Movies (33)

Wicked: For Good

2025

as Galinda's Popsicle

6.6

Murder Before Evensong

2025

as Bernard Lord de Floures

Wicked

2024

as Galinda's Popsicle

We Live in Time

as Simon Maxson

Choked Up

as Robert West

Out of the Grey

as Henry

The Penitent: A Rational Man

as Richard Marlow

The Kill Team

as Hardin

Hunter Killer

as Captain Forbes

Johnny English Strikes Again

2018

as Pegasus

6.3

1066: A Year to Conquer England

2017

as Harold Godwinson

7.5

King Charles III

2017

as Prime Minister Tristram Evans

6.4

Eric, Ernie and Me

2017

as Ernest Maxin

8.0

National Theatre Live: Consent

2017

as Jake

A Little Chaos

as Monsieur De Barra

Coalition

as Jeremy Heywood

Kilimanjaro

as Thomas

Churchill's First World War

2013

as Winston Churchill

7.5

Much Ado About Nothing

2011

as Don Pedro

8.3

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

as DI McMillan

Sleep with Me

as MacDara

The Execution of Gary Glitter

as John Carter QC

Last Chance Harvey

as Josh Hillman

Consuming Passion

as Mick

The Mother of Tears

as Michael Pierce

Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart

as Rupert

England Expects

as Daniel

Three Blind Mice

as 1st Exec (uncredited)

Reversals

as Dr. Glen Morrow

The Lost Battalion

as Capt. Nelson Holderman

6.7

Murder on the Orient Express

as William MacQueen

Sharpe: The Legend

as Carline

Sharpe's Regiment

as Captain Carline

Television (53)

Young Sherlock

2026

as Doctor Maltby

7.8

Murder Before Evensong

2025

as Bernard De Floures

7.2

The Day of the Jackal

2024

as Jeremy Whitelock

8.2

Mr Bates vs The Post Office

2024

as Patrick Green QC

8.0

The Buccaneers

2023

as Colonel St. George

The Long Shadow

as Desmond Wilcox

The Couple Next Door

as Ben Gregston

Treason

as Patrick Hamilton

The Suspect

as Dr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens

Hotel Portofino

as Jack Turner

Vigil

as Lt Commander Mark Prentice

Dalgliesh

as Alex Mayer

I May Destroy You

as Julian

Belgravia

as John Bellasis

Life

as Neil Baker

You

as Elliot Tannenberg

Celebrity Catchphrase

Home from Home

as Robert Dillon

1066: A Year to Conquer England

2017

as Harold Godwinson

Catherine Tate's Nan

as Charles Wilmott

Grantchester

as James Heath

Thicker Than Water

as Gavin Leonard

The Game

as George

The Crimson Field

as Colonel Charles Purbright

Endeavour

as Kent Finn

Family Tree

as Ronnie Chadwick

Death in Paradise

as Rick Mayhew

Law & Order: LA

as Max Steinberg

Vexed

as Charlie Brewer

Ashes to Ashes

as Edward Markham

Bonekickers

Wired

as Simon

Harley Street

Lewis

as Ethan Croft

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

as Matt

Sold

Hotel Babylon

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

2006

as Titus

7.6

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

as Mark McCaffrey

Doctor Who

as DI McMillan

Extras

as Tre Cooper

Love Soup

Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono

2005

as William Ryder

Hustle

as Carlton Wood

Celebrity Mastermind

as Self - Contestant

Foyle's War

as Major Wesker

Band of Brothers

as Cleveland O. Petty

Waking the Dead

as Michael Leonard

As If

as Richard

Jonathan Creek

as Alec

Cold Lazarus

Sharpe

as Cpt. Philip Carline

8.0

A Touch of Frost

1992

as Gregory Salmond

7.5