
Adam James
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.
- Known ForActing
- Born9 September 1972 (age 53)
- Place of BirthLondon, England
Adam James

- Known ForActing
- Born9 September 1972 (age 53)
- Place of BirthLondon, England

We Live in Time
2024

Wicked
2024

The Penitent - A Rational Man
2023

Out of the Grey
2023

Choked Up
2023

The Kill Team
2019

Johnny English Strikes Again
2018

Hunter Killer
2018

King Charles III
2017

1066: A Year to Conquer England
2017

Eric, Ernie and Me
2017

National Theatre Live: Consent
2017

A Little Chaos
2015

Churchill's First World War
2013

Much Ado About Nothing
2011

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009

The Execution of Gary Glitter
2009

Sleep With Me
2009

Consuming Passion
2008

Last Chance Harvey
2008

The Mother of Tears
2007

Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
2006
England Expects
2004
Reversals
2003

Three Blind Mice
2003

Murder on the Orient Express
2001

The Lost Battalion
2001

Sharpe: The Legend
1997
