Adrian Rawlins | |
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 Rawlins in 2019 | |
| Born | Adrian John Rawlins 27 March 1958 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England |
| Alma mater | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958) is an English actor best known for playing Arthur Kidd in The Woman in Black and James Potter in the Harry Potter films. In 2019, he starred in Chernobyl as Nikolai Fomin.
Rawlins was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, [1] the son of Mavis (née Leese) and Edward Rawlins, a market trader. [2] Rawlins was educated at Stanfield Technical High School in Stoke-on-Trent and the Stoke VI Form College. He then studied art and acting at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Rawlins has appeared in several films including Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself , and also has a pivotal role in the Harry Potter film series as Harry Potter's father James Potter. Onstage, he has appeared in Her Naked Skin (2008, National Theatre). He played Richard Collingsworth in the 1989 TV serial version of The Ginger Tree , opposite Samantha Bond. He also starred in The Woman in Black which was made for television and aired at Christmas 1989.
Since 2014, he has volunteered at East Riding Theatre in East Riding of Yorkshire, becoming artistic director in 2015.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Palm Beach | David Litvinoff | |
| 1985 | Revolution | Bill | |
| I Live with Me Dad | Registrar | TV film | |
| 1987 | With Love to the Person Next to Me | Man in Bed | |
| 1988 | Georgia | ||
| The Four Minute Mile | Chris Chataway | TV film | |
| 1989 | The Woman in Black | Arthur Kidd | TV film |
| 1990 | Mountains of the Moon | Edward | |
| 1993 | Flynn | Tailor | |
| 1996 | Different for Girls | Mike Rendell | |
| Breaking the Waves | Dr. Richardson | ||
| The Inner Sanctuary | Owen | ||
| 2000 | Blood | Carl Dyson | |
| 2001 | My Brother Tom | Jack | |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | James Potter | ||
| Bubbles | Carl | Short film | |
| 2002 | The Stretford Wives | Frank Foster | TV film |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | James Potter | ||
| Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | Harbour | ||
| 2003 | Hear the Silence | Dr. Tony Danielson | TV film |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | James Potter | |
| 2005 | Ahead of the Class | Tony Mackersie | TV film |
| The Man-Eating Lions of Njombe | George Rushby | TV film | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | James Potter | ||
| Animals | Bob Thornwell | TV film | |
| 2007 | Life Line | Jack | TV film |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | James Potter | ||
| Clapham Junction | Peter | TV film | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | Jacob | TV film | |
| 2009 | Tales of the Fourth Dimension | William Shakespeare | Direct-to-Video |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | James Potter | |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | James Potter | |
| Intruders | Police Inspector | ||
| 2012 | The Raven | Doc Clements | |
| 2014 | The Woman in Black: Angel of Death | Dr. Rhodes | |
| 2015 | Bridgend | Vicar | |
| 2017 | Darkest Hour | Air Chief Marshal Dowding | |
| 2019 | The Small Hand | Edward Merriman | |
| 2020 | Undergods | Dominic | |
| 2021 | Without Remorse | Chief of Staff | |
| The Colour Room | John | ||
| 2022 | Living | Middleton | |
| 2023 | One Life | Geoff |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Kit Curran Radio Show | Nevin | Episode: "A Sick Society" |
| Chance in a Million | PC Willis | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| 1988 | Neighbours | Mr. Pike | Guest role; 1 episode |
| Christabel | Albrecht | Miniseries | |
| 1989 | The Ginger Tree | Captain Richard Collingsworth | Miniseries |
| 1991 | 4 Play | Martin | Episode: "Seduction" |
| 1992 | Casualty | Mark | Episode: "Body and Soul" |
| Early Travellers in North America | Charles Dickens | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |
| Screen One | Michael Mitchum | Episode: "Running Late" | |
| 1993 | The Bill | Bernard Holt | Episode: "Echo" |
| Soldier Soldier | Major Tim Radley | Recurring role; 8 episodes | |
| 1994 | Moving Story | Steven Elliot | Episode: "None Shall Sleep" |
| 1995 | Tears Before Bedtime | David Baylis | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| She's Out | DS Mike Withey | Series regular; 6 episodes | |
| 1996 | The Bill | David Stone | Episode: "Hard Enough" |
| The Man from Snowy River | Travelling Salesman | Episode: "Prince of Hearts" | |
| 1997 | Insiders | Woody Pine | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| 1998 | Casualty | Richard Thomas | Episode: "Eye Spy" |
| 1999 | Forgotten | Oliver Fraser | Miniseries |
| An Evil Streak | Christopher Clarkson | Miniseries | |
| Liverpool 1 | Peter Kitchen | Episode: "King of the Castle" | |
| 2000 | Sunburn | Ronnie Vaughn | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 4" |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | Henry Crayford | Episode: "Cunning Old Fox" | |
| Badger | Aidan Fletcher | Episode: "Troubled Waters" | |
| 2001 | Midsomer Murders | Adam Keyne | Episode: "Tainted Fruit" |
| Holby City | Chris Eastwood | Episode: "Night Shift" | |
| 2004 | Dunkirk | Captain Bill Tennant | Miniseries |
| Spooks | Andrew Forrestal | Episode: "Outsiders" | |
| 2005 | I Shouldn't Be Alive | Karl | Episode: "Escape from the Amazon" |
| 2006 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Tim Sumner | Episode: "Natural Causes" |
| 2007 | Silent Witness | Alan Eckhert | Episode: "Peripheral Vision" |
| Lewis | Harry Bundrick | Episode: "Whom the Gods Would Destroy" | |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Derek Turnbull | Episode: "Nemesis" | |
| New Tricks | Daniel Newley | Episode: "God's Waiting Room" | |
| The Whistleblowers | Derek Press | Episode: "Environment" | |
| 2008 | Trial & Retribution | Plaskett | Episode: "The Rules of the Game" |
| 10 Days to War | Paul Stinchcombe | Episode: "Failure Is Not an Option" | |
| Doctor Who | Dr. Ryder | Episode: "Planet of the Ood" | |
| Banged Up Abroad | John | Episode: "Nightmare in Chechnya" | |
| 2009 | Hunter | John Elder | Miniseries |
| 2010 | Bouquet of Barbed Wire | Richard Goodfellow | Miniseries |
| Misfits | Dave | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 5" | |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | David Orchard | Episode: "Echoes of the Dead" |
| Strike Back: Project Dawn | John Allen | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| Law & Order: UK | Roland Hextor | Episode: "Dawn Till Dusk" | |
| 2012 | Mrs Biggs | DI Williams | Miniseries |
| 2012-13 | Prisoners' Wives | Ian | Series regular; 7 episodes |
| 2013 | Mayday | DS Mills | Miniseries |
| By Any Means | Daniel Foster | Miniseries | |
| 2014 | Silent Witness | DI John Leighton | Episode: "Commodity" |
| Father Brown | Dr. Walter Henshaw | Episode: "The Maddest of All" | |
| Glue | DCI Simson | Series regular; 8 episodes | |
| 2015 | From Darkness | Gareth Harding | Miniseries |
| 2015-16 | Dickensian | Edward Barbary | Series regular; 14 episodes |
| 2016 | War & Peace | Platon Karataev | Miniseries |
| 2017 | Death in Paradise | Stephen Langham | Episode: "Erupting in Murder" |
| The White Princess | John de la Pole | Series regular; 6 episodes | |
| Maigret | Oscar Bonvoisin | Episode: "Maigret in Montmartre" | |
| 2018 | Hard Sun | DS George Mooney | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| Innocent | Rob Moffatt | Miniseries | |
| Girlfriends | Dave | Series regular; 6 episodes | |
| 2019 | Chernobyl | Nikolai Fomin | Miniseries |
| Sanditon | Mr Heywood | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1" | |
| 2020 | Trigonometry | Mick | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| Small Axe | Headmaster | Episode: "Education" | |
| 2021 | A Discovery of Witches | William Cecil | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| Grace | Harry Frame | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| Baptiste | Richard Chambers | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| 2022 | Gentleman Jack | Jonathan Gray | Episode: "It's Not Illegal" |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Charles Harcourt | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| Andor | Doctor Rhasiv | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| 2023 | The Sixth Commandment | Ian Farquhar | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 2024 | Mary & George | Sir Edward Coke | Upcoming miniseries |
| Year | Game | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | James Potter (voice) |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor/Actress | Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | Nominated |
| Robert Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | Nominated | |
| 2019 | OFTA Television Awards | Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture of Limited Series (with Jessie Buckley, David Dencik, Robert Emms, Fares Fares, Alex Ferns, Jared Harris, Ralph Ineson, Mark Lewis Jones, Barry Keoghan, Michael McElhatton, Adam Nagaitis, Con O'Neill, Paul Ritter, Stellan Skarsgård, Sam Troughton & Alan Williams) | Chernobyl | Nominated |
| 2020 | CinEuphoria Awards | Honorary Award - Merit (with Jessie Buckley, David Dencik, Robert Emms, Fares Fares, Jane Featherstone, Alex Ferns, Chris Fry, Jared Harris, Ralph Ineson, Mark Lewis Jones, Barry Keoghan, Craig Mazin, Michael McElhatton, Adam Nagaitis, Con O'Neill, Johan Renck, Paul Ritter, Stellan Skarsgård, Carolyn Strauss, Sam Troughton, Alan Williams & Sanne Wohlenberg) | Chernobyl | Won |
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