James Doherty (actor)

James Doherty
Born	(1966-12-17) 17 December 1966 (age 58) Guildford, Surrey, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Joanna Sinnott
Children	2

James Doherty (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor.

Life and career

Born in Guildford, Surrey, he was educated at Felsted School in Essex and was a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. He trained at the Guildford School of Acting, ^[1] graduating in 1989. He is married to TV presenter Joanna Sinnott and together they have two children, Jago (2006) & Nell (2013).

Doherty is best known for his appearances in TV comedy including roles in The Thick Of It , Veep , Rev , Miranda , The Windsors , and the BAFTA winning ^[2] Him & Her - The Wedding. ^[3] His work in feature films includes roles in Backbeat , Verity's Summer, ^[4] Inbred , Deviation, London Road ^[5] and the Oscar nominated In the Loop .

He has also appeared in West End musicals including roles in, Les Misérables , ^[6] The Buddy Holly Story , A Slice of Saturday Night and Marguerite . Doherty played the role of Amos Hart in the West End production of Chicago ^[7] at the Cambridge Theatre ^[8] in 2011 opposite Christie Brinkley. ^[9] He later reprised this role when the show transferred to the Garrick Theatre playing opposite America Ferrera. ^[10]

Doherty has appeared in London Road , 50 Years on Stage and Beyond Caring at the National Theatre. In January 2020, Doherty began playing the role of Claude ^[11] in the multi award-winning Come From Away ^[12] at the Phoenix Theatre ^[13] in London.

Credits

Film

Year	Title	Role
1994	Backbeat	Tony Sheridan
2007	The Man Who Would Be Queen	Hugo
	Too Much Too Young	James Coldwell
2008	David and David (short)	Will/Craig/David
2009	City Rats	Trevor
	In the Loop	TV Reporter
2012	Verity’s Summer	Jim
	Inbred	Jeff
	Deviation	Jono
	Anonymous (short)	Tom
	The Forgotten	Martin
	Closed Circuit	Foreman
2014	The Batsman and the Ballerina	Brian
2015	London Road [14]	Seb
2016	A Midsummer Nights Dream	Snout
2017	Kat & The Band	Ted Bonwell

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
1991	2 Point 4 Children	Pete	BBC
1992	In Sickness and In Health	Mr Rice	BBC
1995	Operavox/Carmen	Don Jose	BBC
1996	The Jack Dee Show	Gail Tuesday's Grant	Channel 4
1998	The Bill	Solicitor	ITV
1999	Dad Xmas Special	PC Atkinson	BBC
	Hippies - BBC	Film Director	BBC
	Small Potatoes	Giles	Channel 4
	Agony	Various Roles	BBC
2000	Hotel Getaway (2001-2003)	Hotel Manager	ITV
	Bob Martin	Tony	ITV
	The Wyvern Mystery	Mick	BBC (TV film)
	The Bill	PC. Coles	ITV
2001	The Slightly Filthy Show	Various	LWT
	Night and Day	Vincent Ellis	ITV
2001-2002	EastEnders	Randle	BBC
2002	The Jury	David Hinde	ITV
	Footballer's Wives	Larry Gold Shed	ITV
	Peak Practice	Alan Reeves	ITV
2002-2003	Is Harry On The Boat?	Brian Simms (Regular)	Sky One
2003	The Royal	Philip Sutton	ITV
	Holby City	Gareth Alty	BBC
2004	The Bill	Ray Allenby	ITV
	Doctors	Jimmy Marshall	BBC
2005	All About George	Orderly	ITV
	The Thick Of It	Steve	BBC
	According to Bex	James	BBC
2006	Doctors	Andy Shaw	BBC
	Casualty	Bill Forrest	BBC
2007	Genie in the House	Mr Fender	Nickelodeon
	Katy Brand's Big Ass Show	Various (Series Regular)	ITV
2008	EastEnders	Saul	BBC
2008-2009	Londoners	Alvin Fox (Series Regular)	TVP1 Poland
2010	Rev	Rod Sellix	BBC
	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret	MP	Channel 4
	Doctors	DS Doug Ray	BBC
	Miranda (2010-2013)	Policeman	BBC
2010-2011	Mongrels	Dale	BBC
2012	The Royal Bodyguard	Palace Footman	BBC
	A Touch of Cloth	Pete Pretzel	Sky One
	Naked House	Gavin	ITV
2012-2013	Watson and Oliver	Various Characters	BBC
2013	PhoneShop	Copper	Channel 4
	Count Arthur Strong	City Gent	BBC
	Coronation Street	Andy Wolfe	ITV
	Waterloo Road	Martin Johnson	BBC
	The IT Crowd	Anonymous' Dad	Channel 4
	Ambassadors	Kevin	BBC miniseries
	Him & Her	Dennis	BBC
2014	Veep	Reporter	HBO
	Endeavour	Mr Lee	ITV
	Boomers	Patrick	BBC
	Give Out Girls	Geezer	Sky One
2015	Cradle to Grave	Norman	BBC
	The Job Lot	Mr Coleman	ITV
	Top Coppers	Television Producer	BBC
2016	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret	Jeremy Stephenson	Channel 4
	Suspicion	Detective Harry Fisk	October Films
	Coronation Street	Phil	ITV
2017	Doctors	Tony Albright	BBC
	Delicious	Greg - Recovery Man	Sky One
2017-2018	The Windsors	Henry VIII/Ted the Landlord	Channel 4
2018	Clique	Rob	BBC
	Flaps [15]	Various Characters	Comedy Central
2019	Coronation Street	Scott Heritage	ITV
	Queens of Mystery	Kenneth Ridley	Acorn TV USA
	Call the Midwife	Charlie Wilson	BBC
	Motherland	PC Hughes	BBC
2020	Outlander	Charles Turnbull	Starz
	Us	Quizmaster	BBC
	The Sister	Brian Weatherall	ITV
2021	Sliced	Dave	Dave
	Avenue 5	Various	HBO
	Close to Me	Jim	Channel 4
	Too Close	Blair	ITV
	This England	Tom	Sky Atlantic
2022	Trying	Terry	Apple TV
	Endeavour IX	Mr Lee	ITV
2023	FBI: International	Special Agent Albert Judd	CBS
	Big Boys	Russell	Channel 4
	The Couple Next Door	Lawrie	Starz/Channel 4
	Sexy Beast	Jared Harrison	Paramount+
2024	House of the Dragon	Cley	HBO

Theatre

Year	Title	Notes	Role
1991	A Slice of Saturday Night	Arts Theatre	Gary
1992	The Rocky Horror Show	UK Tour	Brad/Eddie
1994	The Buddy Holly Story	UK and Toronto	Norman Petty
1997	Saucy Jack	Queens Theatre	Jack
	Joey'n Gina's Wedding	Cafe Royal	Frankie Night
1998	Separate Tables	Kings Head Theatre	Jack
	Harlequinade	Kings Head Theatre	Charles
1998	Les Misérables	Palace Theatre	Grantaire
2001	Gangster No 1	Kings Head Theatre	Title Role
2005	House and Garden	Harrogate Theatre	Giles Mace
2006	Teechers	Haymarket Theatre	Mr Nixon
2007	Teenage Kicks	Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival	John Walters
2008	Marguerite [16]	Theatre Royal Haymarket	Saurel
2009	Super Alice Smith	Trafalgar Studios	Joe King/ Ken Bright
2011	Chicago	Cambridge Theatre	Amos Hart
2012	Chicago [17]	Garrick Theatre [18]	Amos Hart
	London Road	National Theatre	Terry
	God of Carnage [19]	Northampton Theatre Royal	Michael
2013	NT: 50 Years on Stage	National Theatre/BBC	Various
2014	Kiss Me, Kate	Royal Albert Hall/BBC Proms	First Man/Gunman
2015	Eventide [20] [21]	Arcola Theatre [22]	John [23]
2016	Beyond Caring [24]	National Theatre/UK Tour [25]	Phil
	Aladdin [26]	Lyric Hammersmith [27]	Widow Twankey [28]
2018	Fatherland [29]	Lyric Hammersmith/Frantic Assembly [30]	Steve
2019	In Lipstick [31]	Pleasance Theatre [32]	Dennis
2020	Come From Away	Phoenix Theatre [33]	Claude

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2020	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Various
2021	Last Stop	John Smith
2022	Elden Ring	Hewg/Abandoned merchant/Frenzied merchants [34]
2022	Xenoblade Chronicles 3	Past Moebius W
2023	Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed	Past Moebius W [35]

References

1. "The Guildford School of Acting". GSA. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
2. "2014 Television Situation Comedy | BAFTA Awards".
3. "Him & Her: the Wedding". Time Out London. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
4. "Verity's Summer". Verity's Summer. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
5. Desk, Movies News. "BBC Worldwide North America Acquires U.S. Rights to Musical Thriller LONDON ROAD, Starring Tom Hardy". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
6. "Les Miserables (musical)". Les Miserables. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
7. "Amos Hart in Chicago the musical". www.chicagothemusical.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
8. "Cambridge Theatre". Cambridge Theatre London. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
9. BWW News Desk. "Christie Brinkley To Play Roxie Hart in CHICAGO London From July 11". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
10. BWW. "Darius Campbell to Star with America Ferrera in West End CHICAGO". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
11. Limited, London Theatre Direct (10 January 2020). "The new Come From Away cast has been announced". www.londontheatredirect.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
12. "Come from Away Cast & Creative Team". 7 March 2022.
13. "Come From Away". London Theatre Guide. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
14. BWW News Desk. "BBC Worldwide North America Acquires LONDON ROAD". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
15. "Comedy Central UK".
16. BWW News Desk. "Photo Flash: 'Marguerite' in Rehearsal". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
17. BWW News Desk. "Terence Maynard Joins Cast of West End's CHICAGO". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
18. BWW News Desk. "Olympics Gold Medallist Robin Cousins Stars in West End's CHICAGO from Tonight, July 17". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
19. "Northampton's Royal & Derngate Presents GOD OF CARNAGE, Oct 19-Nov 11".
20. BWW News Desk. "Full Cast Set for World Premiere of EVENTIDE at Arcola Theatre". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
21. "Eventide, theatre review: No big revelations, but hugely recommended". Evening Standard. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
22. "Eventide, Arcola Theatre | The Arts Desk". theartsdesk.com. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
23. "Eventide review – new play captures the still, sad music of humanity". The Guardian. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
24. BWW News Desk. "BEYOND CARING Coming to HOME in July". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
25. BWW News Desk. "Alexander Zeldin's BEYOND CARING to Launch National Tour". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
26. BWW News Desk. "Photo Flash: Take a Look Inside Rehearsals for ALADDIN at Lyric Hammersmith". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
27. BWW News Desk. "The Lyric Hammersmith's ALADDIN Announces Its Full Cast". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
28. "Video: 5 steps to becoming a pantomime dame | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
29. BWW News Desk. "Full Casting Announced for FATHERLAND at the Lyric Hammersmith". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
30. "Fatherland". Frantic Assembly. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
31. "In Lipstick at the Pleasance cast announced | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
32. "Review: In Lipstick (Pleasance Theatre) | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
33. "See the new Come from Away cast members meet the current West End company | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
34. "Elden Ring (Video Game 2022)". IMDb. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
35. "W (Past) Voice - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Video Game) - Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

External links

• James Doherty at IMDb
• James Doherty Official Website ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Interview with James Doherty