James Tarpey

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James Tarpey
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James Tarpey is a British actor. He was born in Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. He is best known for playing a Young Peter Page in the 2013 comic science fiction movie The World's End and playing Willow on the British sitcom After Hours since 2015. James is a keen skateboarder and guitarist.

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Career

James attended the BRIT school for performing arts. James made his stage debut at the Obie Theatre, London, playing the title role in Sarah Nivan's adaptation of Vernon God Little.

In 2012 he was cast as the lead in a short film called Callum, he played the title character Callum. James was nominated and won the 2013 Best Actor Award for the Cannes in a van, independent film festival award, for the lead role of Callum [1]

He played a Young Peter Page in the 2013 comic science fiction movie The World's End . In 2014 he played Damien in the movie The Beat Beneath My Feet and Nathan in the British independent science fiction movie Robot Overlords . He played Ted in the 2015 movie Hector. From 2015 he played Willow on the British sitcom series After Hours .

Theatre

James made his London professional stage debut in the widely acclaimed First Love is the Revolution at the Soho Theatre in October 2015 [2] [3] [4]

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012CallumCallumShort film
2013 The World's End Young Peter Page
2014The Beat Beneath My FeetDamien
Robot Overlords Nathan
2015HectorTed
2021The Drowning of Arthur Braxton [5] Arthur Braxton
2021 The Shadow in My Eye Reggie
2021A Little Italian VacationRome
2021SundownAlbert Thompson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015–present After Hours Willow

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References

  1. "The results are in! Edith Bowman hosts 3rd van d'Or Awards".
  2. "First Love is the Revolution".
  3. "First Love is the Revolution, review: Foxy Romeo and Juliet reboot". 29 October 2015.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2015-12-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Cutforth, Luke, The Drowning of Arthur Braxton , retrieved 7 November 2021