Joshua James (actor)

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Joshua James
Education Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present
Mother Lia Williams

Joshua James is a British actor who has appeared on stage and screen. He is known for his role as Valvert in Cyrano (2021), and as Dr Gorst in Andor (2022-2025).

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James graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2012. [1] He made his professional stage debut later that year in Love and Information at the Royal Court Theatre. [2]

He made his West End debut as Lord Windermere in Kathy Burke's production of Lady Windermere's Fan at the Vaudeville Theatre in 2018. [3]

He is the son of actress Lia Williams, with whom he appeared in The Vortex at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2023, where they played mother and son. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012InsideMarkShort film
2013 Summer in February Bertie
No Love LostShort film
2016 Criminal Higgs
2017 Darkest Hour W D Wilkinson
2021 Cyrano Valvert

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Silent Witness Student in KitchenEpisode: "Shadows: Part 1"
Identity SmithEpisode: "Second Life"
Whites KidEpisode: "1.3"
2013 Utopia TeenagerEpisode: "1.1"
2016 Call the Midwife Frankie ManleyEpisode: "5.2"
2017 Black Mirror GordyEpisode: "Crocodile"
2018 McMafia Tobe MillerEpisode: "Episode 4"
2019 Absentia Tyler Brandon Mills6 episodes, Season 2
2020 I Hate Suzie Hal HollowayEpisode: "Anger"
Raised by Wolves JinnEpisode: "Raised by Wolves"
Life Liam Banner6 episodes
2020–present Industry Justin Klineman5 episodes
2022 The Ipcress File Chico6 episodes
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Dr George Arbuthnot2 episodes
2022-2025 Andor Doctor Gorst5 episodes
2023 Black Mirror Chris HolliganEpisode: "Demon 79"
The Chelsea Detective Nathan DixEpisode: "The Reliable Witness"
2024 The New Look Oscar DaviesEpisode: "What a Difference"
2025 Sister Boniface Mysteries Dermot MillingtonEpisode: "Killer Heels"

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenueRef
2012 Love and Information Various Royal Court Theatre [2]
2013No QuarterArlo [5]
The Tempest Ferdinand Shakespeare's Globe [6]
The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas Pete Royal Court Theatre [7]
Wolf Hall Parts One & Two Rafe Sadler Swan Theatre [8]
2014 Fathers and Sons Arkady Donmar Warehouse [9]
2014-2015 Treasure Island Ben Gunn National Theatre [10]
2015 Light Shining in Buckinghamshire Cobbe [11]
Here We GoFuneral Guest [12]
2016 The Seagull Konstantin [13]
The War Has Not Started Yet Theatre Royal, Plymouth [14]
2017 Life of Galileo Ludovico / Chamberlain / Scholar / Pope’s attendant / Peasant Young Vic [15]
King Lear Edgar / Poor Tom Shakespeare's Globe [16]
2018 Lady Windermere's Fan Lord Windermere Vaudeville Theatre [3]
2019WifeRobert / Finn / Ivar at 28 Kiln Theatre [17]
Anna XArielVAULT Festival [18]
2021YellowfinCalantini Southwark Playhouse [19]
2022 The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield Royal Exchange, Manchester [20]
2023 The Vortex Nicky Lancaster Chichester Festival Theatre [4]
Shooting Hedda GablerJørgen Rose Theatre Kingston [21]
2024Some DemonMike Arcola Theatre [22]
2024-2025 Stranger Things: The First Shadow Dr Brenner Phoenix Theatre, London [23]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2014Wild Rose Independent Film FestivalBest Actor - Short FilmNo Love LostWon

References

  1. ↑ "Student and Graduate Profiles". Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 Shenton, Mark (26 July 2012). "Casting announced for world premier of Caryl Churchill's Love and Information". Playbill . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 Taylor, Paul (24 January 2018). "Lady Windermere's Fan, Vaudeville Theatre, London, review: Jennifer Saunders is inspired casting". The Independent . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 Hewitt, Phil (21 April 2023). "Real-life mother and son set to take to the Chichester Festival Theatre stage". Sussex Express . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Paul (17 January 2013). "No Quarter, Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court, London". The Independent . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Cooter, Maxwell (3 May 2013). "The Tempest (Globe)". WhatsOnStage . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Benedict, David (13 September 2013). "London Legit Review: 'The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas'". Variety . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  8. ↑ Clapp, Susannah (12 January 2014). "Wolf Hall; Bring Up the Bodies – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  9. ↑ Hitchings, Henry (3 August 2014). "Fathers and Sons, Donmar Warehouse - theatre review: 'Joshua James comes of age in Turgenev's elegant and soulful tale'". Evening Standard . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Clapp, Susannah (14 December 2014). "Treasure Island review – astonishing spectacle". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  11. ↑ Kenton, Tristram (16 September 2020). "From Top Girls to The Skriker: the best of Caryl Churchill - in pictures". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  12. ↑ Taylor, Paul (30 November 2015). "Here We Go, National Theatre, review: This is unforgettable". The Independent . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  13. ↑ Norman, Neil (23 October 2015). "Theatre review: The Seagull at the Chichester Festival Theatre". Daily Express . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Mikhail Durnenkov's THE WAR HAS NOT YET STARTED Begins Tonight at Theatre Royal Plymouth". BroadwayWorld . 12 May 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  15. ↑ Billington, Michael (17 May 2017). "Life of Galileo review - Joe Wright's jaw-dropping show gets lost in space". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  16. ↑ Taylor, Paul (21 August 2017). "King Lear, Shakespeare's Globe, London, review: A naked emotional spontaneity in Kevin McNally's fine performance". The Independent . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  17. ↑ Billington, Michael (5 June 2019). "Wife review - rousing look at 60 years of sexual identity". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  18. ↑ Marcolina, Cindy (16 March 2019). "Review: ANNA X, VAULT Festival". BroadwayWorld . Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  19. ↑ Wyver, Kate (18 October 2021). "Yellowfin review - shocking testimony from a world with empty oceans". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  20. ↑ Gregson, Louisa (8 September 2022). "Powerful performances and captivating acting: The Glass Menagerie review". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  21. ↑ Lukowski, Andrzej (6 October 2023). "Shooting Hedda Gabler Review". Time Out . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  22. ↑ Ryan, Anya (18 June 2024). "Some Demon review – secrets and cynicism in an adult eating disorder unit". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  23. ↑ Wood, Alex (20 November 2024). "Stranger Things: The First Shadow extends West End run". WhatsOnStage . Retrieved 14 August 2025.
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