Ray Coulthard

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Raymond Coulthard
Born
Raymond Anthony Coulthard

(1968-09-03) 3 September 1968 (age 56)
Chester, Cheshire, England
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
Partner Jenna Russell
Children1

Raymond Anthony Coulthard (born 3 September 1968) is a British actor. He is best known for portraying Alasdair Sinclair in Emmerdale and restaurant manager James Schofield in Hotel Babylon . [1]

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Career

Coulthard's television appearances include several costume dramas. He played Frank Churchill in the 1996 television adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Emma , Mr Glascock in the 2004 adaptation of He Knew He Was Right , and Miles Edgerton in Mr. Selfridge . In 2005, he appeared in the first series of Extras . He also appeared in the second series of Love Soup , and played Matt Strong in the TV series Casualty during 2010. [2]

Coulthard's film roles include The English Patient , The Best Man , and The Muppet Christmas Carol (in which he played a young Ebenezer Scrooge). He also voiced one of the main characters in the BBC Radio 4 Extra sitcom The Brothers . [3]

Coulthard has acted in many stage productions, especially Shakespeare plays, including work for the Royal National Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse. From 2011 to 2012, he played Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure and Bishop Santa Cruz in Helen Edmundson's play The Heresy of Love for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He portrayed Lord Egerton in the second series of Mr Selfridge .

In spring 2015, he starred as King George VI alongside Jason Donovan as Lionel Logue in the Chichester Festival Theatre and Birmingham Repertory Theatre production of The King's Speech before touring the UK. [4]

In January 2017 he returned to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre to star in the French comedy What's in a Name? alongside Nigel Harman, Sarah Hadland, Jamie Glover and Olivia Poulet.

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1992 The Muppet Christmas Carol Young Scrooge
1996 The English Patient Rupert Douglas
Emma Frank ChurchillTV film
2000 Eisenstein Grisha
2004 Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures Archie ChristieTV film
2005 The Best Man Chris
2007 The Murder of Princess Diana AnthonyTV film
2018 Red Joan James Chadwick

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1993 Luv Arthur1 episode
1995 Castles Stephen QuinSeries regular
Is It Legal? PeterEpisode: "Infatuation"
1996 Bugs Young ManEpisode: "A Cage for Satan"
Rhodes Neville PickeringEpisode: "All the World's Gold"
2001 The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells Mark RadcliffeMini-series
Masterpiece Prince of ArragonEpisode: "The Merchant of Venice"
2003 Casualty Guy EdwardsEpisode: "Last Man Standing"
2004 Midsomer Murders Lawrence HaggardEpisode: "The Maid in Splendour"
He Knew He Was Right Mr. GlascockMini-series
Foyle's War Mark NicholsonEpisode: "The French Drop"
2005 Casanova Venetian AmbassadorMini-series
Extras MarkEpisode: "Ross Kemp & Vinnie Jones"
2006 Emmerdale Alasdair Sinclair2 episodes
2006-2009 Hotel Babylon James SchofieldSeries regular
2008 Emmerdale Alasdair SinclairEpisode: "Death Becomes Her"
Love Soup SimonEpisode: "Integrated Logistics"
Masterpiece Frank ChurchillEpisode: "Emma"
2010 Casualty Matt Strong6 episodes
New Tricks Gregory HamptonEpisode: "Coming Out Ball"
2012Shakespeare: The King's ManDuke VincentioMini-series
2013 Call the Midwife Captain GoodacreEpisode: "Christmas Special"
2014 Da Vinci's Demons Jacob Pasha3 episodes
2014–2015 Mr Selfridge Miles EdgertonSeries regular
2016 Father Brown John LangtonEpisode: "The Star of Jacob"
2018 The Royals Martin CaineEpisode: "Foul Deeds Will Rise"
Doctors Nick O'LearyEpisode: "A Man on a Mission"
2019 The Rook Deputy Commissioner Ian BarberEpisode: "Chapter 1"
2020 Silent Witness DS Donald HartEpisode: "Seven Times"
2022 Sister Boniface Mysteries Charles StreathamEpisode: "Scoop!"

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References

  1. "Raymond Coulthard | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. "Interview with Raymond Coulthard, Robert Boulter and Michael Maloney". BBC. 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  3. BBC. "BBC - Drama - People Index Ray Coulthard". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. "Ray Coulthard". www.whatsonlive.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.