Adam James: movies and TV shows
Adam James has 81 credits in the archive: 32 films and 49 TV series, from 1992 to 2026. Highest rated: Celebrity Catchphrase (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1992 – 2026 · busiest year: 2008 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Young Sherlock | Doctor Maltby | TV | 7.9 | 53 |
| 2025 | Wicked: For Good | Galinda's Popsicle | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 2025 | Murder Before Evensong | Bernard De Floures | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 2024 | The Day of the Jackal | Jeremy Whitelock | TV | 8.2 | 51 |
| 2024 | Wicked | Galinda's Popsicle | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 2024 | We Live in Time | Simon Maxson | Film | 7.2 | 51 |
| 2024 | Mr Bates vs The Post Office | Patrick Green QC | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 2023 | The Buccaneers | Colonel St. George | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2023 | The Couple Next Door | Ben Gregston | TV | 5.8 | 50 |
| 2023 | The Long Shadow | Desmond Wilcox | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 2023 | Choked Up | Robert West | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 2023 | Out of the Grey | Henry | Film | — | 50 |
| 2023 | The Penitent: A Rational Man | Richard Marlow | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 2022 | Hotel Portofino | Jack Turner | TV | 6.6 | 49 |
| 2022 | The Suspect | Dr. Gerald 'Jack' Owens | TV | 6.6 | 49 |
| 2022 | Treason | Patrick Hamilton | TV | 6.8 | 49 |
| 2021 | Dalgliesh | Alex Mayer | TV | 6.7 | 48 |
| 2021 | Vigil | Lt Commander Mark Prentice | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2020 | Belgravia | John Bellasis | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2020 | I May Destroy You | Julian | TV | 7.2 | 47 |
| 2020 | Life | Neil Baker | TV | 7.4 | 47 |
| 2019 | The Kill Team | Hardin | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 2018 | You | Elliot Tannenberg | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 2018 | Celebrity Catchphrase | TV | 10.0 | 45 | |
| 2018 | Hunter Killer | Captain Forbes | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 2018 | Johnny English Strikes Again | Pegasus | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 2018 | Home from Home | Robert Dillon | TV | 5.3 | 45 |
| 2017 | 1066: A Year to Conquer England | Harold Godwinson | TV | — | 44 |
| 2017 | King Charles III | Prime Minister Tristram Evans | Film | 6.4 | 44 |
| 2017 | Eric, Ernie and Me | Ernest Maxin | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 2017 | National Theatre Live: Consent | Jake | Film | — | 44 |
| 2017 | 1066: A Year to Conquer England | Harold Godwinson | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 2015 | A Little Chaos | Monsieur De Barra | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 2015 | Catherine Tate's Nan | Charles Wilmott | TV | 7.7 | 42 |
| 2015 | Coalition | Jeremy Heywood | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2014 | Grantchester | James Heath | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 2014 | Thicker Than Water | Gavin Leonard | TV | 6.7 | 41 |
| 2014 | The Game | George | TV | 7.3 | 41 |
| 2014 | The Crimson Field | Colonel Charles Purbright | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 2013 | Endeavour | Kent Finn | TV | 8.1 | 40 |
| 2013 | Family Tree | Ronnie Chadwick | TV | 6.4 | 40 |
| 2013 | Kilimanjaro | Thomas | Film | 4.8 | 40 |
| 2013 | Churchill's First World War | Winston Churchill | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Rick Mayhew | TV | 7.5 | 38 |
| 2011 | Much Ado About Nothing | Don Pedro | Film | 8.3 | 38 |
| 2010 | Law & Order: LA | Max Steinberg | TV | 6.8 | 37 |
| 2010 | Vexed | Charlie Brewer | TV | 6.9 | 37 |
| 2009 | Sleep with Me | MacDara | Film | 3.0 | 36 |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead | DI McMillan | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 2009 | The Execution of Gary Glitter | John Carter QC | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes | Edward Markham | TV | 7.7 | 35 |
| 2008 | Bonekickers | TV | 5.6 | 35 | |
| 2008 | Last Chance Harvey | Josh Hillman | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 2008 | Harley Street | TV | 7.5 | 35 | |
| 2008 | Wired | Simon | TV | 6.6 | 35 |
| 2008 | Consuming Passion | Mick | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Ethan Croft | TV | 7.6 | 34 |
| 2007 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Matt | TV | 6.8 | 34 |
| 2007 | Sold | TV | 1.0 | 34 | |
| 2007 | The Mother of Tears | Michael Pierce | Film | 4.5 | 34 |
| 2006 | Hotel Babylon | TV | 7.3 | 33 | |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Titus | TV | 7.6 | 33 |
| 2006 | The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | Mark McCaffrey | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 2006 | Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart | Rupert | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 2005 | Love Soup | TV | 8.6 | 32 | |
| 2005 | Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono | William Ryder | TV | 10.0 | 32 |
| 2004 | Hustle | Carlton Wood | TV | 7.7 | 31 |
| 2004 | England Expects | Daniel | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 2003 | Celebrity Mastermind | Self - Contestant | TV | 6.0 | 30 |
| 2003 | Three Blind Mice | 1st Exec (uncredited) | Film | 4.1 | 30 |
| 2003 | Reversals | Dr. Glen Morrow | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Major Wesker | TV | 7.9 | 29 |
| 2001 | Band of Brothers | Cleveland O. Petty | TV | 8.6 | 28 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Michael Leonard | TV | 7.2 | 28 |
| 2001 | As If | Richard | TV | 7.7 | 28 |
| 2001 | The Lost Battalion | Capt. Nelson Holderman | Film | 6.8 | 28 |
| 2001 | Murder on the Orient Express | William MacQueen | Film | 6.1 | 28 |
| 1997 | Sharpe: The Legend | Carline | Film | 6.1 | 24 |
| 1996 | Sharpe's Regiment | Captain Carline | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1993 | Sharpe | Cpt. Philip Carline | TV | 8.0 | 20 |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Gregory Salmond | TV | 7.5 | 19 |