James Frain

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1968-03-14

Place of Birth

Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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James Frain

Biography

A British stage, film and television actor, best known for playing Thomas Cromwell in the television series "The Tudors". He graduated in Drama and Film from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, UK, and went on to study acting at London's Central School of Speech and Drama.

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Acting History

2022
Quantum Leap as Gideon Rydge
2021
Showtrial as Damian Campbell
2021
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions as Henry / Puzzlemaker
2020
The Jester from Transylvania as James Hooker
2019
The Twilight Zone as Mr. Allendale
2019
What We Do in the Shadows as Black Peter, A Goat
2019
The Ready Room as Self
2019
Against the Clock as Dr. A
2017
Star Trek: Discovery as Sarek
2016
The Architect as Miles Moss
2015
Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren
2015
Marvel's Agent Carter as Leet Brannis
2014
Gotham as Theo Galavan / Azrael
2014
Gotham as Theo Galavan
2014
Intruders as Richard Shepherd
2014
True Detective as Lieutenant Kevin Burris
2013
Born Of War as Simon
2013
The Tunnel as Kieran Ashton / John Sumner
2013
Sleepy Hollow as Rutledge
2013
The Lone Ranger as Barret
2013
The White Queen as Richard Neville
2013
All Things To All Men as Attorney General
2013
Orphan Black as Ferdinand Chevalier
2013
Event 15 as Andrews
2012
Elementary as Odin Reichenbach
2012
Bert & Dickie as Jack Beresford
2012
Transit as Marek
2012
Zambezi as Narrator
2011
Grimm as Eric Renard
2011
Water for Elephants as Rosie's Caretaker
2011
The Cape as Peter Fleming / Chess
2010
TRON: Legacy as Jarvis
2010
Hawaii Five-0 as Sebastian Wake
2010
Miami Medical
2010
Dark Relic as Sir Gregory
2009
Everybody's Fine as Tom
2009
FlashForward as Gordon Myhill
2009
Lie to Me
2008
Leverage as John Douglas Keller
2008
The Mentalist as Terry Murphy
2008
Fringe as Mr. Kohl
2008
True Blood as Franklin Mott
2008
Quid Pro Quo as Father Dave
2008
In Plain Sight as Phillip Ashmore / Phillip Andrews
2007
Californication as Paul Rider
2007
Burn Notice as James Forte
2007
The Tudors as Thomas Cromwell
2006
The Front Line as Eddie Gilroy
2005
Into the Blue as Reyes
2005
Invasion as Eli Szura
2005
Threshold
2005
Empire as Brutus
2005
The Closer as Paul Andrews
2005
Grey's Anatomy as Tom Crowley
2005
Numb3rs as Allister McClair
2005
Medium as Calley
2004
Spartacus as David
2004
Spartacus as David
2003
Path to War as Richard Goodwin
2002
The Project as Harvey
2002
The Project as Harvey
2002
CSI: Miami as Richard Ellison
2002
The Count of Monte Cristo as J.F. Villefort
2001
24 as Paul Raines
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Dean Holiday
2001
Armadillo as Lorimer Black
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Jeffrey Hughes
2000
Strong Medicine as Art Gallery Painter
2000
Arabian Nights as Schahzenan / Harun
2000
Where the Heart Is as Forney Hull
2000
The Miracle Maker as Thomas (voice)
2000
Reindeer Games as Nick Cassidy
1999
Titus as Bassianus
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Martin Gold
1999
Sunshine as Gustave Sonnenschein
1999
The Vice
1998
Hilary and Jackie as Daniel Barenboim
1998
Vigo as Jean Vigo
1998
Elizabeth as Alvaro de la Quadra
1998
What Rats Won't Do as Jack Sullivan
1997
The Mill on the Floss as Philip Wakem
1997
Robinson Crusoe as Robert/Defoe's Publisher
1997
Macbeth on the Estate as Macbeth
1997
Red Meat as Victor
1996
Nothing Personal as Kenny
1996
Loch Ness as Adrian Foote
1996
Rasputin as Prince Felix Yusupov
1995
An Awfully Big Adventure as John Harbour
1995
The Buccaneers as Julius Folyat
1993
Shadowlands as Peter Whistler
1991
Performance as Macbeth
1991
Soldier Soldier as Lt Giles Chapman
1991
Prime Suspect as Jason Baldwin
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Elliot
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