Portrait of James May

Acting

James May

Career

Active from 2005 to 2025, busiest in 2015 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for James May: Our Man in…
James May: Our Man in…
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James May Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    2.1, average 5.5
  • Pathos
    2.0, average 5.3
  • Romance
    0.8, average 3.8
  • Crime
    0.6, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • British Humor 3
  • Educational 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

19
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 78
James May's Shed Load of Ideas
James May's Shed Load of Ideas (2025)

TV show

James May's Great Explorers
James May's Great Explorers (2025)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as James May

2010s

10 titles · average score 77
Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz
Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz (2019)

TV show · as Team Captain

Top Gear: The Best of the Specials
Top Gear: The Best of the Specials (2017)

as James May

James May: The Reassembler
James May: The Reassembler (2016)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Presenter

Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish
Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish (2015)

TV show

Top Gear: Australian Road Trip
Top Gear: Australian Road Trip (2015)

Writer

To Space & Back
To Space & Back (2013)

as Narrator

The Interceptors
The Interceptors (2011)

as James Steed

A Night with the Stars
A Night with the Stars (2011)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Participant

Top Gear's Top 40
Top Gear's Top 40 (2011)

TV show · as James May

James May's Man Lab
James May's Man Lab (2010)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · Writer, Presenter

2000s

7 titles · average score 63
Oz and James Drink to Britain
Oz and James Drink to Britain (2009)

TV show

Top Gear - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles
Top Gear - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles (2008)

as Presenter

Top Gear of the Pops
Top Gear of the Pops (2007)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

Top Gear: Supercars
Top Gear: Supercars (2006)

as Presenter

Petrolheads
Petrolheads (2006)

TV show

James May's Top Toys
James May's Top Toys (2005)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

The F Word
The F Word (2005)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show