Portrait of Adam James

Acting

Adam James

Career

Active from 2001 to 2025, busiest in 2017 and 2023 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Adam James Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    2.1, average 3.0
  • Uncanny
    1.6, average 2.5
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.2, average 2.0
  • Showbiz
    0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

22 titles ยท average score 67
Young Sherlock
Young Sherlock (2026)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Doctor Maltby

Murder Before Evensong
Murder Before Evensong (2025)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show ยท as Bernard De Floures

Wicked: For Good
Wicked: For Good (2025)
GoodWatch score 66

as Galinda's Popsicle

We Live in Time
We Live in Time (2024)
GoodWatch score 70

as Simon Maxson

Wicked
Wicked (2024)
GoodWatch score 79

as Galinda's Popsicle

The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal (2024)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Jeremy Whitelock

The Couple Next Door
The Couple Next Door (2023)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show ยท as Ben Gregston

Choked Up
Choked Up (2023)

as Robert West

The Penitent: A Rational Man
The Penitent: A Rational Man (2023)

as Richard Marlow

Out of the Grey
Out of the Grey (2023)

as Henry

The Buccaneers
The Buccaneers (2023)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Colonel St. George

Vigil
Vigil (2021)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Prentice

2010s

26 titles ยท average score 69
Johnny English Strikes Again
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
GoodWatch score 48

as Pegasus

You
You (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Elliot Tannenberg

Home from Home
Home from Home (2018)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show ยท as Robert Dillon

Hunter Killer
Hunter Killer (2018)
GoodWatch score 52

as Captain Forbes

1066: A Year to Conquer England
1066: A Year to Conquer England (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

as Harold Godwinson

King Charles III
King Charles III (2017)
GoodWatch score 78

as Prime Minister Tristram Evans

National Theatre Live: Consent
National Theatre Live: Consent (2017)

as Jake

Grantchester
Grantchester (2014)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as James Heath

Churchill's First World War
Churchill's First World War (2013)

as Winston Churchill

Endeavour
Endeavour (2013)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Kent Finn

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing (2011)
GoodWatch score 84

as Don Pedro

Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise (2011)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Rick Mayhew

2000s

30 titles ยท average score 64
The Execution of Gary Glitter
The Execution of Gary Glitter (2009)

as John Carter QC

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)
GoodWatch score 74

as DI McMillan

Miranda
Miranda (2009)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Rupert

Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes (2008)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Edward Markham

The Mother of Tears
The Mother of Tears (2007)
GoodWatch score 46

as Michael Pierce

Lewis
Lewis (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Ethan Croft

Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Matt

Hustle
Hustle (2004)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Carlton Wood

Foyle's War
Foyle's War (2002)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Major Wesker

The Lost Battalion
The Lost Battalion (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

as Capt. Nelson Holderman

Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers (2001)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show ยท as Cleveland O. Petty

Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead (2001)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Michael Leonard

1990s

4 titles ยท average score 69
Sharpe: The Legend
Sharpe: The Legend (1997)
GoodWatch score 70

as Carline

Sharpe's Regiment
Sharpe's Regiment (1996)
GoodWatch score 74

as Captain Carline

Sharpe
Sharpe (1993)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Cpt. Philip Carline

A Touch of Frost
A Touch of Frost (1992)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Gregory Salmond