James Wilby Biography (1958-)

Born February 20, 1958, in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar); father, a corporateexecutive; married Shana Louise Magraw; children: Barnaby John Loxley, Florence Hannah Mary, Nathaniel Jerome. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: February 20, 1958; Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar)

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Jamie, Privileged, New Yorker, 1982
Baker, Dreamchild, Universal, 1985
Dundine, Dutch Girls, 1985
(Uncredited) Second party guest, A Room with a View, Cinecom, 1986
Maurice Hall (title role), Maurice, Cinecom, 1987
Mr. Ashton, A Summer Story, Atlantic, 1988
Tony Last, A Handful of Dust, New Line Cinema, 1988
Stringer, Conspiracy, 1990
L'assedio di Venezia (also known as The Siege of Venice, Widow Hunt, Caccia alla vedova, Le diable a quatre, and Osada Venetsij), 1991
Alistair, Immaculate Conception, 1992
Charles Wilcox, Howards End, Sony Pictures Classics, 1992
Lord Staunton, The Chess Game (also known as La partie d'echecs), 1994
Second lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, Regeneration (also known as Behind the Lines and Renaissance), Alliance Releasing, 1997
Sir Robert Chiltern, An Ideal Husband, 1998
Uncle Alan Kitson, Tom's Midnight Garden, Hyperion Productions, 1999
John Macintosh, Cotton Mary, Artistic License, 2000
Freddie Nesbitt, Gosford Park, USA Films, 2001
Nathan, Jump Tomorrow (also known as Life: A User's Manual), IFC Films, 2001
Edward Thomas, De-lovely, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2004
Television Appearances
Series
Sidney Carton, A Tale of Two Cities, Granada Television, c. 1989 also broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1989
Ade Lynn, Crocodile Shoes, BBC, 1994

Gerard Etienne, Original Sin, Independent Television, 1996, also broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, 1997
James McCready, Trial & Retribution, Independent Television, 2000
Zippo Montefiore, Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years, BBC, 2001
Miniseries
Kit, Mother Love, BBC, 1989, also broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, 1990
Arthur Donnithorne, Adam Bede, BBC, 1991, also broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1992
Charles Henderson, You, Me + It, BBC, 1993
Sir Percival Glyde, The Woman in White, BBC and Carlton Television, c. 1997 also broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1997
Senator James Dorr, Island at War, Independent Television, 2004
Movies
Michael Evans, Tell Me That You Love Me, BBC, 1991
Sir Clifford Chatterley, Lady Chatterley, BBC, 1993
Helmuth James von Moltke, Witness against Hitler, BBC, 1996
Henry Carlisle, Treasure Seekers, Carlton Television, 1996
Dr. Alan Protheroe, The Dark Room, BBC, 1999
King George VI (Bertie), Bertie and Elizabeth, Carlton Television,2002, also broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 2002
Stephen Farraday, Sparkling Cyanide, Independent Television, 2003
Episodic
Higgins, "A Friend in Need," The Bill, Thames Television, 1984
Young James Barclay, "The Crooked Man," The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Granada Television, 1984
Prince, "Sapsorrow," The Storyteller (also known as Jim Henson's The Storyteller), Channel 4 (England) and Television South, 1987
Nick, "Horror in the Night," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt), HBO, 1996
Voice, "Victoria and Her Sisters," A History of Britain, [Great Britain] and History Channel, 2002
Daniel Morton/Sir Richard Morton, "Echoes," Murder in Mind, BBC, 2003
Guest, This Morning, Independent Television, 2004
Stage Appearances
Another Country, London production, 1983
The Common Pursuit, British production, 1988
A Patriot for Me, Barbican Theatre, London, 1995
Also appeared in As You Like It, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England; Chips with Everything, Leeds Playhouse, Leeds, England; Jane Eyre, Chichester, England; and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England.
Major Tours
Toured in As You Like It, British cities.
RECORDINGS
Music Videos
"Uptown Girl," by Westlife, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Premiere (Great Britain), December, 1997, p. 28

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