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James Larkin(I)

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James trained at RADA, and has 30 years experience in front of and behind the camera as an Actor and Director.

He was inspired to direct whilst working with another actor/director Kenneth Branagh and his Renaissance Theatre Company, touring Shakespeare around the world and in the West End, playing alongside Emma Thompson and being directed by Ken Branagh and Dame Judi Dench. And following that, the Oscar winning film version of Henry V, also directed by Branagh.

As well as a list of other Shakespeare productions and the award winning Translations at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Sam Mendes, James has had a prolific Television acting career, starring alongside Michael Gambon in two seasons of ITV's Maigret, playing Tony Blair in Peter Kosminsky's multi BAFTA winning Government Inspector, Wolf Hall and Black Mirror.

Directing started with his cult hit short My Own Private Lido, and progressed to winning International Festival Awards for his other films, and then into Television. He has directed over 60 hours of Drama, in America (with Shonda Rhimes), on Private Practice, and the UK, most recently on BBC's Call the Midwife, and was nominated for Best Film at Raindance and the British Independent Film Awards for his first feature, City Slacker.

He also directs for Theatre and music commercials, his latest for Tom Jones. James is represented by Charles Walker at United Agents, UK, and in the US by JD Sobol. He is a DUK, Equity and DGA member.
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Known for

Brandon Larracuente, Niko Guardado, Emily Tosta, and Elle Paris Legaspi in Party of Five (2020)
Party of Five
5.5
TV Series
  • Director
City Slacker (2012)
City Slacker
5.0
  • Director
  • 2012
Kenneth Branagh and Michael Williams in Henry V (1989)
Henry V
7.5
  • Duke John of Bedford
  • 1989
Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall (2015)
Wolf Hall
8.1
TV Mini Series
  • Master Treasurer Fitzwilliam

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Director

  • Bryony Hannah, Helen George, and Jessica Raine in Call the Midwife (2012)
    Call the Midwife
  • Ashley Jensen in Agatha Raisin (2014)
    Agatha Raisin
    • (directed by)
  • Hard Pass (2020)
    Hard Pass
  • Dwight in Shining Armor (2018)
    Dwight in Shining Armor
  • Brandon Larracuente, Niko Guardado, Emily Tosta, and Elle Paris Legaspi in Party of Five (2020)
    Party of Five
  • EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
  • Nightswims
  • Guy Henry in Holby City (1999)
    Holby City
  • Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
  • Hen
  • Father Brown (2013)
    Father Brown
  • Angela Lonsdale, Eva Alexander, and Tom Frederic in Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
    • (directed by)
  • WPC 56 (2013)
    WPC 56
  • Amy Brenneman, Brian Benben, Benjamin Bratt, Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh, Paul Adelstein, Caterina Scorsone, and KaDee Strickland in Private Practice (2007)
    Private Practice
  • City Slacker (2012)
    City Slacker

Actor

  • Barney Harris in Starboy (2019)
    Starboy
  • McMafia (2018)
    McMafia
  • Black Mirror (2011)
    Black Mirror
  • Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall (2015)
    Wolf Hall
  • Angela Lonsdale, Eva Alexander, and Tom Frederic in Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
  • Emilia Fox in Silent Witness (1996)
    Silent Witness
  • Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, and Mark Wingett in The Bill (1984)
    The Bill
  • EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
  • David Jason in A Touch of Frost (1992)
    A Touch of Frost
  • Stockard Channing, Pete Postlethwaite, and Ron Silver in Red Mercury (2005)
    Red Mercury
  • Day 41 (2005)
    Day 41
  • Mark Rylance in The Government Inspector (2005)
    The Government Inspector
  • Roman Road
  • Waking the Dead (2000)
    Waking the Dead
  • Casualty (1986)
    Casualty

Writer

  • Interior. Bedsit - Day
  • Ian Hart and James Larkin in Int. Bedsit - Day (2007)
    Int. Bedsit - Day
  • Michael Gambon, Pete Lee-Wilson, and Wendy Nottingham in Dead on Time (1999)
    Dead on Time
  • My Own Private Lido
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Directing Reel
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Henry V
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Henry V
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    • Surrey, England, UK

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