James Frain

James Frain ( born March 14, 1968 in Leeds, United Kingdom) is a British film and stage actor.

Life

Frain was born the eldest of eight children of a broker and a teacher in Leeds, but spent his youth in Essex. He graduated from the University of East Anglia, and then attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

He was discovered by Richard Attenborough, who undertook Frain for his film Shadowlands 1993. Since that time, film and television offers do not stop.

Parallel to his work in front of the camera Frain also stands for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre on stage.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

TV series

• 2005: 24 (10 episodes )
• 2005: Empire ( mini-series )
• 2005: Strong Medicine: like fire and ice ( Strong Medicine, episode 6x03 )
• 2006: Invasion ( 7 episodes)
• 2007-2009: The Tudors ( The Tudors )
• 2008-2009: Fringe - Special cases of the FBI (Fringe, 2 episodes)
• 2009: Grey's Anatomy ( episode 6x03 )
• 2009: Californication (Episode 3x12 )
• 2009: Lie to Me ( episode 2x05 )
• 2010: True Blood (7 episodes )
• 2010: Leverage ( episode 3x12 )
• 2011: CSI: Miami ( episode 9X02 )
• 2011: The Cape (all episodes)
• 2011: Burn Notice ( episode 5x09 )
• 2012: The Mentalist ( episode 4x14 )
• 2013: The White Queen
• 2013: Grimm

Award

Frain 2000 was nominated for a Genie Award for his performance in A touch of sunshine for Best Supporting Actor.