James Frain
Born 1968-03-14
(56 years old)
Leeds, England, UK
Biography
JAMES FRAIN is one of Hollywood‘s most versatile actors, starring in both blockbuster movies and critically acclaimed television series.
He starred in Season 4 of HBO‘s True Blood. He portrayed the much-talked about character of Franklin Mott. Prior to that role he played Thomas Cromwell for three seasons in Showtime‘s critically acclaimed series The Tudors.
Audiences saw him in Walt Disney Pictures‘ TRON: Legacy opposite Jeff Bridges. The film was set for release December 17, 2010. In 2011 he co-starred in Fox‘s Water for Elephants opposite Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson, and he also starred in Transit with James Caviezel.
In October Frain had a starring role in the highly anticipated NBC series The Cape.
Frain‘s other film credits include The Count of Monte Cristo with Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce, Where the Heart Is opposite Natalie Portman, Reindeer Games with Ben Affleck and Charlize Theron, Into the Blue with Paul Walker, Elizabeth with Cate Blanchett and Hilary and Jackie. His television credits include arcs on Californication and 24.
Frain has an extensive theatre background having performed with The Royal Shakespeare Company, Almeida, and Royal Court. In 2007 he co-starred with Ian McShane on Broadway in The Homecoming, for which the cast won The Drama Critics Circle Best Ensemble Award.
Born in the north of England, Frain earned his degree in drama and film at the University of East Anglia and studied acting at London‘s Central School of Speech and Drama.
While studying in London, Frain was spotted by Sir Richard Attenborough who immediately cast him in his first feature, Shadowlands, opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger.
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Actor
Movies | |
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2021 |
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions |
2019 |
Headlock |
2016 |
The Architect |
2014 |
Born of War |
2013 |
All Things to All Men |
Event 15 |
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The Lone Ranger |
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2012 |
Going for Gold |
Transit |
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2011 |
Water for Elephants |
2010 |
Dark Relic (TV movie) |
TRON: Legacy |
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2009 |
Everybody's Fine |
2008 |
Quid Pro Quo |
2006 |
The Front Line |
2005 |
Into the Blue |
2004 |
Spartacus (TV movie) |
2002 |
The Count of Monte Cristo |
The Project (TV movie) |
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2000 |
Arabian Nights (TV movie) |
The Miracle Maker |
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Where the Heart Is |
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Wild Christmas |
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1999 |
Sunshine |
Titus |
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1998 |
Elizabeth |
Hilary and Jackie |
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Vigo: Passion for Life |
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What Rats Won't Do |
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1997 |
Macbeth On the Estate (TV movie) |
Red Meat |
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Robinson Crusoe |
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The Mill on the Floss (TV movie) |
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1996 |
Loch Ness |
Rasputin (TV movie) |
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1995 |
An Awfully Big Adventure |
Nothing Personal |
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1993 |
Prime Suspect 3 (TV movie) |
Shadowlands |
Documentaries | |
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2003 |
Leonardo (series) |
Performer
Shows | |
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2012 |
That's My Entertainment |