James Corden

James Corden
Born	James Kimberley Corden 22 August 1978 (1978-08-22) Hillingdon, London, UK
Occupation	Actor, television writer and presenter, comedian, singer, songwriter
Years active	1996–present
Television	Fat Friends Gavin & Stacey Horne and Corden James Corden's World Cup Live A League of Their Own
Partner	Julia Carey (2010–present)
Children	Son

James Kimberley Corden (born 22 August 1978) is an English actor, television writer, producer and presenter. He is co-creator and star of BBC comedy shows Gavin & Stacey and Horne & Corden, and acted in the 2009 film Lesbian Vampire Killers.

Early life

Corden was born in Hillingdon, Greater London, and grew up in Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire. He has an older sister, Ange, and a younger sister, Ruth.

Career

Corden obtained his first part at eighteen years old in the musical Martin Guerre. He then starred in the British television series Fat Friends as Jamie Rymer, and played Gareth Jones in the series Boyz Unlimited. His television work includes a credited minor role as Razor #1 in Renford Rejects (Series 1 Episode 2, 1998), a role playing a bookish student in Teachers (Series 1, 2000) and he also made a guest appearance in Little Britain. Corden's film credits include Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999) and Mike Leigh's All or Nothing (2002).

In 1998, Corden appeared in an advertising campaign for Tango, where his every word is being copied by overweight balding ginger men using megaphones that the company were promoting as a free gift. The advert was subsequently banned after complaints of a trend in school children bullying others in the same manner as the advert.

Corden played a small part in Channel 4/T4's Hollyoaks. He played a caretaker of the local college briefly around 2001–02. In an August 2008 interview with Esquire Magazine, he commented on his disdain for the programme and members of the cast.

Corden played the role of Timms in the original London stage production of Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, as well as in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions and radio and film versions of the play. Corden stars in the BBC Three comedy Gavin & Stacey that he co-wrote with his Fat Friends co-star Ruth Jones.

Corden guest hosted Big Brother's Big Mouth with his Gavin & Stacey co-star Mathew Horne in August 2007. He appears in the film of Toby Young's autobiography How to Lose Friends & Alienate People and series two of Gavin & Stacey.

In February 2008 he shot a BBC pilot, Hey, Hey, We're The Monks. He collaborated with Horne on a 2009 sketch show named Horne & Corden, described by the BBC as a "traditional comedy entertainment show in the style of Morecambe and Wise." The show ran for only one series and was poorly received by the critics, with Corden later admitting "the absolute truth is I wasn't good enough."

In February 2009, he co-presented the Brit Awards with Mathew Horne and Kylie Minogue. On 13 March 2009, he appeared in a sketch for Comic Relief giving the England football team a motivational talk. He later went on to present a section with Mathew Horne showing their best bits of comedy from the last two years along with highlights from the night.

In 2009, he had a minor role in The Boat That Rocked as Bernard, a deejay for Radio Sunshine. This clip was taken out of the film for the US release (retitled Pirate Radio), and is now in the deleted scenes feature on the DVD.

In March 2010, Corden began hosting the Sky One comedy/sports panel show A League of Their Own alongside team captains Andrew Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp. In March 2010, he presented Sport Relief 2010 alongside Davina McCall and others and contributed a "sequel" to the 2009 England football team sketch this time giving a motivational talk to various sport stars including Jenson Button and David Beckham.

In March 2010, Corden took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March. On 5 June 2010, he performed his England World Cup single with Dizzee Rascal on the finale of Britain's Got Talent. All of the proceeds from the single will be going to Great Ormond Street Hospital.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2010, Corden played Craig Owens in the Doctor Who episode "The Lodger", in which the Doctor moved in with him. Corden did return as Owens in "Closing Time" in the sixth series. In December 2010, This Is JLS, an hour long Christmas special featuring the boyband and The X Factor runners up, was aired on ITV1, with Corden writing and producing some of the sketches featured in the special.

In February 2011, Corden again presented the 2011 BRIT Awards. In March, Corden reprised his role as Smithy in the Smithy Red Nose Day sketch. The sketch included appearances by Gordon Brown, JLS, Paul McCartney and Justin Bieber. It received positive reviews from critics and was highly regarded as the best sketch of the night.

In June 2011, Corden played the lead role in One Man, Two Guvnors.

In February 2012, Corden once again hosted the BRIT Awards, making his times as host three times in total. There was controversy over the fact that he had to cut Adele's award acceptance speech short for time limit reasons. She proceeded to "flip-off" the audience although she later said it was directed to the "suits."

Personal life

Corden was in a relationship with actress Sheridan Smith until June 2009.

He is engaged to former TV producer Julia Carey, introduced to him by former housemate Dominic Cooper. The couple announced in late September 2010 that they were expecting their first child together. They became engaged on Christmas Day 2010, and their son, Max, was born on 22 March 2011.

He is a supporter of West Ham United F.C.

Awards and recognition

Corden was nominated for the 2000 RTS Award for Network Newcomer — On Screen for his work on Fat Friends.

Corden won Best Male Comedy Performer and Gavin & Stacey won Best New British Television Comedy at the 2007 British Comedy Awards.

At the 2008 Television BAFTAs, Corden won the BAFTA for Best Comedy Performance.Gavin & Stacey won the Sky+ Audience Award for Programme of the Year, the only award at the ceremony voted for by the public, beating the likes of The Apprentice and Britain's Got Talent.

Gavin & Stacey won the award for Most Popular Comedy Programme at the National Television Awards 2010, beating other nominees Benidorm and Harry Hill's TV Burp.

Selected credits

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Location
1996	Martin Guerre (musical)		Prince Edward Theatre, West End
2004	The History Boys	Timms	Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London
2006		Timms	Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
		Timms	St James, Wellington
		Timms	Sydney Theatre, Sydney
2007		Timms	Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway
2007	A Respectable Wedding	Friend	Young Vic, South Bank, London
2011	One Man, Two Guvnors	Francis Henshall	Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London

Film

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1997	Twenty Four Seven	Carl ‘Tonka’ Marsh
1999	Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?	Walter
2002	All or Nothing	Rory
	Heartlands	Shady
	Cruise of the Gods	Russell
2005	Pierrepoint	Kirky
2006	Heroes and Villains	Sam
	The History Boys	Timms
	Starter for 10	Tone
2008	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Post Modern Review Staff #2
2009	Lesbian Vampire Killers	Fletch
	Telstar	Clem Cattini
	The Boat That Rocked	Bernard	Deleted scenes only
	Planet 51	Soldier Vernkot
2010	Gulliver's Travels	Jinks
	Animals United	Billy the Meerkat
2011	The Three Musketeers	Planchet

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1996–1998	Out of Tune
1998	Renford Rejects	Razor #1
1999	Boyz Unlimited	Gareth
2000	Shut Down Non Tango Drinkers (Tango advert)	James Rayner
2000–2005	Fat Friends	Jamie Rymer	Four series
2001/2002	Hollyoaks	Wayne	One episode
2001	Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story	Giant's son
2001, 2003	Teachers	Jeremy	Two series
2003	Weight Watchers Extreme	Mike Neasham	One episode
2004	Little Britain	Dewi Thomas (Daffyd's brother)	One episode
2004	Dalziel and Pascoe	Ben Forsythe	One episode
2007–2010	Gavin & Stacey	Smithy	Co-Writer
2007, 2008	8 Out of 10 Cats	Himself	Four episodes
2007, 2008	Big Brother's Big Mouth	Himself
30 October 2008	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Himself	Guest team captain, Series 22, Episode 6 Guest host, Series 23, Episode 1
6 July 2008	Top Gear	Himself
28 December 2008	The Big Fat Quiz of the Year	Himself	On a team with Sean Lock
2009	Horne & Corden	Various characters
2009	Red Nose Day 2009 – Comic Relief	Himself	Co-host
2009, 2010	Chris Moyles' Quiz Night	Himself
25 December 2009	The Gruffalo	Mouse (voiceover)	BBC Christmas Special
2010	A League of Their Own	Himself	Host
2010	Red Nose Day 2010 – Sport Relief	Smithy	Sketch
19 March 2010	Sport Relief	Himself	Co-host
5 June 2010	Britain's Got Talent	Himself	Singing with Dizzee Rascal
12 June 2010 – 11 July 2010	James Corden's World Cup Live	Himself	Host
12 June 2010, 2011	Doctor Who	Craig Owens	Series 5, Episode 11: "The Lodger", Series 6, Episode 12: "Closing Time"
2 September 2010	The King is Dead	Himself	Series 1, Episode 1: "The President of the USA"
2011	Red Nose Day 2011 – Comic Relief	Smithy	Sketch
2011	Little Charley Bear	Narrator	CBeebies
29 October 2011	Piers Morgan's Life Stories	Himself
25 December 2011	The Gruffalo's Child	Mouse

Video games

• Fable II – Monty (2008)

See also

• Teenage Cancer Trust

External links

• James Corden at the Internet Movie Database
• James Corden at the Internet Broadway Database
• Agency CV