James Murray (English actor)
| James Murray | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 January 1975 Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Spouse | Sarah Parish (2007 - present) |
| Children |
Ella-Jayne (born May 2008, died January 2009). Nell Murray (born 21 November 2009) |
James Murray (born 22 January 1975) is an English actor.
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[edit] Early life
Murray was born in Manchester; his great-grandfather, Richard Hollins Murray, invented the reflecting lens in 1927.
[edit] Career
Murray found initial fame as in ITV1's soap opera Coronation Street (1998) as Sandy Hunter. He then starred in a series of both film and television pieces, including the comedy series Roger-Roger (1999), legal drama series North Square (2000), mini series Other People's Children (2000) and Sons & Lovers (2003), a Granada production of The Sittaford Mystery (2006) as Charles Burnaby, a movie of the Thomas Hardy story Under the Greenwood Tree (2005) as Dick Dewy, plus earlier movies Nailing Vienna (2002) as Peter, All The King's Men (1999) as Pvt Will Needham, and Phoenix Blue (2001) as Rick. He also found more permanent roles in Channel 4's 20 Things to Do Before You're 30 (2003) playing Glen and BBC One's season four of Cutting It (2005) as Liam Carney.
Murray starred in the ITV science fiction series Primeval as Stephen Hart, Nick Cutter's lab technician, in both series one (2007) and series two (2008).
Murray had the leading role of the father, Frank Davis, in It's Alive (2008) a remake of the 70's Horror classic by Larry Cohen.
James had a role in Krod Mandoon And The Flaming Sword Of Fire, a comic fantasy series for Comedy Central and BBC Two, which began airing in April 2009. His character is Ralph Longshaft.
According to United Agents James appeared on the CBS series CHAOS in Vancouver from November 2010 to April 2011. His character was called Billy Collins (not Michael Dorset as listed at their website).
[edit] Personal life
Murray married his Cutting It co-star Sarah Parish in Hampshire on 15 December 2007, following a two-year romance. On 18 January 2008, it was announced that Sarah was pregnant with their first child.[1] Their daughter was born 5 weeks premature in May 2008 and died in January 2009 aged 8 months due to a congenital heart defect.[2][3] In her honour, Parish and Murray are raising funds for the Children's Intensive Care unit at Southampton General Hospital. In October 2009, it was announced that Sarah was expecting another child, to be born in the New Year. Their daughter Nell was born 21 November 2009.[4]
[edit] Corrections
Murray is often mis-credited in filmography listings as either James Scott Murray (a Scottish actor who appeared in Monarch of the Glen and Dr. Finlay) or as James Murray, an American animator/puppeteer/voice actor (who appeared in Being John Malkovich and Greg the Bunny and his voice as Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series) or as James Murray, an American stage and screen actor (who appeared in Air Crash Investigation ).
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Coronation Street | Sandy Hunter | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 1999 | Roger Roger | Jason the Gardener | TV series (1 episode: "Two Much Wine, Too Many Stars") |
| All the King's Men | Pvt. Will Needham | TV movie | |
| 2000 | Peak Practice | Marcus Johnson | TV series (1 episode: "Turning Tides") |
| Kevin & Perry Go Large | Candice's Adonis | ||
| Other People's Children | Lucas | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.3") | |
| North Square | Johnny Boy | TV series (10 episodes) | |
| 2001 | Phoenix Blue | Rick | |
| 2002 | Nailing Vienna | Peter | |
| Clocking Off | Mark Talbot | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #3.3") | |
| Always and Everyone | Dr. Danny Barton | TV series (8 episodes: "Episode #4.1-#4.8") | |
| 2003 | Sons and Lovers | William Morel | TV movie |
| 20 Thing's to Do Before You're 30 | Glen | TV series (7 episodes) | |
| Keen Eddie | Colin Kinney | TV series (1 episode: "Eddie Loves Baseball") | |
| 2004 | Cutting It | Liam Carney | TV series (12 episodes: 2004-2005) |
| 2005 | Under the Greenwood Tree | Dick Dewey | TV movie |
| 2006 | Agatha Christie's Marple: The Sittaford Mystery | Charles Burnaby | TV movie |
| 2007 | Primeval | Stephen Hart | TV series (13 episodes: 2007-2008) |
| 2008 | It's Alive | Frank Davis | |
| 2009 | Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire | Ralph Longshaft | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 2011 | CHAOS | Billy Collins | TV series (Pilot and 12 episodes: 2011) |
