James Fisher (actor)
James Fisher | |
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 James Fisher | |
| Born | James Scott Fisher 20 April 1972 |
| Website | http://www.jamesfisher.uk.com |
James Fisher[1] (b. 20 April 1972 Walthamstow, London) is an actor. He is the youngest of three brothers. He studied acting at the London Drama School (Film and Television) and was also educated in screen acting at the Drill Hall.
Fisher appeared in the award winning UK horror film The Zombie Diaries[2] playing the character Geoff, has appeared in Green Street,[3] De-Lovely and Derailed and recently played Beckett in crime thriller Nightdragon[4] alongside Alan Ford. Other feature film roles include Johnny in Three Minute Moments,[5] Private Schaffer in World War II drama See It Through and "Fake Ronnie" in K alongside Colin Salmon.
Fisher acting career began in 1998 with various roles in television productions such as BBC's Crimewatch,[6] and also a two-part special episode of EastEnders. Small roles in The Bill and Family Affairs also followed before he took up his first leading role in a feature film, starring as Dan Fish in Playground Logic alongside Andrew Pleavin. James then had a stint of filming in Tucson, Arizona playing Julian in Mad Dogs & Englishmen, before returning home to play lead role Lee Parker in director Pat Higgins' Hellbride.[7] He has subsequently appeared in another of Pat's films The Devil's Music[8] playing Michael Stacey.
Fisher appeared in the dark thriller Seven Seconds to Heaven,[9] controversial drama Nineliveslondon, 2009 horror feature Umbrage, and thriller Hard Shoulder.
In 2007 Fisher and Michael Bartlett, the co-writer/director of The Zombie Diaries, wrote a new feature entitled Timeless.[10]
References
- ^ "Zombies will march to see James' film". East London and West Essex Guardian. 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ^ Johnny Butane (2007-07-03). "Zombie Diaries, The (2007) Review". Dread Central. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1701680
- ^ http://www.nightdragon.co.uk/about.html
- ^ [1] Archived 2008-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "James Fisher". Spotlight_(directory). Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ^ "Hellbride Review". Eat My Brains. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ^ :http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/devilsmusic.html
- ^ "Actor - James Fisher". Jamesfisher.uk.com. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ^ "Walking the dead!". BBC. Retrieved 2014-03-05.