James d'Arcy can be seen in the dramas THE PHILOSOPHERS, written and directed by John Huddles, THE DOMINO EFFECT, and the highly anticipated CLOUD ATLAS, which premiered this year at the Toronto International Film Festival.
His film credits include the independents IN THEIR SKIN, a thriller which premiered at the Tribeca film festival in April; the comedy OVERNIGHT; and starring opposite Abbie Cornish and Andrea Riseborough in Madonna's historically based romance W.E., in which he portrayed King Edward VIII.
Among D'Arcy's previous features are the dramas SCREWED; RISE: BLOOD HUNTER, starring Lucy Liu; AN AMERICAN HAUNTING, with Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland; Renny Harlin's EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING; Peter Weir's MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD, starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany; DOT THE I, with Gael García Bernal and Tom Hardy; and William Boyd's war film THE TRENCH, starring Daniel Craig.
D'Arcy graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in July 1995, and quickly became a popular face on British screens with lead roles as Nicholas Hawthorne in Ruth Rendell's "Bribery and Corruption," Lord Cheshire in "The Canterville Ghost," and Jonathan Maybury in "The Ice House." His additional television credits include the BBC hit miniseries "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling"; "Sherlock Holmes: Case of Evil"; the television series "POW"; and Stephen Whittaker's "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby." He starred as Tom Bertram in "Mansfield Park," opposite Billie Piper, Hayley Atwell and Blake Ritson, and he has also had a recurring role in the hit series "The Secret Diary of a Call Girl."
In 2002, D'Arcy was nominated for the prestigious Ian Charleson Award for his portrayal of Piers Gaveston in Michael Grandage's production of "Edward II" at the Crucible Theatre, where he performed opposite Joseph Fiennes and Lloyd Owen.Anthony Hopkins for his example both as an actor and a human being.
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