James Tarpey is a British actor. He was born in Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. He is best known for playing a Young Peter Page in the 2013 comic science fiction movie The World's End and playing Willow on the British sitcom After Hours since 2015. James is a keen skateboarder and guitarist.
Career James attended the BRIT school for performing arts. James made his stage debut at the Obie Theatre, London, playing the title role in Sarah Nivan's adaptation of Vernon God Little.
In 2012 he was cast as the lead in a short film called Callum, he played the title character Callum. James was nominated and won the 2013 Best Actor Award for the Cannes in a van, independent film festival award, for the lead role of Callum
He played a Young Peter Page in the 2013 comic science fiction movie The World's End. He played Damien in the movie The Beat Beneath My Feet and Nathan in the British independent science fiction movie Robot Overlords. He played Ted in the 2015 movie Hector. From 2015 he played Willow on the British sitcom series After Hours.
Theatre James made his London professional stage debut in the widely acclaimed First Love is the Revolution at the Soho Theatre in October 2015
Selected filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 Callum Callum Short film 2013 The World's End Young Peter Page 2014 The Beat Beneath My Feet Damien Robot Overlords Nathan 2015 Hector Ted 2021 The Drowning of Arthur Braxton Arthur Braxton 2021 The Shadow in My Eye Reggie 2021 A Little Italian Vacation Rome 2021 Sundown Albert Thompson 2024 Sebastian Ben
Television Year Title Role Notes 2015 After Hours Willow
References
External links James Tarpey on the Internet Movie Database James Tarpey on Twitter