Joshua James is a British actor who has appeared on stage and screen. He is known for his role as Valvert in Cyrano (2021), and as Dr Gorst in Andor (2022; 2025).
James graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2012. He made his professional stage debut later that year in Love and Information at the Royal Court Theatre.
He made his West End debut as Lord Windermere in Kathy Burke's production of Lady Windermere's Fan at the Vaudeville Theatre in 2018.
He is the son of actress Lia Williams, with whom he appeared in The Vortex at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2023, where they played mother and son.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2012InsideMarkShort film2013Summer in FebruaryBertieNo Love LostShort film2016CriminalHiggs2017Darkest HourW D Wilkinson2021CyranoValvert2026Corey BoweryPost-production
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2010Silent WitnessStudent in KitchenEpisode: "Shadows: Part 1"IdentitySmithEpisode: "Second Life"WhitesKidEpisode: "1.3"2013UtopiaTeenagerEpisode: "1.1"2016Call the MidwifeFrankie ManleyEpisode: "5.2"2017Black MirrorGordyEpisode: "Crocodile"2018McMafiaTobe MillerEpisode: "Episode 4"2019AbsentiaTyler Brandon Mills6 episodes, Season 22020I Hate SuzieHal HollowayEpisode: "Anger"Raised by WolvesJinnEpisode: "Raised by Wolves"LifeLiam Banner6 episodes2020–2024IndustryJustin Klineman5 episodes2022The Ipcress FileChico6 episodesWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?Dr George Arbuthnot 2 episodes2022; 2025AndorDoctor Gorst5 episodes2023Black MirrorChris HolliganEpisode: "Demon 79"The Chelsea DetectiveNathan DixEpisode: "The Reliable Witness"2024The New LookOscar DaviesEpisode: "What a Difference"2025Sister Boniface MysteriesDermot MillingtonEpisode: "Killer Heels"Down Cemetery RoadWayne5 episodes
Stage YearTitleRoleVenueRef2012Love and InformationVariousRoyal Court Theatre2013No QuarterArloThe TempestFerdinandShakespeare's GlobeThe Ritual Slaughter of Gorge MastromasPeteRoyal Court TheatreWolf Hall Parts One & TwoRafe SadlerSwan Theatre2014Fathers and SonsArkadyDonmar Warehouse2014–2015Treasure IslandBen GunnNational Theatre2015Light Shining in BuckinghamshireCobbeHere We GoFuneral Guest2016The SeagullKonstantinThe War Has Not Started YetTheatre Royal, Plymouth2017Life of GalileoLudovico / Chamberlain / Scholar / Pope’s attendant / PeasantYoung VicKing LearEdgar / Poor TomShakespeare's Globe2018Lady Windermere's FanLord WindermereVaudeville Theatre2019WifeRobert / Finn / Ivar at 28Kiln TheatreAnna XArielVAULT Festival2021YellowfinCalantiniSouthwark Playhouse2022The Glass MenagerieTom WingfieldRoyal Exchange, Manchester2023The VortexNicky LancasterChichester Festival TheatreShooting Hedda GablerJørgenRose Theatre Kingston2024Some DemonMikeArcola Theatre2024–2025Stranger Things: The First ShadowDr BrennerPhoenix Theatre, London2025Titus AndronicusSaturninusSwan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result2014Wild Rose Independent Film FestivalBest Actor - Short FilmNo Love Lost
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