James Murray (English actor)

James Murray (born 22 January 1975), also known as Jim Murray, is an English actor, artist and fundraiser.

James Murray
Born (1975-01-22) 22 January 1975
Manchester, England
Other namesJim Murray
OccupationActor
Years active1998-present
Spouse(s)Sarah Parish (2007 - present)
Children2

Early life

Murray was born in Manchester. His great-grandfather, Richard Hollins Murray, invented the reflecting lens in 1927.[1]

Career

Murray found initial fame in ITV'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 film of the Thomas Hardy story Under the Greenwood Tree (2005) as Dick Dewy, plus earlier films 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 '70s horror classic by Larry Cohen.

He had a role in Kröd Mändoon 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).

Murray appeared in the second series of Death in Paradise as the character Ronnie Stuart in ep:6 - A Dash of Sunshine - Series 2 - broadcast February 2013 and filmed in Guadeloupe.

He was cast as Mayor Niles Pottinger,[2] the new Mayor of Defiance. The second series of Defiance started production in August, 2013 in Toronto and continued until December 2013. Series 2 aired 19 June 2014. James appeared in one episode (ep.3 Dead Air) of the third series which aired 27 June 2015.

He appeared as a regular in the fifth series of Suspects as DCI Daniel Drummond,[3] which aired 3 to 31 August 2016 (all six episodes).

He starred as the father, Edward,[4] in the three part ITV supernatural series HIM.

He will be appearing as Caleb in the Ryan Reynolds film 6 Underground due for release December 2019. He has also been cast as Superintendent John Houseman in the new ITV TV series Invisible currently in pre-production.[5]

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 Parish was pregnant with their first child.[6] Their daughter was born 5 weeks premature in May 2008 and died in January 2009 aged 8 months due to a congenital heart defect.[7]

In her honour, Parish and Murray are raising funds[8] for the Children's Intensive Care unit at Southampton General Hospital where she was cared for.[9] Their daughter Nell was born 21 November 2009.[10]

Murray co-founded the Murray Parish Trust with his wife in 2014.[11] In 2018 the charity raised £4 million to build a new paediatric Emergency and Trauma department for the South of England.

Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
1998 Coronation Street Sandy Hunter Soap opera (4 episodes)
1999 Roger Roger Jason the Gardener TV series (1 episode: "Two Much Wine, Too Many Stars")
All the King's Men Pte. Will Needham TV film
2000 Peak Practice Marcus Johnson TV series (1 episode: "Turning Tides")
Kevin & Perry Go Large Candice's Adonis Film
Other People's Children Lucas TV series (1 episode: "Episode No. 1.3")
North Square Johnny Boy TV series (10 episodes)
2001 Phoenix Blue Rick Film
2002 Nailing Vienna Peter Film
Clocking Off Mark Talbot TV series (1 episode: "Episode No. 3.3")
Always and Everyone Dr. Danny Barton TV series (8 episodes: "Episode No. 4.1 – No. 4.8")
2003 Sons and Lovers William Morel TV film
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 Dewy TV film
2006 Agatha Christie's Marple: The Sittaford Mystery Charles Burnaby TV film
2007 Primeval Stephen Hart TV series (13 episodes: 2007-2008)
2009 It's Alive Frank Davis Film
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)
2012 New Tricks Luke Oswald TV series (1 episode: "Dead Poets" – No. 9.7)
2013 Death in Paradise Ronnie Stuart TV series (1 episode: "A Dash of Sunshine" – No. 2.6)
Midsomer Murders Ollie Tabori TV series (1 episode: "A Christmas Haunting" – No.16.1)
2014 Defiance Niles Pottinger TV series (Series 2-all eps, Series 3 ep 3)
2015 Cucumber Daniel Coltrane TV series (Series 1, ep1-6)
2016 Suspects D.C.I.Daniel Drummond TV series (Series 5, ep1-6)
HIM Edward TV series (all 3 episodes)
Medici: Masters of Florence Doge Foscari TV series(Series 1, ep 5)
2018 Age Before Beauty Wesley TV series (all 6 episodes)
2019 6 Underground Caleb Film
2020 McDonald & Dodds Chief Superintendent John Houseman TV series (2 episodes)
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References
  1. "Patent US1625905 - Light-reflecting device or unit".
  2. "James Murray Cast as Series Regular on Defiance Season 2". TV Fanatic.
  3. "James Murray joins the cast of Suspects". Channel5.
  4. "HIM tv series at ITV.com".
  5. "James Murray cast in ITV's Invisible". ITV.
  6. "'Cutting It' star Sarah expecting first child with husband James".
  7. Sarah Parish Mourning Death of Daughter Ella-Jayne Celebrity Baby Blog, 20 January 2009
  8. "The Murray Parish Trust".
  9. "Welcome To Friends of PICU : Friends of PICU". Friends of PICU.
  10. "rosie mitchell is fundraising for Friends of PICU".
  11. "About The Murray Parish Trust". Retrieved 14 May 2019.
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