James Frain

James Frain is the kind of actor whose face you recognize instantly even if you struggle to place the name, and I mean that as a compliment. His Thomas Cromwell in The Tudors had this cold, calculating menace, and he brought the same precision to Warwick in The White Queen and his villain in Orphan Black. A University of East Anglia man who has quietly built a deep career across British and American television, he specializes in characters who feel dangerous because they are thinking. I genuinely seek out projects when his name appears, because he never phones in even a small role.

Name (English)

James Frain

Name (Japanese)

ジェームズ・フレイン

Reading

じぇーむず・ふれいん

Born

March 14, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

Origin

Leeds, United Kingdom

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / actor / film director / theatre director

University

University of East Anglia

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3

Tags

• stage actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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