Polly James, an actress, is the mother of Adam James, and Jon Pertwee served as Adam’s godfather. James completed his training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1996, the same year Dominic West and Daniel Evans graduated.
He wed Victoria Shalet, an actress and therapist, in September 2015. He and his wife welcomed their first kid in September 2016, and he also has Daisy, a daughter from a previous relationship.
Adam James parents: Meet Polly James
His credits include Band of Brothers, The Mother of Tears, Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire, Bonekickers, Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant and a long running storyline in Casualty, as well as an episode of ITV2 drama Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
He appeared in Extras, as the new agent of Ricky Gervais’s character. He has also appeared in Ashes to Ashes as Edward Markham in the first episode.
In 2009, James appeared in the Doctor Who episode “Planet of the Dead”, co-starring with David Tennant, the pair having first worked together in Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre 1999 production of King Lear.
James’s other theatre work includes Blood and Gifts (2010) and Much Ado About Nothing (2011), alongside David Tennant and Catherine Tate. He has recently appeared in a few rehearsed readings at the Royal Court and Finborough Theatre.
