James Bradshaw (actor)

James Bradshaw, born 20 March 1976 in Stamford, Lincolnshire in England, is a British actor best known for playing Gordon Grimley in the popular Granada TV series "The Grimleys", which ran for three series from 1999 (following the pilot in 1997). Bradshaw trained at The Birmingham College of Speech and Drama from 1994 - 1997. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103495/] .

He lived in Essendine, Rutland, throughout his childhood.

His television roles include parts in "Mile High", "Primaeval", "Heartbeat", the 2000 film "Longitude", and Noah Claypole in Alan Bleasdale's 1999 adaptation of Oliver Twist, which starred Robert Lindsay. Bradshaw has worked at the Birmingham Rep, Hampstead Theatre, and the Royal National Theatre in "House/Garden", directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn.

Bradshaw's film roles include appearances in "Minotaur" and "Irish Jam". In 2008 he appeared as Mr Samgrass in the film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited". [http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/bradshaj/a-act.html] .

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103495/ Bradshaw on the] Internet Movie Database