---
name: "James Foster"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-foster-1335536"
fi1m_id: "james-foster-1335536"
imdb_id: "nm1140350"
tmdb_id: 1335536
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T00:20:54.854431+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James Foster

## Identity

James Foster

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-foster-1335536
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-foster-1335536
- **IMDb ID:** nm1140350
- **TMDB ID:** 1335536
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1140350/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1335536

Actor. Born in Salford, Lancashire.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2005–2017
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1140350/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1335536

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Apostasy*](https://film.one/film/apostasy.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

James Foster is a British actor. He trained at Salford University and appeared in a Scotsman Fringe First-winning play shortly after graduating. He founded the multi-award-winning theatre collective Studio Salford.

Foster has appeared in numerous British television series and films. His credits include roles in *Queer as Folk* (2000), *Shameless* (2004), *Ideal* (2005), *Apostasy* (2017) as Elder Alan, *No Offence* (2015), *Banana* (2015) and *All Creatures Great & Small* (2020).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Apostasy* (2017), Fi1m 81, as Elder Alan — [page](https://film.one/film/apostasy.md)
- *Ideal* (2005), Fi1m 71, as Cartoon Head — [page](https://film.one/tv/ideal.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Screw* (2022), series, as Google
- *All Creatures Great & Small* (2020), series, as Mr. Happy
- *Strangeways Here We Come* (2018), as Brian
- *Apostasy* (2017), as Elder Alan — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/apostasy.md)
- *Black Work* (2015), series, as Glover
- *No Offence* (2015), series, as Clive
- *Banana* (2015), series, as Big Issue Seller
- *The Mill* (2013), series, as Warehouseman
- *The Village* (2013), series, as Lenny Carr
- *Trollied* (2011), series, as Customer
- *Accused* (2010), series, as Frank
- *Lookin' For Lucky* (2009), as Roy
- *Mischief Night* (2006), as Kev Crabtree
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Barry
- *Ideal* (2005), series, as Cartoon Head — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/ideal.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as News Vendor, Dole Man — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise* (2001), as Porter
- *Queer as Folk* (2000), series, as Man in Sauna
- *That Peter Kay Thing* (2000), series, Actor
- *Cold Feet* (1998), series, as Max
- *The Cops* (1998), series, as Benefits Investigator
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Ray McKenna

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/james-foster-1335536