---
name: "James Murray"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-murray"
fi1m_id: "james-murray"
imdb_id: "nm0615025"
tmdb_id: 435243
wikidata_id: "Q528723"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 January 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T13:25:52.077555+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 Murray

## Identity

James Murray

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-murray
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-murray
- **IMDb ID:** nm0615025
- **TMDB ID:** 435243
- **Wikidata ID:** Q528723
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Murray_(English_actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528723, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615025/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/435243

Actor. Born 22 January 1975 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 January 1975, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** James Scott Murray
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (1), 2020s 61 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Murray_(English_actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528723, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615025/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/435243

## Coming up

- *Narnia: The Magician's Nephew* (2027-02-10)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Lee*](https://film.one/film/lee.md) (61)

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

## Biography

James Murray is an English actor. Born in Manchester, he trained at Malvern College on a Classics scholarship and holds a degree in film.

His television roles include Stephen Hart in *Primeval* (2007–2008), Niles Pottinger in *Defiance* (2013–2014), Daniel Coltrane in *Cucumber* (2015), Chief Superintendent John Houseman in *McDonald & Dodds* (2020–2021), Prince Andrew in *The Crown* (2022–2023) and Colonel Neil 'Chick' Harding in *Masters of the Air* (2024). Film credits include Caleb in *6 Underground* (2019) and Colonel Spencer in *Lee* (2024). He has been married to actress Sarah Parish since 2007. Murray and Parish were both appointed MBE in the 2025 New Year Honours.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Lee* (2024), Fi1m 61, as Colonel Spencer — [page](https://film.one/film/lee.md)
- *Cutting It* (2002), Fi1m 72, as Liam Carney — [page](https://film.one/tv/cutting-it.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Narnia: The Magician's Nephew* (2027), Actor
- *Lee* (2024), as Colonel Spencer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/lee.md)
- *Geek Girl* (2024), series, as Mr. Fiennes
- *Masters of the Air* (2024), series, as Col. 'Chick' Harding — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *McDonald & Dodds* (2020), series, as Chief Superintendent John Houseman
- *6 Underground* (2019), as Caleb
- *Kidding* (2018), series, as J
- *Age Before Beauty* (2018), series, as Wesley Finch
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Prince Andrew — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *HIM* (2016), series, as Edward
- *Cucumber* (2015), series, as Daniel Coltrane
- *Defiance* (2013), series, as Mayor Niles Pottinger
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Ronnie Stuart
- *CHAOS* (2011), series, as Billy Collins
- *Being Human* (2011), series, as Councilman #1 — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/being-human.md)
- *It's Alive* (2009), as Frank Davis
- *The Last New Year* (2009), as David
- *Punisher: War Zone* (2008), as Bodyguard #2
- *Primeval* (2007), series, as Stephen Hart
- *Under The Greenwood Tree* (2005), as Dick Dewy
- *Keen Eddie* (2003), series, Actor
- *Cutting It* (2002), series, as Liam Carney — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/cutting-it.md)
- *Greg the Bunny* (2002), series, Actor
- *Nailing Vienna* (2002), as Peter
- *Phoenix Blue* (2001), as Rick
- *North Square* (2000), series, Actor
- *Other People's Children* (2000), series, as Lucas
- *Kevin & Perry Go Large* (2000), as Candice's Adonis
- *Monarch of the Glen* (2000), series, as Jeff Ramsden
- *All the King's Men* (1999), as Pvt. Will Needham
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Ollie Tabori — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Life with Louie* (1995), series, Actor
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Marcus Johnson
- *Doctor Finlay* (1993), series, as Gordon
- *Commander Toad in Space* (1993), as Commander Toad (voice)
- *Shoestring* (1979), series, as Charlie
- *1990* (1977), series, Actor
- *Raffles* (1977), series, Actor
- *Gandhi*, series, Actor
- *Beautiful People*, series, as Gregory
- *Embassy*, series, as Jake Durtell

## Gallery

- ![Stills photo by Robert Viglasky from the set of Masters of the Air (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/10952/gallery-47abbb4ad062.jpg) Stills photo by Robert Viglasky from the set of Masters of the Air (2024) — Robert Viglasky, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/James_Murray_as_Kolonel_Neil_%22Chick%22_Harding_Masters_of_the_air_2024_%28cropped-J1%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![James Murray](https://film.one/media/person/10952/gallery-9b7d8de6d08f.jpg) James Murray — Robert Viglasky, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Masters_of_the_air_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![March for clean water. London 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10952/gallery-f5acc049d12e.jpg) March for clean water. London 2024 — WUWUWU2, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Murray_campaigning_at_the_March_for_clean_water._London_2024.jpg/1280px-Murray_campaigning_at_the_March_for_clean_water._London_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![James Murray](https://film.one/media/person/10952/gallery-c4ac2f4f05fc.jpg) James Murray — Image via TMDB
- ![James Murray](https://film.one/media/person/10952/gallery-6991f2d1685b.jpg) James Murray — Image via TMDB

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