---
name: "Joshua James"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joshua-james"
fi1m_id: "joshua-james"
imdb_id: "nm1685971"
tmdb_id: 1344715
wikidata_id: "Q125730294"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-03T02:06:17.477738+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."
---

# Joshua James

## Identity

Joshua James

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joshua-james
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joshua-james
- **IMDb ID:** nm1685971
- **TMDB ID:** 1344715
- **Wikidata ID:** Q125730294
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125730294, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1685971/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1344715

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Also known as:** Joshua McGuire, Josh McGuire
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 66 (1), 2020s 76 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Mystery 2, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $157m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125730294, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1685971/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1344715

## Coming up

- *Clayface* (2026-10-21), as Corey Bowery — [page](https://film.one/film/clayface.md)

## Biography

Joshua James is a British actor who has worked in theatre, film and television. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2012, and made his professional stage debut that year in *Love and Information* at the Royal Court Theatre. His West End debut came in 2018 as Lord Windermere in Kathy Burke’s production of *Lady Windermere’s Fan* at the Vaudeville Theatre.

On screen, James is known for the role of Valvert in the film *Cyrano* (2021) and Corey Bowery in *Clayface* (2026). Television credits include Doctor Gorst in *Andor* (2022–2025), Gordy in *Black Mirror* (2017), and appearances in *Darkest Hour* (2017), *Criminal* (2016), *Raised by Wolves* (2020), *Absentia* (2019) and *Industry* (2020). He is the son of actress Lia Williams, with whom he appeared in *The Vortex* at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2023.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Down Cemetery Road* (2025), Fi1m 82, as Wayne — [page](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md)
- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Nathan Dix — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md)
- *Cyrano* (2021), Fi1m 75, as Valvert — [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano.md)
- *Industry* (2020), Fi1m 76, as Justin Klineman — [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Fi1m 66, as W D Wilkinson (Secretary #2) — [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Clayface* (2026), as Corey Bowery — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/clayface.md)
- *Down Cemetery Road* (2025), series, as Wayne — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md)
- *The New Look* (2024), series, as Oscar Davies
- *Andor* (2022), series, as Doctor Gorst — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *Sister Boniface Mysteries* (2022), series, as Dermot Millington
- *The Ipcress File* (2022), series, as Chico
- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), series, as Nathan Dix — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md)
- *Cyrano* (2021), as Valvert — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano.md)
- *Industry* (2020), series, as Justin Klineman — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)
- *Life* (2020), series, as Liam Banner
- *Raised by Wolves* (2020), series, as Jinn
- *I Hate Suzie* (2020), series, as Hal Holloway
- *Lady Windermere's Fan* (2018), as Lord Windemere
- *McMafia* (2018), series, as Tobe Miller
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), as W D Wilkinson (Secretary #2) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *Absentia* (2017), series, as Tyler Brandon Mills
- *King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2017), as Edgar
- *National Theatre Live: The Seagull* (2016), as Konstantin
- *Criminal* (2016), as Higgs
- *National Theatre Live: Treasure Island* (2015), as Ben Gunn
- *The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2014), as Ferdinand
- *No Love Lost* (2013), Actor
- *Summer in February* (2013), as Bertie
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as Frankie Manley — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Chris Holligan, Gordy — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Whites* (2010), series, as Kid
- *Parco P.I.* (2005), series, as Bodyguard

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