James Dreyfus
James Dreyfus | |
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Born | James Louis de Zogheb Dreyfus 9 October 1968 |
Nationality | British |
Education |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1995–present |
Television | The Thin Blue Line (1995–1996) Absolutely Fabulous (1995–1996) Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999–2001) The Sarah Jane Adventures (2011) Mount Pleasant (2012–2017) |
James Louis de Zogheb Dreyfus (born 9 October 1968) is an English actor most notable for roles on television sitcoms The Thin Blue Line as Constable Kevin Goody, and Gimme Gimme Gimme as Tom Farrell. Dreyfus is most recently known for a role as Reverend Roger in Mount Pleasant.
Early life
James Louis de Zogheb Dreyfus was born on 9 October 1968 in
Career
In 1998, Dreyfus won the Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
Dreyfus's first television break came with the BBC comedy series
Known for portraying "camp, endearing characters," Dreyfus (in a Sheengate Publishing interview) compared the character Frank Spencer from
He played Thermoman in the BBC One comedy My Hero, a role he took over in the sixth series from Ardal O'Hanlon. Although the same character, he used the name George Monday, as opposed to Ardal O'Hanlon's character's name, George Sunday. After disappointing ratings, the show was cancelled.
Dreyfus also starred as Mr Teasy-Weasy in the 2004 comedy film Churchill: The Hollywood Years.
From 2012 to 2017, Dreyfus appeared as Reverend Roger in the Sky Living series Mount Pleasant.
In 2017, he voiced an incarnation of
Personal life
In a 2021 interview with Andrew Doyle, Dreyfus said "Authenticity is about acting and making it authentic, that's what acting is [...] and real, and moving you. I thought the whole point was we get to a stage where being gay wouldn't be an issue. I wouldn't be introduced as 'James Dreyfus, the gay actor', which I spent twenty years going through [...] 'openly gay' as if it was some ghastly, terrible secret. I was really hoping that would be where we are with less labels, not more."[12]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Thin Ice | Greg | |
1995–96 | The Thin Blue Line | Constable Kevin Goody | TV series (14 episodes) |
1995–96 | Absolutely Fabulous | Christopher | TV series (2 episodes) |
1996 | Boyfriends | Paul | |
1999 | Notting Hill | Martin | |
1999–2001 | Gimme Gimme Gimme | Tom Farrell |
TV series (19 episodes) |
2000 | Gormenghast | Professor Fluke | TV |
2000–2001 | Bette | Oscar | U.S. TV series (18 episodes) |
2004 | Fat Slags | Fidor Konstantin | TV |
2004 | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | Gordon | |
2004 | The Producers | Carmen Ghia | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
2004 | Waking the Dead | Raymond Carstairs | |
2005 | Willo the Wisp | All voices | Revival to original 1981 series |
2006 | Colour Me Kubrick | Melvyn Prescott | |
2006 | My Hero | George Monday / Thermoman | TV series (8 episodes) |
2006-7 | Cabaret | Emcee | Lyric Theatre, London |
2007 | Double Time | Lawrence Nixon/George McCabe | |
2007 | Nina and the Neurons | Felix (voice) | |
2009 | Casualty | Rory | TV |
2011 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Harrison | Episode: "The Man Who Never Was" |
2012 | Midsomer Murders | Ralph Ford | Episode: "A Rare Bird" |
2012 | Holby City | Felix | TV |
2012 | Whitechapel | Charlie Cross | TV series, 2 episodes |
2012–2017 | Mount Pleasant | Reverend Roger | TV series |
2013 | Dandelion & Burdock | Dandelion | TV |
2013-14 | Candide | Dr Pangloss | Menier Chocolate Factory, London |
2013 | Shameless |
Edward Clayhill | Episode: "An Inspector Calls" |
2015 | Father Brown | Binkie Cadwaller | Episode 3.10 "The Judgment of Man" |
2015 | Scottish Mussel | Headmaster | |
2019 | Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal | Sir Leonard Briggs | TV movie |
2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | Lath'N | |
2019 | Agatha Raisin | Harry Witherspoon | S3 E1 Episode: "Agatha Raisin and The Haunted House" |
2020 | Supernova | Tim | |
2020 | The Hollow | TV movie | |
2020 | The Harbour | Robert | Short |
2021 | The Kindred | Mr. Mulvaney | |
2022 | Lips | Michael | Short [13] |
2023 | One Foot in the Grave - 30 Years Of Laughs | Himself | Documentary |
TBA | Cara | Greg Wilson | Pre-production |
References
- ^ "James Louis de Zogheb Dreyfus". FreeBMD. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "How We Met: James Dreyfus & Robert Portal". The Independent. 11 May 2008.
- ^ Wylie, Ian (14 December 2007). "Double trouble for James". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ Fletcher, Mary, Why life's looking Goody for James, TV Times, pg 31.
- ^ Thomas Quinn. "Interview: James Dreyfus". thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Our interview with James Dreyfus". sheengate.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ a b Our interview with James Dreyfus Archived 25 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Interviewed by Rob Edwards. Sheengate Publishing. 31 January 2013.
- ^ "1. Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures Volume 01 - Doctor Who - The First Doctor Adventures - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "6.1. Doctor Who: The Home Guard - Doctor Who - The Early Adventures - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "261. Doctor Who: The Psychic Circus - Doctor Who - The Monthly Adventures - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "James Dreyfus: cancelled from Dr Who for supporting JK Rowling". SpectatorTV. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ "James Dreyfus on being 'erased' from Dr Who: 'When people say cancel culture doesn't exist I laugh". GB News. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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External links
- James Dreyfus at IMDb