James Dreyfus

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James Dreyfus
Dreyfus in 2004
Born
James Louis de Zogheb Dreyfus

(1968-10-09) 9 October 1968 (age 55)
Islington, London, England
NationalityBritish
Education
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present
TelevisionThe 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

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[3] His parents divorced when he was very young.[4][5]

Career

In 1998, Dreyfus won the Best Supporting Performance in a Musical

Birmingham Rep
.

Dreyfus's first television break came with the BBC comedy series

Tom Farrell, the gay flatmate of Linda (Kathy Burke) in Gimme Gimme Gimme. Dreyfus played opposite Bette Midler in the short-lived American sitcom Bette
.

Known for portraying "camp, endearing characters," Dreyfus (in a Sheengate Publishing interview) compared the character Frank Spencer from

typecast due to his portrayals of "flamboyant" characters.[7]

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

JK Rowling.[11]

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
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

  1. ^ "James Louis de Zogheb Dreyfus". FreeBMD. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  2. ^ "How We Met: James Dreyfus & Robert Portal". The Independent. 11 May 2008.
  3. ^ Wylie, Ian (14 December 2007). "Double trouble for James". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. ^ Fletcher, Mary, Why life's looking Goody for James, TV Times, pg 31.
  5. ^ Thomas Quinn. "Interview: James Dreyfus". thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Our interview with James Dreyfus". sheengate.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  7. ^ a b Our interview with James Dreyfus Archived 25 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Interviewed by Rob Edwards. Sheengate Publishing. 31 January 2013.
  8. ^ "1. Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures Volume 01 - Doctor Who - The First Doctor Adventures - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  9. ^ "6.1. Doctor Who: The Home Guard - Doctor Who - The Early Adventures - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  10. ^ "261. Doctor Who: The Psychic Circus - Doctor Who - The Monthly Adventures - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  11. ^ "James Dreyfus: cancelled from Dr Who for supporting JK Rowling". SpectatorTV. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  12. ^ "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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