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Adrian Rawlins

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1958Born, Stoke-on-Trent

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Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958, Stoke-on-Trent) is an English actor who studied art and acting at Manchester Metropolitan University and has been active since 1980. He is best known for playing James Potter across all eight Harry Potter films (2001–2011), Arthur Kidd in the 1989 TV film The Woman in Black, and Nikolai Fomin in the 2019 HBO miniseries Chernobyl. He also appeared in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), and Darkest Hour (2017) as Air Chief Marshal Dowding. His broader filmography includes Revolution (1985), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Living (2022), One Life (2023), and the upcoming The Brink of War (2026). On television…

Known for

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneJames Potter

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJames Potter

Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireJames Potter

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2James Potter

Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixJames Potter

Filmography

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2026Merry Christmas Aubrey FlintAlbertMovie

2026The Brink of WarMax RamplemanMovie

2026Rose of NevadaBilly RichardsMovie

2024Game Over(voice)Movie

2023One LifeGeoffMovie

2022LivingMiddletonMovie

2021The Colour RoomJohnMovie

2021UndergodsDominicMovie

2021Tom Clancy's Without RemorseChief of StaffMovie

2019Susan Hill's Ghost StoryEdward MerrimanMovie

2017Darkest HourAir Chief Marshal DowdingMovie

2015BridgendVicarMovie

2014The Woman in Black 2: Angel of DeathDr. RhodesMovie

2012Mrs BiggsDI WilliamsMovie

2012The RavenDoc ClementsMovie

2011IntrudersPolice InspectorMovie

2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2James PotterMovie

2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1James PotterMovie

2009Tales of the Fourth DimensionWilliam ShakespeareMovie

2007J.K. Rowling: A Year in the LifeJames Potter (archival footage)Movie

2007The Old Curiosity ShopJacobMovie

2007Clapham JunctionPeterMovie

2007Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixJames PotterMovie

2007Life LineMovie

2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireJames PotterMovie

2005Ahead of the ClassTony MackersieMovie

2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJames PotterMovie

2003Hear the SilenceDr. Tony DanielsonMovie

2002Wilbur Wants to Kill HimselfHarbourMovie

2002The Stretford WivesFrank FosterMovie

2001My Brother TomJackMovie

2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneJames PotterMovie

2000BloodCarl DysonMovie

1997Different for GirlsMikeMovie

1996Breaking the WavesDr. RichardsonMovie

1996The Inner SanctuaryOwenMovie

1992Running LateMichael MitchumMovie

1991SeductionMartin (Segment "Ultimate Object of Desire")Movie

1990Mountains of the MoonEdwardMovie

1989The Woman in BlackArthur KiddMovie

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