James D'Arcy | |
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Born | Simon Richard D'Arcy 24 August 1975 Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England |
Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
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Years active | 1996–present |
James D'Arcy (born Simon Richard D'Arcy; 24 August 1975) is an English actor and film director. He is known for his portrayals of Howard Stark's butler, Edwin Jarvis, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Agent Carter and the 2019 film Avengers: Endgame , and murder suspect Lee Ashworth in the second season of the ITV series Broadchurch . D'Arcy also co-starred in Christopher Nolan's war movies Dunkirk (2017) and Oppenheimer (2023). He wrote and directed Made in Italy (2020).
Simon D'Arcy was born on 24 August 1975 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. [1] [2] His father Richard died when he was a child. His mother, Caroline, was a nurse. [3] She raised D'Arcy and his sister Charlotte in Fulham, London. [2]
In 1991, D'Arcy went to Australia for a year. He worked in the drama department of a school in Perth. [2] When he returned to London he applied for drama school. He did a three-year course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), completing a BA in Acting in 1995. [2]
His first appearances on television were small roles on the television series Silent Witness (1996) and Dalziel and Pascoe (1996), [2] followed by roles in television films such as Ruth Rendell's Bribery and Corruption, [4] The Canterville Ghost , [5] and the title role in The Ice House [2] (all 1997). In 1997, he played Blifil in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling and he appeared in Wilde . [3] In 1999, he acted in the World War I drama The Trench [2] as well as having a small role in the comedy Guest House Paradiso . [3]
From 2001 to the present, he played bigger roles and leading characters in the mini-series Rebel Heart (2001 as Ernie Coyne), [6] The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001, Nicholas Nickleby) [7] and Revelation (2001, Jake Martel). [3] In 2002, he portrayed a young Sherlock Holmes in the television film Sherlock: Case of Evil . [3] In 2003, he played the role of Barnaby Caspian in the film Dot the I , [3] and the character Jim Caddon on the series P.O.W . [8] He also gained wider recognition when he portrayed 1st Lt. Tom Pullings in Peter Weir's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). [2]
He appeared in the horror films Exorcist: The Beginning (2004, Father Francis), An American Haunting (2005, Richard Powell) and Rise: Blood Hunter (2007, Bishop). [2] He also appeared on television as Derek Kettering in Agatha Christie's Poirot , The Mystery of the Blue Train (2005), as Jerry Burton in Agatha Christie's Marple: The Moving Finger , as Tiberius Gracchus in the Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire episode "Revolution" (2007), as Toby Clifford in Fallen Angel (2007)[ citation needed ] and as Tom Bertram in ITV's production of Mansfield Park (2007). [3]
He lent his voice to BBC radio dramas such as Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles , Bram Stoker's Dracula , [9] and Winifred Holtby's The Crowded Street. [10] He played the role of Duncan Atwood in Secret Diary of a Call Girl . [1]
In 2011, he played the role of King Edward VIII in W.E. , directed by Madonna. [11] In 2012, he played Rufus Sixsmith (young and old) in addition to two other minor roles in the independent film Cloud Atlas , [3] as well as Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho star Anthony Perkins in Hitchcock . [2] In 2013, he played the role of Eric Zimit in After the Dark (other title: The Philosophers). [3]
In mid-2014, he played the role of Lee Ashworth in series 2 of Broadchurch . [1] He appeared as the main villain in the 2014 action comedy Let's Be Cops , as a malevolent Los Angeles crime boss. [2] In 2015, he appeared in the films Survivor and Jupiter Ascending . [3] He starred as a British Army Colonel Winnant in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017). [2] In 2018, he appeared in the Showtime series Homeland . [12] [13]
Between January 2015 and March 2016, D'Arcy was a series regular in the television series Agent Carter . In the series, he played Edwin Jarvis, the loyal butler of Howard Stark, which shares continuity with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was his first comedic role. [1] [14] He reprised his role of Edwin Jarvis in Avengers: Endgame , making D'Arcy the first to have portrayed the same character originally from an MCU TV series into an MCU film. [1] [15] In 2017, he appeared in the film The Snowman . [3] D'Arcy starred in the war film Oppenheimer in 2023. [16]
D'Arcy made his directorial debut with Made in Italy of 2020. [17]
In 2024, he portrayed the role of Mr. Greed in the music video "HAHAHA" by American rapper Lil Dicky. [18]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Wilde | Friend | |
1998 | Norman Ormal: A Very Political Turtle | Crap Actor Man 2 | |
Hiccup | Barry | Short | |
1999 | The Trench | Pte. Colin Daventry | |
Guest House Paradiso | Timothy Barker | ||
2001 | Revelation | Jake Martell | |
2003 | dot the i | Barnaby F. Caspian | |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Lt. Tom Pullings | ||
2004 | Exorcist: The Beginning | Father Francis | |
2005 | An American Haunting | Richard Powell | |
2007 | Rise: Blood Hunter | Bishop | |
2008 | Flashbacks of a Fool | Jack Adams | |
2010 | Natural Selection | John Henry Wilson | Short |
2011 | The Flight of the Swan | Alexis | |
Age of Heroes | Ian Fleming | ||
Screwed | Sam | ||
W.E. | Edward VIII | ||
2012 | In Their Skin | Bobby | |
The Domino Effect | Mark | ||
Cloud Atlas | Rufus Sixsmith, Nurse James, Archivist | ||
Hitchcock | Anthony Perkins | ||
Overnight | Tom | ||
2013 | After the Dark | Mr. Zimit | |
Dreams Never End | The Wolf | Short film | |
2014 | Let's Be Cops | Mossi Kasic | |
Instruments of Darkness | Banquo | ||
2015 | Jupiter Ascending | Maximilian Jones | |
Survivor | Paul Anderson | ||
2016 | Guernica | Henry Hillard, author/journalist | About the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War |
2017 | Dunkirk | Colonel Winnant | |
The Snowman | Filip Becker | ||
2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Edwin Jarvis | Cameo |
Life Like | Julian | ||
2020 | Made in Italy | — | Writer and Director, post-production |
LX 2048 | Adam Bird | ||
Six Minutes to Midnight | Captain Drey | ||
2021 | Warning | God | Voice |
2022 | North of Normal | Sam | |
Banking on Mr. Toad | Kenneth Grahame | ||
2023 | Oppenheimer | Patrick Blackett |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Silent Witness | Student | Episode: "Long Days, Short Nights: Part 1" |
Dalziel and Pascoe | Franny Roote | Episode: "An Advancement of Learning" | |
Brookside | Martin Cathcart | Episode: "Things to Sort Out" | |
1997 | The Canterville Ghost | Lord Cheshire | TV film |
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Nicholas Hawthorne | 2 episodes | |
The Ice House | Jonathan Maybury | TV film | |
A Dance to the Music of Time | Nicholas Jenkins | Miniseries; episode: "The Twenties" | |
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Blifil | Miniseries; 5 episodes | |
1999 | Sunburn | Phil | 1 episode |
2001 | Rebel Heart | Ernie Coyne | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Nicholas Nickleby | TV film | |
Dark Realm | Dean | Episode: "Party On" | |
2002 | Come Together | Jack | TV film |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Sir Gawain | ||
Sherlock: Case of Evil | Sherlock Holmes | ||
2003 | P.O.W. | Jim Caddon | 6 episodes |
2005 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Derek Kettering | Episode: "The Mystery of the Blue Train" |
2006 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Jerry Burton | Episode: "The Moving Finger" |
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Tiberius Gracchus | Episode: "Revolution" | |
The Battle for Rome | Tiberius Gracchus | TV film | |
2007 | Them | Cain Johnson | |
Green | Sy | ||
Fallen Angel | Toby Clifford | Miniseries; episode: "The Judgement of Strangers" | |
Mansfield Park | Tom Bertram | TV film | |
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Guy Thompson | Episode: "Know Thine Enemy" | |
2008 | Bonekickers | Captain Roberts | Episode: "The Lines of War" |
The Commander | Jerry | TV film | |
2009 | The Eastmens | Dr. Peter Eastmen | |
Into the Storm | Jock Colville | ||
Virtuality | Dr. Roger Fallon | ||
2009–10 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Duncan | 8 episodes |
2011 | The Closer | Professor Alex Banks | |
2012 | The Making of a Lady | Captain Alec Osborn | TV film |
2012 | Those Who Kill | Thomas Schaeffer | Main role |
2015 | Broadchurch | Lee Ashworth | Series 2 |
2015–16 | Agent Carter | Edwin Jarvis | Main role; 18 episodes |
2018 | Homeland | Anson | Recurring role |
Das Boot | Sinclair | ||
2019 | The Rook | Andrew Bristol | Miniseries |
The Hot Zone | Travis Rhodes | ||
2021 | Leonardo | Ludovico Sforza | Main role |
Red Election | Adam Cornwell | ||
2022 | Deadline | James | Main role |
Grace | DSI Cassian Pewe | Series 2 | |
2024 | Constellation | Magnus | Main role |
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