James' Db - film, theatre, radio

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JAMES' FILM AND THEATRE APPEARANCES

1996

SILENT WITNESS: LONG DAYS, SHORT NIGHTS
 TV series, s.1, ep.3,    prem.Febr.96,   60 min     DVD
 
    student  small role mute
Silent Witness follows the work of forensic pathologist Dr. Sam Ryan. In this episode she investigates a ritualistic murder - a man is found dead by a man walking his dog. The main suspect is the victim’s friend.  When another body is found and the police discover a book about black magic in the suspect’s house they are sure of his guilt.

DALZIEL AND PASCOE: AN ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING
TV series, s.1, ep.2,   prem.March 96,   120 min    DVD
Royal Television Society Birmingham Award for Best Drama
Based on a novel by Reginald Hill, An Advancement of Learning

   Frannie Roote    supporting role
At a University a body is discovered under the statue of one of the university's prominent figures leading to the calling in of detectives, Dalziel and Pascoe. A college student's death further complicates matters.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/dalziel/
Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi9HZiPyVIk

BROOKSIDE
TV series, s.43, ep.1745, prem. June 1996, 30 min

    Martin Cathcart     supporting role
A TV soap showing life and times of several families living in Liverpool suburban street, Brookside. In this episode Martin comes to Liverpool to see his wife Georgia who left him and lives with her parents on Brookside.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/brookside/

BECK
 TV series, s.1, ep.4  prem. Oct. 1996
   Leonard   supporting role  
Drama series set in London about a woman who runs a missing person agency.


1997

RUTH RENDELL MYSTERIES: BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION
TV film,   120 min,  prem. Jan. 1997   DVD
Based on a story by Ruth Rendell, Bribery and Corruption

   Nicholas Hawthorne   one of the main characters
Young Nicholas Hawthorne (James D’Arcy) has a crush on a married woman, wife of a family friend. When she winds up murdered, it becomes apparent that his father has a secret too.
   James about his character
Rising star D'Arcy says he found little in common with the character of Nicholas who, at times, appears very gullible. He says: I'm about the same age as Nicholas and single - and that's all. He's a bit lost in the world and needs a bit of guidance, because he's searching for a mother figure. I like his innocence but he does take people at face value, which can be foolish.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/bribery/

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
TV film      90 min,  prem. Dec. 1997   DVD
Based on Oscar Wilde's story The Canterville Ghost

   Henry Cheshire   supporting role, quite a lot of screen time
A funny ghost story about a spirit of Sir Simon Canterville trying to scare an American family living in an old English castle. James plays a young lord in love with Virginia, a girl who discovers the secret of the ghost and helps to free him.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/canterville_ghost/
Clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiJX6sFtsX8

WILDE
premiere Venice Film Festival Sept.1997,   118 min   DVD
Based on Wilde’s biography by Richard Ellman
Golden Space Needle Award, Seattle IFF 1998

   Perkins   small role
This unconventional biopic traces the brilliant, witty, and tragic life of Oscar Wilde from his rise to fame as a much-in-demand author and public speaker to his downfall and ultimate imprisonment for homosexuality.
official site: http://www.oscarwilde.com/
Clip:  http://www.buch.ch/shop/home/artikeldetails/oscar_wilde/EAN4006680031255/ID5725845.html

THE ICE HOUSE
TV film, 2 parts,   prem. April 97,   172 min  
Based on a novel: Minette Walters, The Ice House

  Jonathan Maybury   supporting role
Lisa: It's a very good dramatic mystery with a complicated plot. Usually with mysteries, I'm able to figure it out halfway, but with this one, it kept me guessing till the very end. The identity of the corpse in the Ice House and how it got there was puzzling.
Gallery:http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/ice_house/

A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME
TV mini-series, part 1,    prem. Oct.97,    60 min
Based on Anthony Powell's books
RTS Television Award 1998, BAFTA TV Award 1998

 Nicholas Jenkins   leading role, but only in the first 20 minutes of part 1
Nicholas Jenkins (played by James D’Arcy and James Purefoy) regales his lover, Jean, with tales of his school days in the early 1920s, including his enduring friendships with  his three school friends.
Gallery:  http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/dance/
Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ef_Rtu5d8s

THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING
TV mini-series, 5 ep.,   prem. Nov.97, 312 min    DVD
Based on a novel by Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
3 BAFTA TV Awards 1998

    Blifil   big supporting role
A adaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding of the life, loves and adventures of the charming rascal Tom Jones, a foundling child allowed to grow up in the privileged surroundings of Squire Allworthy's household. Due to the objections to Tom’s parentage, Allworthy’s nephew Blifil (James D’Arcy) and others sabotage Tom’s reputation, causing Allworthy to cast him out penniless. And here his adventures in the great, wide world begin.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/tom_jones/


1998

NORMAN ORMAL: A VERY POLITICAL TURTLE
TV show,   prem. Nov.98, 50 min

   crap actor man 2   small role
Lisa: A very small part, but it was a funny one.  James played someone on the unemployment lineup, then led the cheer for Norman Ormal's political party.

HICCUP
short film,   prem. Nov.98,    10 min    DVD

    Barry   a big role in the short film  
Barry steals Judy’s handbag – and winning Lottery ticket. He needs her to claim the money, and she needs the ticket back – but can thief and victim trust each other?
Watch it here:  http://www.3btv.com/  (click Library, then A-Z, H, Hiccup)
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/hiccup/

CHARITY
short film,   10 min

   Pedro   one of the three characters
Two men and a woman meet in a deserted junkyard. But love, betrayal and an old holiday photograph leave only one survivor.
Download it here: http://www.filefactory.com/file/0143e6/
 Gallery:http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/charity/

THE BASS PLAYER
short film, 18 min
adapted from Romance with a Double-Bass by Anton Chekhov

   Peter   supporting role
The tired and depressed Bass Player decides to swim in the lake. He sees a young girl asleep on the bank and ties a bunch of flowers to her fishing line but the idyll is shattered as he discovers his clothes have been stolen.


1999

SUNBURN
TV series, s.1 ep.1, prem Jan. 99, 50 min
   Phil    supporting role
Sunburn follows the lives and loves of British holiday reps working for the ficticious 'Janus Holiday Team' in Cyprus

THE TRENCH
prem. Sept. 99,    98 min       DVD

    Colin Daventry   supporting role
The film tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' experience as a mixture of boredom, fear, and restlessness, confined to a trench on the front lines.
James about his character:
“I’m playing the character of Daventry, who is the slightly cynical member of the group. He’s the only character really, with perhaps the exception of the officers, who understands that the chances are ‘we are all going to die’ where everybody else is very exited over the prospect of going over the top and killing “Jerrys” or whatever. I think Daventry is the one guy who sort of  understands that the bombardment isn’t working and the wires haven’t been cut and the chances are they are all going to die.”
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/the_trench/

GUEST HOUSE PARADISO
prem. Dec.99,  89 min     DVD

    young groom   small role speaking
A crazy Rick Mayall comedy. Two losers run Guest House Paradiso, the worst hotel in the UK, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The chef, an illegal immigrant, has eaten all the food and fled, and once the guests check-in, they are dying to check-out. James plays one of the guests-victims of radioactive fishes, served in the hotel.
Gallery:http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/guest_house_paradiso/


2001

DARK REALM
TV series, s.1, ep.4: Party On   prem. Dec. 2001   60 min.

      Dean   leading role
  Two brothers looking for a party stumble into purgatory.  
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/darkrealm/

REBEL HEART
TV mini-series, 4 parts,    prem. Jan. 01,        196 min,      VHS only!
Nymphe D’Or for best director at the Monte Carlo TV Festival (February 2001).

   Ernie Coyne   leading role
Rebel Heart is a story of passion and patriotism. It tells of one young man's coming of age during the tumultuous years from 1916-1922 in Ireland. Ernie Coyne (James D'Arcy) is an idealistic 18-year-old who signs up to fight for an independent Ireland in the doomed Easter Rising but who ultimately finds his loyalties divided between the man he believes in and Ita, the woman he loves.
official site: http://www.picturepalace.com/ourproductions/rebelheart/
James about his role
Now here I am playing a passionate young Irishman who would die for what he believes in. Ernie Coyne goes on an amazing journey from boy, to ruthless republican, to responsible adult.
There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun.
I find it incredibly romantic that people should fight for a cause they believe in and be prepared to die for it.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/rebel_heart/

Ch. Marlowe, EDWARD II - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, March 2001

   Gaveston   big supporting role
The 12 Ian Charleson Award 2002- The third prize went to James D'Arcy, who, as Gaveston  "overcame the difficulty of making him too louche or wicked, to create a character that gave the play a balance".

Director M. Grandage: At the centre of the piece is a blatant homosexual love affair between two men (Edward II and his favorite, Piers Gaveston) that is the catalyst for a great political play. [Edward] invites Gaveston to share in his public duties, ‘...share the kingdom with thy dearest friend’ as if he was able to allocate joint ownership of the title as he so wished, showing a complete abuse of power. In giving Gaveston positions of public office, as the barons point out he is undermining the hereditary concept of government. By shifting the power in this way he brings about a state of civil war.


THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
TV mini-series, 2 parts,    prem. March 01,   194 min,   DVD
RTS Television Award 2001, BAFTA TV Award 2002,
Based on a novel by Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

   Nicholas Nickleby   title role
Tselmende: In this adaption of Charles Dickens' novel, we meet Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who has just lost his father.  His cruel uncle takes an immediate dislike to him, and is unwilling to do more than the bare minimum for Nicholas and his family, getting Nicholas a job at a "boarding school" that is little more than a home for unwanted boys.  The Squeers, he soon discovers, are much more interested in fleecing the boy's families than providing an education, and he finds himself disgusted by their behavoir, especially how they act towards Smike.  The two become fast friends and companions as they search for a way to find their fortunes.  The movie is divided somewhat evenly between Nicholas and his sister, Kate.  Kate is well liked by her uncle, though it does little to help her or her mother. Basically, Nicholas is an earnest, naive, honorable young man who wants to do the right thing.  He tries to earn money to help his family, he tries to help Smike, he hides his love for Madeline Bray because he fears that it will seem as if he is taking advantage of the trust of his employers.  
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/nicholas_nickleby/
Clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoQx6uVU738

REVELATION
 prem. Sitges-Catalonian IF Festival Oct.2001,    115 min         DVD

   Jake Martel   main character
A relic has been fought over by the forces of light and darkness for two thousand years. Missing for centuries, the sacred artefact turns up in the back of a camper van in 2001. A powerful secret society is slaughtering innocents to get hold of it. Billionaire mogul Magnus Martel is desperate to find and destroy the relic, reluctantly aided by his estranged son Jake (JAMES D’ARCY), a computer decoding expert, and Mira, a student of alchemy.The hunt takes the protagonists from Britain to France, Malta and Greece. Their dangerous journey also becomes a voyage of self-discovery and personal fulfilment.
More on the official site: http://www.revelation-movie.com/
      James about his character:
 Jake is a troubled young man, messed up emotionally and completely unsure of his next move in life. When his estranged father needs help in breaking these ancient codes, he does it mainly because the subject links in with something Jake has a clear affinity for. He certainly isn't motivated by any misguided parental feelings. Then he's drawn in further by something he doesn't fully understand and, as the story unfolds, we realise why he hasn't understood the bigger implications. When he first meets Mira, Jake isn't sure if he can trust her or if he even likes her. But he's inexorably drawn to her too for other strange reasons so Jake embarks on a richly rewarding personal quest that has been exciting to play. Jake is the eyes of the audience and he asks the questions they want to know because the character doesn't understand alchemy, the occult or the Knights Templar either
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/revelation/


2002

COME TOGETHER
TV film,    prem. Febr.02,    90 min    no DVD
Based on a novel: Josie Lloyd, Emlyn Rees, Come Together

   Jack Rossiter   leading role
 Jack is a struggling artist and carefree bachelor. Amy is struggling with her role as a "temp worker" and her inability to find the right man. Both try to find their place in the world as they make sense of their lives and loves.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/come_together/
Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BORdUpfJG3Q

SHERLOCK: THE CASE OF EVIL
TV film,    prem. Oct. 02,    90 min    DVD

   Sherlock Holmes   leading role
Sherlock Holmes is not the mature hero and flawless detective depicted by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but is instead London’s new headline star. A young man in his early twenties, rather arrogant, self- assured, and eager for publicity, he came into the spotlight by killing England’s most wanted man – Professor Moriarty. However the young genius detective had allowed himself to be tricked by this shrewd enemy, being overwhelmed with adoration. The no less clever Moriarty fakes his own death, thus having an unbreakable alibi in order to start a new criminal empire – dealing heroin.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/case_of_evil/

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2003

DOT THE I
premiere Sundance FF Jan. 03, 90 min,     DVD
Audience Award- Deauville Film Festival 2003

   Barnaby Caspian   one of the three main characters
Dot the I is about a love triangle between Barnaby, his fiancé Carmen and a stranger named Kit who Carmen meets on the eve of her wedding night. The story isn’t plain and simple, though, with numerous twists and turns to keep the audience guessing.
James D'Arcy: I heard somebody describe it as an urban love triangle which seems about fair on one level. But for me the appeal is that it keeps you on your toes. You never quite know what's going to happen next. In fact, better than that, you make certain assumptions about what will happen next and the film keeps twisting them on its head… Although it is slick, it is very different to most Hollywood blockbusters as this is a film that's very definitely about characters, relationships and emotion.
   James about his character
The fun was that I got to explore both sides of my character and it was a challenge finding little subtleties and playing with them. I guess my job was really to try and meld all the aspects together and make one credible person. To an extent, though, we all do that in everyday life, depending on the company we're in - guys behave in a different way with their girlfriends to the way they do with their mates - so it's not completely outside of my frame of reference!
Gallery:  http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/dot_the_i/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHprrJWuLQM


MASTER AND COMMANDER. THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
 prem. Nov.03, 135 min     DVD
2 Oskars 2004, another 17 wins
Based on novels by Patrick O'Brian: Master and Commander and The Far Side of the World

   Tom Pullings   supporting role
It's 1805 and HMS Surprise with nearly 200 crew led by one of the British Navy's best fighting captains, receives orders to capture or destroy a much larger and more heavily armed French privateer Acheron.  The chase leads the
Surprise around Cape Horn to the far reaches of the Pacific.
official site: http://www.foxhome.com/masterandcommander/main.html
James about his character
Although Pullings, in the books, is ‘not a gentleman’ (referring to his birth rather than his manners) he is, says D’Arcy, A really nice guy. And he is really well-respected. Not complicated. You know”, he adds, “my view is that they weren’t complicated men. They didn’t have enough time to think about themselves. You’re a bit disjointed from your life, which uncomplicates things very quickly. We all have friends, relationships, bank statements and so on to go back to – but not here. It’s exactly like going out to sea for six months.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/master_and_commander/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq0nTzu2SHk

POW
TV mini-series, 6 parts, prem. Nov.03, 288 min       DVD

   Jim Caddon   one of the main characters
The story of a group of POWs in Stalag 39, a Prisoner Of War Camp during the Second World War.
James about his role:
I’d love to think if it was me, I’d be courageous like Jim and try to escape. I do wonder if in the actual circumstances I’d think “Bloody hell, I have to escape”, or whether I’d sit quietly and just see it out. I have visions of myself being incredibly brave, though.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/pow/
Clips: http://www.blinkbox.com/TV/30294/Prisoners-of-War-S01E01-Kissen-Mein-Arsen?Scene=31633


2004

EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING
prem. Aug. 04, 114 min,      DVD

   Father Francis   supporting role
Having abandoned his faith in God, Father Merrin joins a British archaeological excavation in Kenya, where an inexplicably pristine Christian Byzantine church has been unearthed - looking as if it had been buried on the day it was completed. But beneath the church, something much older sleeps, waiting to be awoken. In the place where Evil was born, Merrin will finally see its true face.
official site: http://exorcistthebeginning.warnerbros.com/exorcist_flashindex.htm
   James about his character
Father Francis has been studying at the Vatican. Upon discovery of the church, the Vatican orders him to change course to Kenya. He is charged with making sure that the religious aspects of the excavation are given the proper consideration and respect, and when he hears that Father Merrin is joining the dig, he believes they will have a common purpose. Father Merrin is in a pretty bad place in his life. He’s rejected God and as the film progresses Francis is trying constantly to persuade him to re-discover his faith and to help as things become progressively stranger and stranger and more sinister. And Francis has to help him, persuade him that falling from God was the wrong thing for him to have done.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/exorcist/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofNlENq9vc


2005

AN AMERICAN HAUNTING
premiere AFI FF Nov.05, 91 min   DVD
Based on a novel: Brent Monahan, The Bell Witch: An American Haunting

   Richard Powell   one of the main characters
The film is based on the story of the Bell Witch, a famous case of alleged supernatural events that plagued the John Bell family in Tennessee in the early 1800s. [James] plays Richard Powell, the schoolteacher who at first tries to convince John and Lucy Bell and their daughter, Betsy, of a real-world explanation for the oddities plaguing the family, in particular Betsy.
official website (fr)  http://www.americanhaunting-lefilm.com/
James about his character
I play a character called Richard Powell, a schoolteacher in this small village in 1816, Tennessee. He is more educated than perhaps the majority of this farming community; he seems to fit rather well and is someone who people look up to. What I really like about Richard Powell is that he is kind of double edged. He has something that is interesting for an actor to play truthfully but at the same time to give the impression of something else. It is a challenge, a very exciting role to do.
The biggest change between reading the script and now shooting it is, I realized, he looks a lot more like me than I thought.
Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66f7T1J9dBw

POIROT: THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN
TV series, s.10, ep.1, prem. Dec.05,120 min    DVD
Based on: Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train

   Derek Kettering   supporting role
Tselmende: A young heiress named Katherine is traveling to meet family...Poirot agrees to be her avuncular, a sort of guide and gaurdian.  There are other passengers:  James D'arcy's character Derek Kettering, his wife, Ruth and her lover.  When Ruth is murdered, it is uncertain who did it...her jealous husband, her lover, soemone after the expensive jewel she had, or someone targeting Katherine.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/poirot/
Clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Jb4F21n7o


2006

THE MOVING FINGER (MARPLE)
TV series, s.2, ep.2, prem. Febr.06, 93 min     DVD
Based on: Agatha Christie, The Moving Finger

   Jerry Burton   main character
The sleepy village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna. But soon a series of vicious poison-pen letters destroys the village's quiet charm, eventually causing one recipient to commit suicide..
James about his role
Jerry Burton is a World War II veteran. When we meet him at the beginning of the story he is at the end of his rope, basically. He tries to commit suicide. His doctor prescribes the quiet life, so his sister takes him off to the countryside to do nothing at all. Of course, this is the world of Miss Marple, so lots and lots starts to happen! Gradually, through that process and a girl he meets, he begins to revitalize himself. I think Jerry is in a field of one in that he is, in my experience, the one person in a Marple -- who isn't Miss Marple herself -- who isn't a suspect. I suppose in a way in this story he is like 'Mr. Marple!
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/movingfinger/

ANCIENT ROME: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN EMPIRE
TV mini-series, ep.3, REVOLUTION, prem.Oct.06, 59 min      DVD

    Tiberius Gracchus   leading role
One of 6 part drama series about pivotal moments in Ancient Roman politics: the story of Tribune of the People Tiberius Gracchus, whose struggle to bring about reform for the lower classes nearly resulted in revolution.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/rome/
Clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYrcTd-u3N4


2007

GREEN
TV series, ep.1, prem. Febr.07, 30 min

   Sy   supporting role
Green follows the love-life highs and lows of three single friends living in the big city of Manchester. James plays a florist whose loyalty to his Lexus tragically knows no bounds.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/green/

FALLEN ANGEL
TV mini-series, ep.2, The Judgement of Strangers, prem.March 07, 60 min
Based on: Andrew Taylor, Requiem for an Angel (The Roth Trilogy)

   Toby Clifford   supporting role
Danielle: James appears in the second installment of the story which is set in the 1970s. He plays Toby, a hippie who uses his inheritance to buy a rundown country house in the village of Roth. Once settled, he proceeds to charm the villagers. I won't reveal his motivation.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/angel/

MANSFIELD PARK
TV film, prem. March 07        DVD
Based on Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park

   Tom Bertram   supporting role
Tselmende: Based on the novel by Jane Austin, Mansfield Park is the story of Fanny Price.  Orphaned at a young age, she is sent to live with her Uncle and cousins, the Bertram family.  She has always loved the youngest son, Edmund, but as the years pass it seems as if he will never return her affections.  James plays the eldest son, Tom, who spends his days drinking and betting on horse races.  He is, oddly, the first male of the family to actually say that he sees the value in Fanny, calling her the best of all women. (At least in the movie.)  Even though he's not in the movie a great deal, he manages to take a heartily unlovable character and infuse him with color, humor and kindness.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/mansfield_park/
Clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmqSn4udSaM

THE INSPECTOR LYNLEY MYSTERIES: KNOW THINE ENEMY
TV series, s.6 ep.2,  prem. June 07, 90 min
Based on Elisabeth George novels

   Guy Thompson   big second role
Two weeks after the mysterious disappearance of schoolgirl, Sarah Middleton, her body is found in a secluded lake by a fisherman. Her autopsy reveals that she had been held captive and committed suicide to escape her nightmare before her body had been left in it's watery grave. When a second schoolgirl goes missing Lynley and Havers begin a desperate race to find her before she meets the same fate.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/inspector_lynley/
Clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVA_seHaAls

RISE: BLOOD HUNTER
premiere Tribeca FF Apr.07, 94 min, unrated DVD version 122 min

   Bishop   supporting role
A  supernatural thriller. A reporter wakes up in a morgue to discover she is no longer among the living. She vows revenge against the cult responsible for putting her there and hunts them down one by one.
official site: http://sonypictures.com/movies/rise/
     James about the film
I think it's a film noir that lives in this strange heightened reality. I hesitate to say that it's a horror film or a vampire film because I don't think it does justice what Sebastian has written. There's a much stronger undercurrent than those terms would suggest passing through the film. I'm hoping we're making something that is very emotional and very real.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_QQkB54Cg0

THEM
TV series pilot, 60 min
Based on Six, a graphic book by Michael Oeming and Daniel Berman

   Cain Johnson   leading role
A drama about a sleeper cell from another world operating in the everyday environs of modern-day Los Angeles. James plays Cain, the cell's vigilant, determined Enforcer, tasked with investigating agents who "go rogue." A new arrival, he struggles to understand our strange human ways, such as why we give each other dead foliage to express tenderness. When cell agent Adam Bridges betrays his own kind because of his love for a human woman, Cain is ordered to hunt him down. In the process, while learning more about his prey and, eventually, himself, Cain begins to question the true purpose of his cell's mysterious mission on Earth.

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2008


FLASHBACKS OF A FOOL
premiere April 08   DVD

   Jack Adams   supporting role
A fading Hollywood star Joe Scott returns to the sea-side English village he grew up. The news about the death of his childhood friend cause him to look back at his last summer at home (in the 70-s) and the fateful events that changed his life. James plays a husband to Evelyn, whose seduction of Joe triggered the tragedy.
official site: http://www.thefilmfactory.co.uk/flashbacks/
James about his character:
 Jack’s life is very simple, he is devoted to his daughter but reading between the lines everything is not hunky-dory in the household. He certainly doesn’t think much of Evelyn’s mothering skills.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/flashbacks/
Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD_9p6D1A0A

BONEKICKERS: THE LINES OF WAR
 TV series, s.1, ep.5., prem. July 08, 60 min.,   DVD

Captain Roberts   guest star
 A British First World War tank containing the burnt remains of six bodies is uncovered in France, as the team of archaeologists uncover another mystery. The tank has been buried since 1917 and the discovery ignites an international archaeological feud between Professor Magwilde and her German counterpart, Dr Becker. The team has been able to identify one of the bodies as Major Banks of the Greenwich Fusilier. Banks brought the tank to Verdun with war correspondent Captain Roberts. Through Roberts’s writings, one of the team – Viv - discovers that the Fusiliers were looking for a weapon to win the war.
  fan site: http://bonekickers.com/
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/bonekickers/

THE COMMANDER: ABDUCTION
TV film, s.5, ep. 1-3, prem Nov. 08   60 min.

    Jerry Delany  supporting role
Commander Clare Blake is faced with two horrific crimes - a newborn baby goes missing from a maternity ward, and an elderly women is brutally murdered. The shock of these crimes is amplified when the commander discovers that the baby is DCI Doug James’ newborn, and the elderly woman is DS Brian Hall’s mother. James plays a Navy officer whose son was born at the same time as the abducted baby.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/commander/
Clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyHgh6YMiEI


2009


THE EASTMANS
TV series pilot  60 min
dr Peter Eastman
Medical drama centered around a complicated family of doctors. James plays Peter, the eldest son in the family, a top vascular surgeon.

INTO THE STORM
TV film, a sequel to The Gathering Storm, prem. April 09.

          Jock Colville   supporting role
Continuing the storyline of The Gathering Storm, Into the Storm is a look at the former British prime minister's life and career at the end of WWII. James plays Churchill’s private secreterary, John “Jock” Colville.
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/into_the_storm/
Clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqRAVvoAxoI

VIRTUALITY
TV series pilot, prem. June 2009,    120 min.

    Roger Fallon   leading role
The crew of the Phaeton is approaching the go/no-go point of their epic 10-year journey through outer space. With the fate of Earth in their hands, the pressure is intense. The best bet for helping the crew members maintain their sanity is the cutting-edge virtual reality technology installed on the ship. It's the perfect stress-reliever until they realize a glitch in the system has unleashed a virus on to the ship. Meanwhile, their lives are being taped for a reality show back on Earth. James plays  the resident psychiatrist on the Phaeton mission, as well as the onboard producer of the reality series, “Edge of Never”.
Fan site: http://virtuality-tv.info/
Gallery: http://www.jamesdarcy.net/gallery2/v/jamesdarcy/films/virtuality/
Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST4t7qQU0Iw


2010


SECRET DIARY OF A CALL GIRL
Tv series, s.3, prem. Jan. 2010   20 min    DVD March 2010
Based on The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl by Belle de Jour

   Duncan    supporting role
Based on the best-selling, real life diaries of an upmarket escort, Secret Diary of a Call Girl allows us a deeper look into the world of the glamorous and intelligent Belle. Belle is now juggling being Hannah, a high-class independent escort and a published author. It’s a constant struggle to keep her numerous identities hidden, a struggle which becomes harder when her sister Jackie comes to stay. There is only one man who understands her – Duncan, the editor of her book. Is this a man who can accept Belle for what she is?
James about his character: At the beginning, you’re supposed to like him. He’s an intelligent, liberal man who’s totally at ease with Belle’s profession. […] He sees her simply as a person and isn’t the least bit judgemental about her lifestyle. For the sake of the book, Duncan encourages Belle to go further in her work and really explore the limits of it. […] When she starts to do lots of more extreme things, that turns him on. Belle begins to get into his soul. […]Secret Diary of a Call Girl has struck a chord because it reminds us that we’re all sexual beings. That’s not something that’s very often discussed on TV. Before they have watched it, people might assume that it’s just titillating fodder, but in fact there is far more to it than that. It’s not Ken Loach, but it’s a half-hour comedy drama which in a gentle way opens up themes that are really worth debating.

OVERNIGHT
Prem. Iowa IFF , Best Feature award
Tom  leading role

NATURAL SELECTION
Short film prem. Cleveland IFF March 2010   20 min
John Henry Wilson
Brett Foraker (dir): When atheist professor Ted Gwyndon returns home from a book tour little does he know an intruder awaits; but John Henry isn't just a religious fanatic, he's a man with a plan. As the two struggle to gain the upper hand each reveal secrets that call into question the nature of belief, memory and compassion. A superbly acted drama with a killer twist.

THE FLIGHT OF THE SWAN
Prem. Nov.2010
Alexis   leading role
Alexis is an explosive personality, passionate about life, humanity, nature, love and beauty.  That is until the breakneck rhythm, intensity, stress and convolutions of career and economic success shatter him, alienating him from everyone and everything he loves: even his children and his soul mate Maria. Alexis is jolted back to reality when the unbridled greed of the multinational conglomerate his company is involved in causes an unprecedented ecological catastrophe costing many human lives.  The multinational’s Golden Boy suddenly realizes that he is nothing more than a cog in the machine he had fought so passionately against in his youth. He is determined to rediscover himself, to reclaim his soul, to rebuild the dream with Maria – but he is completely trapped.  He is caught in a web of intrigue that tightens like a vice driving him to an inevitably lethal conflict with the conglomerate.
Official site (trailer): http://www.theflightoftheswan.com/

Age of Heroes
   Ian Fleming  supporting role
World War Two drama. The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K.
When Corporal Rains decks the captain of a military police squad in order to bring his men home from a long battle in war torn France, he is hailed a hero by his men but is arrested once back in Dover. Demoralised, his chance for glory finally comes when Jack Jones, a Royal Marine, sees his potential and recruits him as a Commando for a covert mission. Rains accepts Jones’ offer and receives a pardon. Their mission is to infiltrate a Nazi base in Norway and to steal the latest in radar technology from under the enemy’s nose.
  
THE DOMINO EFFECT
Mark
The Domino Effect is on the effects of the credit crisis on a worldwide scale. If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in different countries or continents might not seem to be interrelated but there is more than meets the eye and we might be more connected than we sometimes like to think.
A preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFazCNOGURY

W.E.
Edward VIII leading role
A two-tiered romantic drama focusing on the affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.

Screwed
Sam Norwood  leading role
A young war veteran becomes a prison officer as he attempts to exorcise his demons after returning from a harrowing tour in Afghanistan.

[Ania]

AUDIO PERFORMANCES

TELEVISION
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT - sir Gawain
TV animation, 2002

ESSENTIAL POEMS FOR CHRISTMAS - reader
2004

TRACTOR TED - reader
TV films for children, 8 parts, 2005   DVD

AUDIO PLAYS

T. Hardy, TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES - Angel Clare
BBC Radio 4, 2001, 4 episodes,  CD and Audio Casette 2001

T. Ramsay, TANGO SENSATION - David
BBC Radio 4, 2002

E.F.Benson, THE BLOTTING BOOK - Morris
BBC Radio 4 , 2003

Henrik Ibsen, THE PRETENDERS - Peter
BBC Radio 3, 2004

D.Pownall, DIZZY SPELLS - Benjamin Disraeli
BBC Radio 4, 2004

S. Hill, THE WOMAN IN BLACK - Arthur Kipps
BBC Radio 4, 2004

G. Flaubert, MADAME BOVARY - Leon Dupuis
BBC Radio 4, 2006

I. Nemirovsky, DOLCE - Bruno von Falk
BBC Radio 4, 2006

W.Holtby,  THE CROWDED STREET - Godfrey
BBC Radio 4, 2007

Gaston Leroux, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Raoul
BBC Radio 7, 2007, CD March 2008
listen to the first ep.: http://www.bigfinish.com/podcast/

M.R.James, LOST HEARTS - Stephen Elliot
BBC Radio 4, 2007
listen to it here: http://www.box.net/shared/x8e74ylh67

BALDI V - Gavin Farley
BBC Radio 4, March 2008 
listen to it here: http://radiomensa.net/2009/10/20/baldi--series-5.aspx?ref=rss

DR WHO: PARADISE 5  -  Michael



AUDIO BOOKS

Bram Stoker, DRACULA - reader (dr Seward's diary)
BBC Radio 4, 2003

Rebecca Gowers, THE SWAMP OF DEATH - reader
BBC Radio 4, 2004

Brian Moore, THE STATEMENT - reader
2004,  CD
download (for a fee):  http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=176282

James McAleavey, THE LAST WORDS OF VAN HELSING - reader
BBC Radio 7, 2006
listen to it here:  http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoxfl_ghostbuster


Agency

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[sotl]

I think posting it in parts is ok Ania.

It is lovely the way you have compiled all the information on James work.

[Christella]

Ania, I am absolutely impressed! 

[Ania]

Glad you like it

           
                         

[Tselmende]

This is well done!  And I love how you use the quotes...the text over images looks really great, and it gives a sense of community to the project...wonderful!

[Tallulah-Belle]

Ania, you did such a great job at putting this together! Don't worry about breaking it up in different posts. It had a wonderful flow to it!

Hugs!!!

[Ania]

Thanks girls

Perhaps somebody would volounteer to write a short synopsis of Mansfield Park? It seems so easy and so obvious that it's almost too difficult for me. 

[Tselmende]

Based on the novel by Jane Austin, Mansfield Park is the story of Franny Price.  Orphaned at a young age, she is sent to live with her Uncle and cousins, the Bertram family.  She has always loved the youngest son, Edmund, but as the years pass it seems as if he will never return her affections.  James plays the eldest son, Tom, who spends his days drinking and betting on horse races.  He is, oddly, the first male of the family to actually say that he sees the value in Franny, calling her the best of all women. (At least in the movie.)  Even though he's not in the movie a great deal, he manages to take a heartily unlovable character and infuse him with color, humor and kindness.

(Does that help?)

[Ania]

Great, thank you very much!

Nicholas Nickleby? 

[AnneElliot]

Ania - this is so cute, and it is such fun to revisit choice comments on the differnet D'Arcy characters.  It's almost like a greatest hits page.
Thanks!

[Tselmende]

(sorry it's taken so long.  I've been stressed out, not able to think.)

Let's see.

In this adaption of Charles Dickinson's novel, we meet Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who has just lost his father.  His cruel uncle takes an immediate dislike to him, and is unwilling to do more than the bare minimum for Nicholas and his family, getting Nicholas a job at a "boarding school" that is little more than a home for unwanted boys.  The Squeers, he soon discovers, are much more interested in fleecing the boy's families than providing an education, and he finds himself disgusted by their behavoir, especially how they act towards Smike.  The two become fast friends and companions as they search for a way to find their fortunes.  The movie is divided somewhat evenly between Nicholas and his sister, Kate.  Kate is well liked by her uncle, though it does little to help her or her mother. 

Basically, Nicholas is an earnest, niave, honorable young man who wants to do the right thing.  He tries to earn money to help his family, he tries to help Smike, he hides his love for Madeline Bray because he fears that it will seem as if he is taking advantage of the trust of his employers.  This is a favorite film for James fans, not only because he's in it a lot, but because he plays the role so wonderfully.

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 Do you think I tell too much?

[Ania]

Thanks a lot, Tselmende! It wasn't too long. Now is the first part almost ready - save two pictures I must find comments for - Silent Witness and Guest House I think.
  I added Bonekickers to the filmography - what a pleasure to add something new