About

James is an actor, musician and producer from Naarm/Melbourne.

He is graduate of the Howard Fine Acting Studio Full Time program and previously attended Monash University, where he achieved his Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English, Theatre and Film Studies.

He is the co-AD of Spinning Plates Co., a theatre group formed with Jessica Stanley. Their critically acclaimed 2023 production of THE CROCODILE by Tom Basden sold out and was remounted due to popular demand. Their versions of RHINOCEROS and YEAR OF THE ROOSTER at fortyfivedownstairs in 2024 and 206 meet with similar accolade.

James has appeared on stage in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Comedy of Errors with The Australian Shakespeare Company (ASC, 2022, 2024), Psychopomp at LaMama (Barking Spider, 2015), Rainbow Man (Goodnight Darlings, 2017) and Philtrum (North of Eight, 2018). State touring works include educational productions of Oedipus the King, Medea, The Crucible and The Dressmaker with Complete Works Theatre Company.

Screen credits include Netflix’s Son of a Donkey, Stan Original series Bloom, independent feature Angel Of Light, and shorts Famished, When You Hear Hoofbeats, Punchline and Pitch Black.