James Bradshaw (born 20 March 1976) is an English actor, known for his roles as Gordon Grimley in the

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series '' The Grimleys'', D.S Geoff Thorpe in '' Hollyoaks'' and Dr. Max DeBryn in ''

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''.

Career

Bradshaw's television roles include parts in '' Mile High'', '' Primeval'', ''

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'', the 2000 film '' Longitude'', and Noah Claypole in Alan Bleasdale's 1999 adaptation of ''

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'', which starred Robert Lindsay. Bradshaw has worked at the Birmingham Rep, Hampstead Theatre, and the

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in ''House/Garden'', directed by Sir

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. In 2006, he played Polly Tompkins in '' The Line of Beauty''. In 2009, he joined the cast of '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Bradshaw's film roles include appearances in ''

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'' and '' Irish Jam''. In 2008 he appeared as Mr Samgrass in the film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's '' Brideshead Revisited''.'Brideshead Revisited' cast list
/ref> In July 2011 he made a guest appearance as a surveyor in ''

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'' and as an environmental health inspector named Matthew Grindlay in ''

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'' in November 2012. From November 2014 Bradshaw played the recurring role of DS Geoff Thorpe in Channel 4 soap opera '' Hollyoaks'', until DS Thorpe was killed off in March 2018. Since 2012 he has performed the role of pathologist Dr. Max DeBryn in the ITV series ''

'', the prequel series to '' Inspector Morse''.

Filmography

Stage

Radio

References

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* Living people 1976 births English male film actors English male television actors People from Stamford, Lincolnshire People from Rutland Alumni of Birmingham School of Acting English male stage actors {{UK-tv-actor-1970s-stub