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James Dominic Frain is an English stage and screen actor. His best known television roles include
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'' (2007–2009), Franklin Mott in the HBO drama ''
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'' (2010), Warwick the Kingmaker in the
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drama serial '' The White Queen'' (2013), John Sumner in the
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crime drama '' The Tunnel'' (2013), Ferdinand Chevalier in the BBC/
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sci-fi thriller ''
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'' (2015–2017), Theo Galavan/Azrael in
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's '' Gotham'' (2015–2016), and
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in '' Star Trek: Discovery'' (2017–2019). He also played leading roles in the BBC dramas '' Armadillo'' (2001), '' The Buccaneers'' (1995) and ''
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'' (1997). In film, he is best known for playing Daniel Barenboim and
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in the biographical dramas ''
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'', respectively (both 1998), Bassianus in the
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adaptation ''
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'' (1999), and Gérard de Villefort in the historical drama '' The Count of Monte Cristo'' (2002).


Early life

Frain was born in
Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...
,
West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...
, and brought up in
Stansted Mountfitchet Stansted Mountfitchet is an English village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, near the Hertfordshire border, north of London. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 5,533, increasing to 6,011 at the 2011 census. The v ...
, near Bishop's Stortford,
Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...
, the eldest of eight children of a teacher mother and a stockbroker father. He was educated at
Newport Free Grammar School Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport, formerly Newport Free Grammar School, is a school in Newport, Essex, England. It was founded in 1588. The school is a mixed secondary school with a sixth form. It previously existed in different forms includin ...
, studied Drama and Film at the
University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...
and trained as an actor at the
Central School of Speech and Drama The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. It became a ...
in London.


Career

In 1993, while in his final year of drama school, he made his film debut in '' Shadowlands'', after being spotted by the film director Richard Attenborough. In 1995, He starred as a
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terrorist in the
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directed film, '' Nothing Personal''. In 2000, Frain was nominated for
Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role to the best performance by a supporting actor in a Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 5 ...
at the
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's
20th Genie Awards The 20th Genie Awards were held on January 30, 2000, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, to honour films released in 1999. The ceremony aired live on CBC Television, and a post-event highlights show aired on Radio Canada.Maria Topalov ...
in
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, for his performance as Gustave Sonnenschein in the
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directed film '' Sunshine''. He has been a regular on the stage in the United Kingdom, appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and
Royal Court Theatre The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial West End theatre in Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England ...
, as well as on the West End. He has also appeared on
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and was a recipient of the 2008 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performances along with the rest of the cast of ''
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'' (2007). He has appeared in a number of television series, such as ''
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'' (1993); '' Armadillo'' (2001); '' 24'' (2005); ''
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'' (2006); and ''
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'' (2006). His more recent roles include
Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell (; 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false char ...
in
Showtime Showtime or Show Time may refer to: Film * ''Showtime'' (film), a 2002 American action/comedy film * ''Showtime'' (video), a 1995 live concert video by Blur Television Networks and channels * Showtime Networks, a division of Paramount Global w ...
's ''
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''; the villainous billionaire 'Chess' in the NBC superhero/crime drama series '' The Cape''; heroic Templar Sir Gregory in the Syfy original film ''
Dark Relic ''Dark Relic'' is a 2010 fantasy horror television film directed by Lorenzo Sena and starring James Frain. The film was generally poorly received. Synopsis In 1099 at Mount Hermon north of Jerusalem, Sir Gregory, an English knight, finds an anci ...
'' (2010); and vampire Franklin Mott in the HBO drama ''
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''. In season 2 of ''
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'', Frain joined the cast as a mysterious recurring character named Eric Renard. He appeared in the second season of '' Gotham'' as
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, and portrayed
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, the father of Spock, on '' Star Trek: Discovery'', the second prequel TV series in the Star Trek franchise.


Personal life

In 2004, Frain married director Marta Cunningham; they have two children.


Filmography


Film


Television


Video games


Theatre


References


External links

*
Hamilton Hodell Profile
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