James Tarpey is a British
actor
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. He was born in
Greenwich
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,
London
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,
United Kingdom
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. He is best known for playing a Young Peter Page in the 2013 comic science fiction movie ''
The World's End'' and playing Willow on the British sitcom ''
After Hours'' since 2015.
James is a keen skateboarder and guitarist.
Career
James attended the BRIT school for performing arts. James made his stage debut at the Obie Theatre, London, playing the title role in Sarah Nivan's adaptation of ''Vernon
God Little''.
In 2012 he was cast as the lead in a short film called ''Callum'', he played the title character Callum. James was nominated and won the 2013 Best Actor Award for the ''Cannes in a van'', independent film festival award, for the lead role of ''Callum''
He played a Young Peter Page in the 2013 comic science fiction movie ''
The World's End''. In 2014 he played Damien in the movie ''The Beat Beneath My Feet'' and Nathan in the British independent science fiction movie ''
Robot Overlords
''Robot Overlords'' (originally titled ''Our Robot Overlords'') is a 2014 British independent science fiction film, starring Callan McAuliffe, Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson. The film is directed by Jon Wright and produced by Piers Tempest ...
''. He played Ted in the 2015 movie ''Hector''. From 2015 he played Willow on the British sitcom series ''
After Hours''.
Theatre
James made his London professional stage debut in the widely acclaimed ''First Love is the Revolution'' at the Soho Theatre in October 2015
Selected filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
James Tarpey' on the Internet Movie Database
*
James Tarpey on Twitter'
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British male television actors