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James Patrick Buckley (born 14 August 1987) is an English actor, musician,
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and
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. He is best known for playing Jay Cartwright in the E4 sitcom ''
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.''


Early life and education

James Patrick Buckley was born in Croydon, England. His father was a postman and his mother worked for the Home Office. It was while taking part in school plays that Buckley found out how much he enjoyed performing and, from the age of seven, started going to a stage school at weekends. The family later moved to
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and by the age of eleven, Buckley began his first professional jobs in the West End shows '' Whistle Down the Wind'' and ''
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''. The same year, he also began attending The Chafford School. Buckley stated that school interested him so little, that he did not collect his
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results.


Career

Buckley's first role was in 2001 as Johnny Vaughan's twelve-year-old godson in the BBC sitcom '' 'Orrible''. He then appeared in a Hellmann's advertisement in 2004 and in a 2005 music video for the Gravenhurst track 'I Turn My Face To The Forest Floor' directed by Ralitza Petrova. His stage credits include the West End musical ''
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'' as Gavroche and '' Whistle Down the Wind'' as Clarence. As well as ''
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'' and '' Rock & Chips'', Buckley's other credits include an episode of '' Skins'' and episodes of ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. He also played the character of Fred in '' Off the Hook''. For
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, Buckley and his ''Inbetweeners'' co-stars went on a "rude road trip" and visited the rudest street names in the United Kingdom in 50 hours. In April 2011, Buckley received a BAFTA nomination for his role in ''The Inbetweeners''. Buckley played the main character in the short film ''Veronique''. Buckley appears in the 2011 film ''
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''. That same year, Buckley reprised his role as Jay Cartwright in the film, '' The Inbetweeners Movie'', and its sequel, ''
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'' in 2014. In 2014, Buckley starred in an American horror film called ''
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'', playing cameraman Fitzie. In April 2016, Buckley started a
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gaming channel called ''Completed It Mate'' — a reference to The Inbetweeners episode "Will's Dilemma" — which has over 428,000 subscribers as of September 2021. He moved to Twitch under the same name. Since beginning his channel, Buckley has collaborated with other YouTubers, most notably with the
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group Achievement Hunter, when he appeared on their ''Off Topic Podcast'' and multiple episodes of their ''Let's Play'' series. He has also appeared on ''Alternative Lifestyle'', a YouTube series created by Sugar Pine 7, another Rooster Teeth subsidiary. From 2017 to 2019, Buckley played the role of double-glazing salesman Brian Fitzpatrick in the
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sitcom ''
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''. In 2020, he starred in the ''
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'' episode "
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", in which he played Nevi. In March 2020, Buckley appeared as a contestant on an episode of '' The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C'', alongside Patsy Palmer,
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and Scarlett Moffatt, in which he won. Buckley does
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s. He worked with AllAboutCareers.com to produce an explanatory animation for the website. Buckley is also the narrator on E4's show ''Little Box of Horrors''. He starred in the music video for States of Emotion's track "The Unsung", and also features on backing vocals and guitar on
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's album ''Peace City West''. In 2012, Buckley made his directorial debut, where he directed and starred in a music video for the Essex band The Milk. Buckley has appeared in commercials for Orange, with the cast of '' The Expendables 2'',
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, and bookmaker
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, as well as providing voice-over for Envirofone, Trunki and Hastings Direct. In 2020,
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commissioned Buckley to produce a Cameo video message outlining safety measures put in place by the council to help stop the spread of
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. In the latter end of 2021, Buckley was announced to be playing the part of Ben in the
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2:22: A Ghost Story, taking over the role from
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in its move to the Gielgud Theatre.


Personal life

Buckley is a Twitch streamer and
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under the channel names ''Completed It Mate'' and ''At Home With The Buckleys'', the former of which is a reference to a line that his character Jay says in an episode of ''The Inbetweeners''. Buckley married Clair Meek in 2012. They originally bonded over their shared obsession with
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, particularly
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, their shared favourite. They have two children. He is a supporter of Crystal Palace F.C.


Filmography


Film


Television


Theatre


References


External links

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Interview With Simon Bird and James Buckley profile
The British Comedy Guide * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckley, James 1987 births Living people 21st-century English male actors English male television actors English male musical theatre actors English male child actors English male comedians People from Croydon Male actors from London English YouTubers YouTubers from London Twitch (service) streamers