Julian Neil Rohan Wadham (born 7 August 1958) is an English actor of stage, film and television. He was educated at

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and 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 ...

, third son of Rohan Nicholas Wadham DFC and Juliana Wadham, née Macdonald Walker.

Background

Wadham attended

and the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career

His theatre work includes playing Barclay, soon after leaving the Central School, in the original West End production of Julian Mitchell's '' Another Country'' at the Queens Theatre with

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and

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. In 2014 he played Vaughan Cunningham, a visitor to the school, in the Trafalgar Studio revival of the

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. For the English Stage Company at the Royal Court he was directed by

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in ''Falkland Sound'', as Lieutenant David Tinker RN (with Paul Jesson,

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and Marion Bailey), as Captain Plume in George Farquhar's ''The Recruiting Officer'', as Lt. Ralph Clark in Timberlake Wertenbaker's ''Our Country's Good'' and as Jake in Caryl Churchill's ''Serious Money'' (with Linda Bassett, Lesley Manville,

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and

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). For director

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he appeared with

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and

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as Hugh in Polly Stenham's ''That Face'', both at the Royal Court and at the Duke of York's Theatre. Herrin also directed him in the National Theatre production of James Graham's ''This House'', as Humphrey Atkins, in both Cottesloe and Olivier theatres, and in the West End revival of ''Another Country'', in which he played Vaughan Cunningham. Other National Theatre work includes productions directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner of ''

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'' (in which he played Prime Minister William Pitt opposite Sir Nigel Hawthorne's King George), Don Pedro in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (with Simon Russell Beale and

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), Polixenes (with Alex Jennings, Deborah Findlay, and Claire Skinner) in ''The Winter's Tale'', ''Tartuffe'' (with

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, David Threlfall and Maggie Tyzack), ''The Changeling'' (with Miranda Richardson, directed by

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) and ''Mountain Language'' (directed by Harold Pinter). Other theatre includes Antonio in ''The Tempest'' at the Haymarket (directed by

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with

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), as Duke Theseus in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at the Rose Theatre (with

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and directed by Peter Hall), Marshall Dorfling in ''The Prince of Homburg'' at the Donmar Warehouse, Raymond Brock in ''Plenty'' (with Cate Blanchett) for the Almeida at the Albery, Elyot in ''Private Lives'' (Theatre Royal Bath), ''The Good Samaritan'' (Hampstead), ''A Letter of Resignation'' at the Comedy (with Edward Fox and Claire Higgins), and ''When We Are Married'' at the Whitehall. Television roles include ''The Casual Vacancy'', ''Silk'', ''Midsomer Murders'', ''Lewis'', ''Middlemarch'', ''Father Brown'', ''The Trial of Lord Lucan'' (as

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), ''Rosemary and Thyme'' and ''Dalziel and Pascoe''. In December 2014 he finished filming for Miramax ''The 9th Life of Louis Drax'' scripted by

Max Minghella Max Giorgio Choa Minghella (born 16 September 1985) is an English actor, film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is known for his roles in the films ''Syriana'' (2005), ''Art School Confidential'' (2006), ''Elvis and Anabelle'' (2007), '' ...

, with Aaron Paul, Jamie Dornan, Sarah Gadon, Oliver Platt, Molly Parker and Barbara Hershey. As at December 2015 he is continuing to recreate the role of

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in Big Finish's audio series ''The Avengers - The Lost Episodes''.

Works

Film

*''

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'' (1987) - Hull *''

'' (1994) -

Pitt the Younger William Pitt the Younger (28 May 175923 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain (before the Acts of Union 1800) and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ire ...

*'' The Secret Agent'' (1996) - The Assistant Commissioner *''

The English Patient ''The English Patient'' is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. The book follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian villa during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War. The four main characters are: an unrecognisably burn ...

'' (1996, included in a 1996 nomination for Best Cast for the film) - Madox *'' Preaching to the Perverted'' (1997) - M'Learned Friend *''

Keep the Aspidistra Flying ''Keep the Aspidistra Flying'', first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship of the money-god and status, and the dis ...

'' (1997) - Ravelston *'' The Commissioner'' (1998) - Prime minister *''

High Heels and Low Lifes ''High Heels and Low Lifes'' is a 2001 action comedy-drama film starring Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Kevin McNally, Mark Williams, Danny Dyer and Michael Gambon. It was directed by Mel Smith and written by Kim Fuller and Georgia Pritchett. ...

'' (2001) - Rogers *'' Gypsy Woman'' (2001) - Stanley *''

A Different Loyalty ''A Different Loyalty'' is a 2004 drama film inspired by the story of British traitor Kim Philby's love affair and marriage to Eleanor Brewer in Beirut and his eventual defection to the Soviet Union. The story takes place in the 1960s and stars Sh ...

'' (2004) - Andrew Darcy *'' Exorcist: The Beginning'' (2004) - Major Granville *'' Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist'' (2005) - Major Granville *'' Wah-Wah'' (2005) - Charles Bingham *'' Goya's Ghosts'' (2006) - Joseph Bonaparte *'' Outpost'' (2008) - Hunt *'' Fake Identity'' (2008) - Sterling *'' Legacy'' (2009) - Gregor Salenko *''

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'' (2010) - Trench Captain *'' The Iron Lady'' (2011) - Francis Pym *'' Cheerful Weather for the Wedding'' (2012) - Uncle Bob *'' Outpost: Black Sun'' (2012) - Francis Hunt *''

Now Is Good ''Now Is Good'' is a 2012 teen romantic drama film directed by Ol Parker. Based on Jenny Downham's 2007 novel ''Before I Die'', it was adapted by Parker, who had recently written the screenplay for '' The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel''. The film, ...

'' (2012) - Dr. Ryan *''

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'' (2012) - Headmaster *''National Theatre Live: This House'' (2013) - Humphrey Atkins *'' Queen and Country'' (2014) - Colonel Fielding *'' The Riot Club'' (2014) - Miles' Father *'' The 9th Life of Louis Drax'' (2016) - Dr. Janek *'' Churchill'' (2017) - General Montgomery *'' Victoria & Abdul'' (2017) - Alick Yorke *''Tokyo Trial'' (2017) - Erima H. Northcroft *''

Colette Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her ...

'' (2018) - Ollendorff *'' The Happy Prince'' (2018) - Mr. Arbuthnott *''

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'' (2019) - Arbuthnot Bailey

Television

*''Country'' (1981) *''Blind Justice'' (1988) *''

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'' (1988) *'' Bergerac'' (1990) *''

Agatha Christie's Poirot ''Poirot'' (also known as ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'') is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet starred as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Her ...

'' - " The Plymouth Express" - Robert Carrington (1991) *''

Middlemarch ''Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life'' is a novel by the English author Mary Anne Evans, who wrote as George Eliot. It first appeared in eight installments (volumes) in 1871 and 1872. Set in Middlemarch, a fictional English Midland town, ...

'' (1994) *''The Trial of Lord Lucan'' -

(1997) *''

A Dance to the Music of Time ''A Dance to the Music of Time'' is a 12-volume ''roman-fleuve'' by English writer Anthony Powell, published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim. The story is an often comic examination of movements and manners, power and passivity in Eng ...

'' (1997) *''

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'' - Series 3, Episode 35, "Pork Pies" (1997) *''Catherine Cookson'' - The Wingless Bird - Reginald Farrier - TV miniseries (1997) *'' Highlander: The Raven'' - "The Ex-Files" (1999) *'' Midsomer Murders'' (Episode: "Death's Shadow") (1999) as Simon Fletcher *''

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'' is a British crime drama television series that aired on BBC One from 12 March 2001 to 1 June 2008, consisting of six series and 24 episodes. The protagonist, Detective Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley, 8th Earl o ...

'' - "Payment in Blood" (2001) *'' Hitler: The Rise of Evil'' as Captain

Karl Mayr Captain Karl Mayr (5 January 1883 – 9 February 1945) was a German General Staff officer and Adolf Hitler's immediate superior in an army Intelligence Division in the Reichswehr, 1919–1920. Mayr was particularly known as the man who intro ...

(2003) *''

Island at War ''Island at War'' is a British television series that tells the story of the German occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys, and the working class Jonases, a ...

'' (2004) *'' Rosemary & Thyme'' - Episode 2.13 (2004) *''

Tom Brown's Schooldays ''Tom Brown's School Days'' (sometimes written ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'', also published under the titles ''Tom Brown at Rugby'', ''School Days at Rugby'', and ''Tom Brown's School Days at Rugby'') is an 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes. The stor ...

'' as Squire Brown (2005) *''

Dalziel and Pascoe Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorkshire detectives featuring in a series of novels by Reginald Hill. Characterisation and style Dalziel is ...

'' - Series 9 " Dust Thou Art" (2005) *''

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'' - Episodes 1 and 2, as

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(2005) *''

Taggart ''Taggart'' is a Scottish detective fiction television programme created by Glenn Chandler, who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for the ITV network. It originally ran as the miniseries "Killer" from 6 until 20 Septembe ...

'' - Series 22, Episode 4 ''Running Out of Time'' as Brigadier Johnny Lewis-Scott (2005) *''

The Government Inspector ''The Government Inspector'', also known as ''The Inspector General'' ( rus, links=no, Ревизор, Revizor, literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist, Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the pl ...

'' - Jonathan Powell (2005) *''

Agatha Christie's Marple ''Agatha Christie's Marple'' (or simply ''Marple'') is a British ITV television programme loosely based on the books and short stories by British crime novelist Agatha Christie. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the firs ...

'' - " Sleeping Murder" “ Kelvin Halliday” (2006) *'' Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial'' (2006) *''

Ghostboat ''Ghostboat'' is a 2006 British television film, based on a novel by George E. Simpson and Neal R. Burger. The film features David Jason as its star. It is a fantasy tale of HMS Scorpion, His Majesty's Submarine ''Scorpion'' vanishing during th ...

'' - Captain Nathan Byrnes (2006) *'' My Boy Jack'' (2007) *''

Foyle's War ''Foyle's War'' is a British detective drama television series set during and shortly after the Second World War, created by '' Midsomer Murders'' screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz and commissioned by ITV after the long-running series ...

'' - "Plan of Attack" (2008) *'' Midsomer Murders'' (Episode: "The Creeper") (2009) as William Chettham *''

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'' - "The Point of Vanishing" (2009) *''

Downton Abbey ''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States o ...

'' ‘’ General Sir Herbert Strutt’’ - Episode 2.3 (2012) *''

Father Brown Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 written by English author G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intui ...

'' - "The Flying Stars" - "Colonel Adams" (2013) *''

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'' (2013) *'' The Casual Vacancy'' (2015) *''Tokyo Trial'' (2016), Erima Harvey Northcroft *'' The Singapore Grip'' as Soloman Langfield (2019)

Audio

* '' The Minister of Chance'' as The Minister of Chance (2011-2013)

Theatre

* ''Another Country'', Queens Theatre * ''When We Are Married'', Whitehall Theatre * ''Falkland Sound'', Royal Court * ''Serious Money'', Royal Court * ''Our Country's Good'', Royal Court * ''The Recruiting Officer'', Royal Court * ''Carrington'', Royal National Theatre * ''Mountain Language'', Royal National Theatre * ''The Changeling'', Royal National Theatre * ''Once in a While the Odd Thing Happens'', Royal National Theatre * ''The Madness of George III'', Royal National Theatre * ''Plenty'', Almeida at the Albery * ''The Good Samaritan'', Hampstead Theatre * ''The Winter's Tale'', Royal National Theatre * ''Tartuffe'', Royal National Theatre * ''Private Lives'', Theatre Royal Bath * ''That Face'', Royal Court * ''Much Ado About Nothing'', Royal National Theatre * ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', Rose Theatre, Kingston * ''The Prince of Homburg'', Donmar Warehouse * ''The Tempest'', Theatre Royal Haymarket * ''This House'', Royal National Theatre * ''Another Country'', Theatre Royal Bath/Chichester Festival Theatre/Trafalgar Studio

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Julian Wadham CV at The Artists Partnership
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wadham, Julian Living people 1958 births English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors People from Ware, Hertfordshire Actors from Hertfordshire People educated at Ampleforth College Place of birth missing (living people)