Adrian Rawlins

Adrian Rawlins
Rawlins in 2019
Born
Adrian John Rawlins

(1958-03-27) 27 March 1958 (age 66)
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Alma materManchester Metropolitan University
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present

Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958) is an English actor best known for playing Arthur Kidd in The Woman in Black (1989) and James Potter in the Harry Potter films. In 2019, he starred in Chernobyl as Nikolai Fomin.

Early life

Rawlins was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire,[1] the son of Mavis (née Leese) and Edward Rawlins, a market trader.[2] Rawlins was educated at Stanfield Technical High School in Stoke-on-Trent and the Stoke VI Form College. He then studied art and acting at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Career

Rawlins has appeared in several films including Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves and Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself. He has a pivotal role in the Harry Potter film series as Harry Potter's father James Potter. Onstage, he has appeared in Her Naked Skin (2008, National Theatre). He played Richard Collingsworth in the 1989 TV serial version of The Ginger Tree, opposite Samantha Bond. He also starred in The Woman in Black which was made for television and aired at Christmas 1989.

Since 2014, he has volunteered at East Riding Theatre in the East Riding of Yorkshire, becoming artistic director in 2017.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1980 Palm Beach David Litvinoff
1985 Revolution Bill
1987 With Love to the Person Next to Me Man in Bed
1988 Georgia
1990 Mountains of the Moon Edward
1993 Flynn Tailor
1996 Different for Girls Mike Rendell
Breaking the Waves Dr. Richardson
The Inner Sanctuary Owen
2000 Blood Carl Dyson
2001 My Brother Tom Jack
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone James Potter
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets James Potter
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Harbour
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban James Potter
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire James Potter
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix James Potter
2009 Tales of the Fourth Dimension William Shakespeare Direct-to-video
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 James Potter
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 James Potter
Intruders Police Inspector
2012 The Raven Doc Clements
2014 The Woman in Black: Angel of Death Dr. Rhodes
2015 Bridgend Vicar
2017 Darkest Hour Air Chief Marshal Dowding
2019 The Small Hand Edward Merriman
2020 Undergods Dominic
2021 Without Remorse Chief of Staff
The Colour Room John
2022 Living Middleton
2023 One Life Geoff
TBA Reykjavik Max Kampelman

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1985 I Live with Me Dad Registrar TV film
1986 The Kit Curran Radio Show Nevin Episode: "A Sick Society"
Chance in a Million PC Willis Recurring role; 2 episodes
1988 Neighbours Mr. Pike Guest role; 1 episode
Christabel Albrecht Miniseries
The Four Minute Mile Chris Chataway TV film
1989 The Ginger Tree Captain Richard Collingsworth Miniseries
The Woman in Black Arthur Kidd TV film
1991 4 Play Martin Episode: "Seduction"
1992 Casualty Mark Episode: "Body and Soul"
Early Travellers in North America Charles Dickens Recurring role; 4 episodes
Screen One Michael Mitchum Episode: "Running Late"
1993 The Bill Bernard Holt Episode: "Echo"
Soldier Soldier Major Tim Radley Recurring role; 8 episodes
1994 Moving Story Steven Elliot Episode: "None Shall Sleep"
1995 Tears Before Bedtime David Baylis Recurring role; 4 episodes
She's Out DS Mike Withey Series regular; 6 episodes
1996 The Bill David Stone Episode: "Hard Enough"
The Man from Snowy River Travelling Salesman Episode: "Prince of Hearts"
1997 Insiders Woody Pine Series regular; 6 episodes
1998 Casualty Richard Thomas Episode: "Eye Spy"
1999 Forgotten Oliver Fraser Miniseries
An Evil Streak Christopher Clarkson Miniseries
Liverpool 1 Peter Kitchen Episode: "King of the Castle"
2000 Sunburn Ronnie Vaughn Episode #2.4
Dalziel and Pascoe Henry Crayford Episode: "Cunning Old Fox"
Badger Aidan Fletcher Episode: "Troubled Waters"
2001 Midsomer Murders Adam Keyne Episode: "Tainted Fruit"
Holby City Chris Eastwood Episode: "Night Shift"
2002 The Stretford Wives Frank Foster TV film
2003 Hear the Silence Dr. Tony Danielson TV film
2004 Dunkirk Captain Bill Tennant Miniseries
Spooks Andrew Forrestal Episode: "Outsiders"
2005 I Shouldn't Be Alive Karl Episode: "Escape from the Amazon"
Ahead of the Class Tony Mackersie TV film
The Man-Eating Lions of Njombe George Rushby TV film
Animals Bob Thornwell TV film
2006 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Tim Sumner Episode: "Natural Causes"
2007 Silent Witness Alan Eckhert Episode: "Peripheral Vision"
Lewis Harry Bundrick Episode: "Whom the Gods Would Destroy"
Agatha Christie's Marple Derek Turnbull Episode: "Nemesis"
New Tricks Daniel Newley Episode: "God's Waiting Room"
The Whistleblowers Derek Press Episode: "Environment"
Life Line Jack TV film
Clapham Junction Peter TV film
The Old Curiosity Shop Jacob TV film
2008 Trial & Retribution Plaskett Episode: "The Rules of the Game"
10 Days to War Paul Stinchcombe Episode: "Failure Is Not an Option"
Doctor Who Dr. Ryder Episode: "Planet of the Ood"
Banged Up Abroad John Episode: "Nightmare in Chechnya"
2009 Hunter John Elder Miniseries
2010 Bouquet of Barbed Wire Richard Goodfellow Miniseries
Misfits Dave Episode #2.5
2011 Midsomer Murders David Orchard Episode: "Echoes of the Dead"
Strike Back: Project Dawn John Allen Recurring role; 2 episodes
Law & Order: UK Roland Hextor Episode: "Dawn Till Dusk"
2012 Mrs Biggs DI Williams Miniseries
2012–2013 Prisoners' Wives Ian Series regular; 7 episodes
2013 Mayday DS Mills Miniseries
By Any Means Daniel Foster Miniseries
2014 Silent Witness DI John Leighton Episode: "Commodity"
Father Brown Dr. Walter Henshaw Episode: "The Maddest of All"
Glue DCI Simson Series regular; 8 episodes
2015 From Darkness Gareth Harding Miniseries
2015–2016 Dickensian Edward Barbary Series regular; 14 episodes
2016 War & Peace Platon Karataev Miniseries
2017 Death in Paradise Stephen Langham Episode: "Erupting in Murder"
The White Princess John de la Pole Series regular; 6 episodes
Maigret Oscar Bonvoisin Episode: "Maigret in Montmartre"
2018 Hard Sun DS George Mooney Series regular; 6 episodes
Innocent Rob Moffatt Miniseries
Girlfriends Dave Series regular; 6 episodes
2019 Chernobyl Nikolai Fomin Miniseries
Sanditon Mr Heywood Episode #1.1
2020 Trigonometry Mick Recurring role; 2 episodes
Small Axe Headmaster Episode: "Education"
2021 A Discovery of Witches William Cecil Recurring role; 4 episodes
Grace Harry Frame Recurring role; 2 episodes
Baptiste Richard Chambers Recurring role; 2 episodes
2022 Gentleman Jack Jonathan Gray Episode: "It's Not Illegal"
All Creatures Great and Small Charles Harcourt Recurring role; 2 episodes
Andor Doctor Rhasiv Recurring role; 2 episodes
2023 The Sixth Commandment Ian Farquhar Recurring role; 4 episodes
2024 Mary & George Sir Edward Coke Miniseries
Moonflower Murders Lawrence Post-production[4]

Video games

Year Title Role
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 James Potter (voice)

Theatre credits

Year Title Role Venue Notes
1984 Miss Julie Jean
1985 Time To Kill Peter Wolfson Swan Theatre, Worcester
1986 The Freud Scenario Student / Footman Royal National Theatre, London
1987 A View from the Bridge Rodolpho Cottesloe Theatre, London
A Small Family Business Roy Ruston Olivier Theatre, London
1989 The Glass Menagerie Jim O'Connor Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
1990 Three Sisters Staff Captain Vassily Vasilyevich Solyony Queen's Theatre, London
1991 The Miser Valère Olivier Theatre, London
1992 Hamlet Laertes Riverside Studios, London
1993 The Clearing Robert Bush Theatre, London
1995 Easter Elis Barbican Centre, London
1997 The Herbal Bed Rafe Smith Duchess Theatre, London
2000 The Maiden's Prayer Taylor Bush Theatre, London
2002 Dinner Hal Royal National Theatre, London
2005 The Lunatic Queen Various roles Riverside Studios, London
2006 Clever Dick Dick Hampstead Theatre, London
2008 Her Naked Skin William Cain Royal National Theatre, London
2009 The House of Special Purpose Nicolas Romanov Minerva Theatre, Chichester
2011 Good John Halder Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
2013 The Herd Ian Bush Theatre, London
2014 3 Winters Vlado Royal National Theatre, London
2019 The Lady from the Sea Doctor Edvard Wangel The Print Room, London

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2003 British Independent Film Awards Best Supporting Actor/Actress Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Nominated
Robert Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Nominated
2019 OFTA Television Awards Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture of Limited Series (with Jessie Buckley, David Dencik, Robert Emms, Fares Fares, Alex Ferns, Jared Harris, Ralph Ineson, Mark Lewis Jones, Barry Keoghan, Michael McElhatton, Adam Nagaitis, Con O'Neill, Paul Ritter, Stellan Skarsgård, Sam Troughton & Alan Williams) Chernobyl Nominated
2020 CinEuphoria Awards Honorary Award - Merit (with Jessie Buckley, David Dencik, Robert Emms, Fares Fares, Jane Featherstone, Alex Ferns, Chris Fry, Jared Harris, Ralph Ineson, Mark Lewis Jones, Barry Keoghan, Craig Mazin, Michael McElhatton, Adam Nagaitis, Con O'Neill, Johan Renck, Paul Ritter, Stellan Skarsgård, Carolyn Strauss, Sam Troughton, Alan Williams & Sanne Wohlenberg) Chernobyl Won

References

  1. ^ Adrian Rawlins Archived 1 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine movietome.com
  2. ^ "City actor putting a new twist on Dickens tales", The Sentinel, 27 December 2015 Archived 30 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 27 January 2016
  3. ^ "Adrian Rawlins Named As New Artistic Director". HU17.net. 10 January 2017.
  4. ^ O'Rourke, Ryan (14 December 2023). "Lesley Manville Is Back on the Case in First 'Moonflower Murders' Images". Collider. Retrieved 25 May 2024.