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Training: The BRIT School of Performing Arts. James is an Olivier Award-winning actor. He jointly won the Best Actor in a Musical prize at the 2026 Olivier alongside his co-star and “Pawtner”, Arti Shah, for their shared portrayal of Paddington Bear in PADDINGTON The Musical at the Savoy Theatre. Theatre credits include: Young Man/Paddington in PADDINGTON the Musical (Savoy Theatre), Khalil in Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical (The Old Vic, CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, Shaftesbury Theatre), Feris in Eugenius! (Turbine Theatre), Hamza in A Permanent State of Emergency (Hope Mill Theatre), Adrian Mole in Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (Queens Theatre), Rich Goranski in Be More Chill (The Other Palace, Shaftesbury Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof directed by Sir Trevor Nunn (Menier Chocolate Factory, Playhouse Theatre), Spamilton(Menier Chocolate Factory). Workshop credits include: Paddington the Musical (Sonia Friedman Productions), Just For One Day (Jamie Wilson Productions), Frankie Goes to Bollywood (Rifco Theatre Company), Babies (Crossroads Live), The Little Big Things (Michael Harrison Entertainment), The Time Traveller’s Wife (InTheatre Productions). Television credits include: Ball and Boe: Back Together Again, The ITV Gala at The London Palladium, and Song For Nature (Sky Arts). Other credits include: Ball and Boe at the O2 Arena, Rumi - The Musical (Original Cast Recording), Marc in Catch Me (AL Productions), Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical (Original Cast Recording), and PADDINGTON the Musical (Original Cast Recording).