Adrian Rawlins

Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958) is an English actor best known for playing Arthur Kidd in The Woman in Black 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, the son of Mavis (née Leese) and Edward Rawlins, a market trader. 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 over 30 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.

Filmography Film

Television

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 Result2003 British Independent Film Awards Best Supporting Actor/Actress Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Robert Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself 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 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