James Doherty

James Doherty (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor.

Life and career Born in Guildford, Surrey, he was educated at Felsted School in Essex and was a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. He trained at the Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 1989. He is married to TV presenter Joanna Sinnott and together they have two children, Jago (2006) & Nell (2013).

Doherty is best known for his appearances in TV comedy including roles in The Thick Of It, Veep, Rev, Miranda, The Windsors, and the BAFTA winning Him & Her - The Wedding. His work in feature films includes roles in Backbeat, Verity's Summer, Inbred, Deviation, London Road and the Oscar-nominated In the Loop.

He has also appeared in West End musicals including roles in, Les Misérables, The Buddy Holly Story, A Slice of Saturday Night and Marguerite. Doherty played the role of Amos Hart in the West End production of Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre in 2011 opposite Christie Brinkley. He later reprised this role when the show transferred to the Garrick Theatre playing opposite America Ferrera.

Doherty has appeared in London Road, 50 Years on Stage and Beyond Caring at the National Theatre. In January 2020, Doherty began playing the role of Claude in the multi award-winning Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre in London.

Credits

Film Year Title Role 1994 Backbeat Tony Sheridan 2007 The Man Who Would Be Queen Hugo Too Much Too Young James Coldwell 2008David and David (short) Will/Craig/David 2009 City Rats Trevor In the Loop TV Reporter 2012 Verity’s Summer Jim Inbred Jeff Deviation Jono Anonymous (short) Tom The Forgotten Martin Closed Circuit Foreman 2014 The Batsman and the Ballerina Brian 2015 London Road Seb 2016 A Midsummer Nights Dream Snout 2017 Kat & The Band Ted Bonwell

Television

Theatre

Video games Year Title Role 2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Various 2021 Last Stop John Smith 2022 Elden Ring Hewg/Abandoned merchant/Frenzied merchants 2022 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Past Moebius W 2023 Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed Past Moebius W