Ray Coulthard

Raymond Anthony Coulthard (born 3 September 1968) is a British actor. He is best known for portraying Alasdair Sinclair in Emmerdale and the young Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol, as well as restaurant manager James Schofield in Hotel Babylon.

Career Coulthard's television appearances include several costume dramas. He played Frank Churchill in the 1996 television adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Emma, Mr Glascock in the 2004 adaptation of He Knew He Was Right, and Miles Edgerton in Mr. Selfridge. In 2005, he appeared in the first series of Extras. He also appeared in the second series of Love Soup, and played Matt Strong in the TV series Casualty during 2010.

Coulthard's film roles include The English Patient, The Best Man, and The Muppet Christmas Carol (in which he played a young Ebenezer Scrooge). He also voiced one of the main characters in the BBC Radio 4 Extra sitcom The Brothers.

Coulthard has acted in many stage productions, especially Shakespeare plays, including work for the Royal National Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse. From 2011 to 2012, he played Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure and Bishop Santa Cruz in Helen Edmundson's play The Heresy of Love for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He portrayed Lord Egerton in the second series of Mr Selfridge.

In spring 2015, he starred as King George VI alongside Jason Donovan as Lionel Logue in the Chichester Festival Theatre and Birmingham Repertory Theatre production of The King's Speech before touring the UK.

In January 2017 he returned to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre to star in the French comedy What's in a Name? alongside Nigel Harman, Sarah Hadland, Jamie Glover and Olivia Poulet.

Filmography

Film Year Film Role Notes 1992 The Muppet Christmas Carol Young Scrooge1996 The English Patient Rupert Douglas Emma Frank Churchill TV film 2000 Eisenstein Grisha 2004 Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures Archie Christie TV film 2005 The Best Man Chris 2007 The Murder of Princess Diana Anthony TV film 2018 Red Joan James Chadwick

Television Year Film Role Notes 1993 Luv Arthur 1 episode1995 Castles Stephen Quin Series regular Is It Legal? Peter Episode: "Infatuation"1996 Bugs Young Man Episode: "A Cage for Satan" Rhodes Neville Pickering Episode: "All the World's Gold"2001 The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells Mark Radcliffe Mini-series Masterpiece Prince of Arragon Episode: "The Merchant of Venice" 2003 Casualty Guy Edwards Episode: "Last Man Standing"2004 Midsomer Murders Lawrence Haggard Episode: "The Maid in Splendour" He Knew He Was Right Mr. Glascock Mini-series Foyle's War Mark Nicholson Episode: "The French Drop"2005 Casanova Venetian Ambassador Mini-series Extras Mark Episode: "Ross Kemp & Vinnie Jones" 2006 Emmerdale Alasdair Sinclair 2 episodes 2006-2009 Hotel Babylon James Schofield Series regular2008 Emmerdale Alasdair Sinclair Episode: "Death Becomes Her" Love Soup Simon Episode: "Integrated Logistics" Masterpiece Frank Churchill Episode: "Emma"2010 Casualty Matt Strong 6 episodes New Tricks Gregory Hampton Episode: "Coming Out Ball" 2012 Shakespeare: The King's Man Duke Vincentio Mini-series 2013 Call the Midwife Captain Goodacre Episode: "Christmas Special" 2014 Da Vinci's Demons Jacob Pasha 3 episodes 2014–2015 Mr Selfridge Miles Edgerton Series regular 2016 Father Brown John Langton Episode: "The Star of Jacob"2018 The Royals Martin Caine Episode: "Foul Deeds Will Rise" Doctors Nick O'Leary Episode: "A Man on a Mission" 2019 The Rook Deputy Commissioner Ian Barber Episode: "Chapter 1" 2020 Silent Witness DS Donald Hart Episode: "Seven Times" 2022 Sister Boniface Mysteries Charles Streatham Episode: "Scoop!"