- James Murray (English actor)
James Murray (born
22 January ,1975 ) is an Englishactor .Filmography
After a childhood appearance in "
Shoestring " (1979), Murray found fame as an adult inITV1 'ssoap opera "Coronation Street " (1998) as Sandy Hunter. He then starred in a series of both film and television pieces, including the comedy series "Roger-Roger " (1999), legal drama series "North Square " (2000), mini series "Other People's Children " (2000) and "Sons & Lovers " (2003), aMasterpiece Theatre production of "The Sittaford Mystery " (2006) as Charles Burnaby, a movie of theThomas Hardy story "Under the Greenwood Tree " (2005) as Dick Dewy, plus earlier movies "Nailing Vienna " (2002) as Peter, "All The King's Men " (1999) as Pvt Will Needham, and "Phoenix Blue " (2001) as Rick. He also found more permanent roles inChannel 4 's "20 Things to Do Before You're 30 " (2003) andBBC One 's season four of "Cutting It " (2005) as Liam Carney.Murray recently starred in the hit ITV series "Primeval" as Stephen Hart, Nick Cutter's lab technician, in both series one (2007) and series two (2008). It has been reported that Murray will not be joining the cast in series 3, slated to start pre-production in March, for broadcast in January 2009.Fact|date=September 2008
Murray is listed as playing the role of the father, Frank, in the upcoming release of "
It's Alive (2008 film) " (2008) a remake of the 70's Horror classic by "Larry Cohen ". The film is currently inpost-production .Personal life
Murray was born in
Greater Manchester , his great-grandfather wasRichard Hollins Murray , who invented the reflecting lens in 1927.Murray married his "
Cutting It " co-starSarah Parish in Hampshire on15 December ,2007 , following a two-year romance. On18 January 2008 , it was announced that Sarah was pregnant with their first child. [ [http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2008/01/18/saraj-parish-baby/ 'Cutting It' star Sarah expecting first child with husband James ] ] Their baby daughter Ella-Jayne (EJ) was born 5 weeks premature in May, 2008. [ [http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/Emotion/CelebrityInterview/TheBigInterviewIssue30.htm/ South West Trains -James Murray Celebrity Interview ] ] .Murray was previously romantically linked to
Helen McCrory , his co-star in the courtroom dramaNorth Square (2000).Corrections
Murray is often mis-credited in filmography listings as eithr James Scott Murray (a Scottish actor who appeared in
Monarch of the Glen ,Peak Practice ,Dr. Finlay ) or James Murray, an animator/puppeteer (who appeared inBeing John Malkovich andGreg the Bunny ).References
External links
*imdb name|id=0615025|name=James Murray
* [http://www.troikatalent.com/MD/Murray_James.htm James Murray official site]
* [http://peterpan-movie.co.uk/Primeval/JM/index.html James Murray Fan Site]
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