James D'Arcy
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D'Arcy at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
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Simon Richard D'Arcy 24 August 1975 (age 41) Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
James D'Arcy (born Simon Richard D'Arcy; 24 August 1975) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Howard Stark's butler, Edwin Jarvis, in the Marvel Entertainment and ABC series, Agent Carter, and murder suspect Lee Ashworth in the second series of the ITV series Broadchurch.
James D'Arcy was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, on 24 August 1975, and was raised in Fulham, London with his younger sister, Charlotte, by their mother, Caroline (a nurse). His father died when he was young. He has family in Ireland, England and Scotland. Most English relatives are based around the Midlands. After completing his education at Christ's Hospital in 1991, he went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth, which gave him an interest in acting. When he returned to London he applied for drama school. He did a three-year course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, completing a BA in Acting in 1995.
During his time at LAMDA, he appeared in training productions of Heracles, As You Like It, Wild Honey, The Freedom of the City and Sherlock Holmes. On leaving drama school, he said, "It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realized I'd become an actor."
His first appearances on television were small roles on the television series Silent Witness (1996) and Dalziel and Pascoe (1996), followed by roles in television films such as Nicholas Hawthorne in Ruth Rendell's Bribery and Corruption (1997), Lord Cheshire in The Canterville Ghost (1997) and Jonathan Maybury in The Ice House (1997). In 1997, he furthermore played Blifil in the miniseries The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In 1999, he acted in the World War I drama The Trench as well as having a small role in the comedy Guest House Paradiso.
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