James Dreyfus
| James Dreyfus | |
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| Born |
9 October 1968 France |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Notable work |
The Thin Blue Line (1995–96) Absolutely Fabulous (1995–96) Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999–01) My Hero (2006) The Sarah Jane Adventures (2011) Mount Pleasant (2012–) |
James Dreyfus (born 9 October 1968) is an English actor. He is most notable for his roles on television sitcoms The Thin Blue Line as Constable Kevin Goody, and Gimme Gimme Gimme as Tom Farrell. He is most recently known for his role as Reverend Roger in Mount Pleasant.
He was born in France but moved to England at an early age and was educated at Harrow School and then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His parents divorced when he was very young.
In 1998, Dreyfus won the Best Supporting Performance in a Musical Olivier Award for his work in The Lady In The Dark at the National Theatre. In the same year he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award for his performance as Cassius in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Birmingham Rep.
Dreyfus' first television break came with the BBC comedy series Absolutely Fabulous. followed by roles as Constable Kevin Goody in Ben Elton's sitcom The Thin Blue Line and Tom Farrell, the gay flatmate of Linda (Kathy Burke) in Gimme Gimme Gimme. Dreyfus played opposite Bette Midler in the short-lived American sitcom Bette.
Known for portraying "camp, endearing characters," Dreyfus (in a Sheengate Publishing interview) compared the character Frank Spencer from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, who he described as a campy but married heterosexual, to Dreyfus' character Kevin Goody from The Thin Blue Line. Moreover, Dreyfus described Goody as "naïve and silly, and gormless and stupid." In response to viewers' assumptions that the character is gay, Dreyfus said that Goody is attracted to a female character in the series. Regarding his character Tom Farrell from Gimme Gimme Gimme, Dreyfus hypothesized that, even if the character were heterosexual, the actor would still portray Tom as campy and flamboyant. Furthermore, Dreyfus said that he felt that he became typecast due to his portrayals of "flamboyant" characters.
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