James Murray | |
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Born |
Manchester, England |
22 January 1975
Residence | Hampshire |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1998-present |
Spouse(s) | Sarah Parish (2007 - present) |
Children |
Ella-Jayne (born May 2008, died January 2009). Nell Murray (born 21 November 2009) |
Ella-Jayne (born May 2008, died January 2009).
James Murray (born 22 January 1975) is an English actor.
Murray was born in Manchester. His great-grandfather, Richard Hollins Murray, invented the reflecting lens in 1927.
Murray found initial fame as in ITV's soap 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), a Granada production of The Sittaford Mystery (2006) as Charles Burnaby, a film of the Thomas Hardy story Under the Greenwood Tree (2005) as Dick Dewy, plus earlier films 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 in Channel 4's 20 Things to Do Before You're 30 (2003) playing Glen and BBC One's season four of Cutting It (2005) as Liam Carney.
Murray starred in the ITV science fiction series Primeval as Stephen Hart, Nick Cutter's lab technician, in both series one (2007) and series two (2008).
Murray had the leading role of the father, Frank Davis, in It's Alive (2008) a remake of the '70s horror classic by Larry Cohen.