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James Wilby is a Actor British born on 20 february 1958 at Yangon (Birmanie)
James Jonathon Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English film, television and theatre actor.
(1992)
(Actor)
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He is married to Shana Louise and has four children: Barnaby John Loxley, Florence Hannah Mary, Nathaniel Jerome and Jesse Jack. One of his many hobbies includes yachting. He is also an experienced and well-read wine connoisseur.Best films
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The Sense of an Ending (2017)
, 1h48Directed by Ritesh Batra
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Dockery, Freya Mavor
Roles David Ford, le père de Veronica
Rating63%
Vieil homme divorcé et retraité, Tony Webster est hanté par son passé tumultueux, jalonné d'histoires d'amour chaotiques et d'amitiés brisées.
The Great Train Robbery (2012)
, 1h30Directed by Julian Jarrold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Luke Evans, Neil Maskell, Martin Compston, Paul Anderson, Del Synnott, James Wilby
Roles John Wheater
Rating72%
A Robber's Tale is set between November 1962 and the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963. Beginning at London Heathrow Airport where the big practice robbery took place, Bruce Reynolds (Luke Evans) gathered a group of men to target the Royal Mail train heading between Glasgow and London.
Shadows in the Sun (2009)
, 1h21Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jean Simmons, James Wilby, Ophélia lovibond, Jamie Dornan, Patrick Godfrey, Sandra Voe
Roles Robert
Rating58%
A mysterious stranger brings together a family that has lost its way. Hannah (Jean Simmons) is suffering from a chronic illness, smoking cannabis for respite, and has formed an unlikely friendship with a much younger man, Joe (Jamie Dornan).She lives perfectly happy with her poetry, garden and friend Joe but when
Third Girl (2008)
, 1h40Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Jemima Rooper, David Yelland, Zoë Wanamaker, Clemency Burton-Hill, Tom Mison
Roles Andrew Restarick
Rating76%
Norma Restarick rend visite à Poirot pour lui demander de l'aide : elle pense avoir commis un meurtre. Mais finalement elle juge Poirot trop vieux pour résoudre l'énigme et s'enfuit. Piqué au vif, celui-ci décide d'enquêter et il a la surprise de voir que la voisine de Norma n'est autre que son amie écrivain Ariadne Oliver. Celle-ci l'aide alors à résoudre le meurtre de l'ancienne nounou de Norma...
Genres Crime
Actors Geraldine McEwan, Timothy Dalton, Robert Hardy, Laurence Fox, James Murray (acteur anglais), Zoe Telford
Roles Stanley Kirkwood
Rating67%
Le capitaine Clive Trevelyan est pressenti pour prendre la succession de Winston Churchill à la tête du Parti Conservateur, mais cela ne semble guère l'intéresser. Cet homme solitaire, qui semble porter un lourd secret, décide de passer la nuit dans un hôtel de la ville voisine. Le soir même, l'une des clientes convoque les esprits, et ces derniers les préviennent que quelqu'un va mourir ce soir, tout d'un coup, il y a une panne de courant. Ils recommencent à convoquer les esprits, ils leur annoncent la mort de Trevelyan. Le lendemain, on le retrouve assassiné dans sa chambre, avec un scorpion égyptien en or, à côté de lui.
Clapham Junction (2007)
, 1h39Directed by Adrian Shergold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors David Jeremy Leon, James Wilby, Joseph Mawle, Rachael Blake, Samantha Bond, Luke Treadaway
Rating71%
D'une cérémonie pour un mariage civil homosexuel jusqu'à un diner un peu houleux, cinq histoires se croisent à Londres de l'école au travail, des bars aux clubs pendant une chaude nuit d'été.
Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Arielle Dombasle, James Wilby, Dany Verissimo-Petit, Marie Espinosa, Farida Khelfa
Roles John Locke
Rating58%
Au Maroc, un homme, qui étudie Delacroix, aperçoit une femme mystérieuse, lumineuse, tout de blanc vêtue, traverser les rues de la ville. Il la suit, obsédé.
De-Lovely (2004)
, 2h5Directed by Irwin Winkler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin McNally, Sandra Nelson, Allan Corduner
Roles Edward Thomas
Rating65%
As he is about to die, Porter's life flashes before him in the form of a musical production staged by the archangel Gabriel in the Indiana theater where the composer first performed on stage.
Sparkling Cyanide (2003)
, 2hDirected by Tristram Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Pauline Collins, Oliver Ford Davies, Kenneth Cranham, Susan Hampshire, Jonathan Firth, Clare Holman
Roles Stephen Farraday
Rating56%
Les époux Reece et Kendall, agents secrets et détectives privés à la retraite, doivent reprendre du service pour élucider la mort de Rosemary Barton.
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)
, 1h38Directed by Giles Foster
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors James Wilby, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates, David Burke, Dolly Wells, Charles Edwards
Roles King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
Rating70%
The film begins with the initial meeting between the then Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and then moves on through their courtship, marriage, succession to the throne after the abdication of Edward VIII, and World War II.
Gosford Park (2001)
, 2h17Directed by Robert Altman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Eileen Atkins, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant
Roles Freddie Nesbitt
Rating71%
In November 1932, Constance, Countess of Trentham (Maggie Smith), and her lady's maid, Mary MacEachran (Kelly Macdonald) travel to Gosford Park for the weekend. On the way, they encounter actor Ivor Novello (Jeremy Northam), American film producer Morris Weissman (Bob Balaban) and Weissman's valet, Henry Denton (Ryan Phillippe). At the house, they are greeted by Lady Trentham's niece Lady Sylvia McCordle (Kristin Scott Thomas), her husband Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon), and their daughter, Isobel (Camilla Rutherford). The other guests include Lady Sylvia's sisters, Louisa, Lady Stockbridge (Geraldine Somerville) and Lady Lavinia Meredith (Natasha Wightman) and their husbands, Raymond, Lord Stockbridge (Charles Dance) and Commander Anthony Meredith (Tom Hollander). Also in attendance are the Honourable Freddie Nesbitt (James Wilby) and his wife, Mabel (Claudie Blakley); Isobel's suitor, Lord Rupert Standish (Laurence Fox) and his friend Jeremy Blond (Trent Ford).
Jump Tomorrow (2001)
, 1h37Directed by Joel Hopkins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Tunde Adebimpe, Hippolyte Girardot, Natalia Verbeke, James Wilby, Arthur Anderson, Patricia Mauceri
Roles Nathan
Rating70%
Three days before his wedding, George meets two intriguing people: Alicia (Verbeke), a Spanish woman who invites him to a party that night, and Gerard (Girardot), an unlucky-in-love Frenchman who has just been turned down for a marriage proposal. To cheer him up, George takes him to Alicia's party. There, George finds himself attracted to Alicia, but she is already dating a British professor, Nathan. A drunk Gerard goes to the roof and attempts suicide, but George talks him out of it by telling him to "jump tomorrow."
An Ideal Husband (1999)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors James Wilby, Sadie Frost, Trevyn McDowell, Jonathan Firth, Robert Hardy, Prunella Scales
Rating61%
While the film retains the premise of Wilde's play and much of the original dialogue, it updates the action to the present-day. The external scenes of the film were shot at various locations in the English 'home counties', principally in Buckinghamshire
Cotton Mary (1999)
, 2h4Directed by Ismail Merchant, Madhur Jaffrey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Greta Scacchi, Madhur Jaffrey, James Wilby, Sakina Jaffrey, Gemma Jones, Sarah Badel
Roles John MacIntosh
Rating52%
This film follows the story of a British woman living in India (Scacchi). She struggles during her birth and is in desperate need of a nanny. An Indian nurse known as Cotton Mary jumps to the opportunity. She seems kind at first, but her true nature gradually reveals itself as she manipulates everyone around her to get what she wants.
Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)
Directed by Willard Carroll
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Time travel films
Actors Nigel Le Vaillant, Serena Gordon, Mel Martin, Greta Scacchi, James Wilby, Anthony Way
Rating64%
When Tom Long's brother Peter gets measles he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden. An elderly and reclusive landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, lives upstairs. Because he may be infectious he is not allowed out to play, and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is now a large sunlit garden. Here he meets another lonely child called Hatty, who seems to be the only one who can see him. They have adventures which he gradually realises are taking place in the 19th century. Each night when Tom visits, Hatty is slightly older and Tom begins to wonder about the nature of time and reality. In an attempt to discover what's going on Tom asks Hattie to leave her skates in a hidden place. When he goes back into the future he manages to find them.