Adrian Rawlins
{{Short description|British actor (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Adrian Rawlins à Imagin'ères Toulouse.jpg|
| imagesize =
| caption = Rawlins in 2019
| name = Adrian Rawlins
| birth_name = Adrian John Rawlins
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|3|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
| alma_mater = Manchester Metropolitan University
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1980–present
}}
Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958) is an English actor best known for playing Arthur Kidd in The Woman in Black (1989) and James Potter in the Harry Potter films. In 2019, he starred in Chernobyl as Nikolai Fomin.
Early life
Rawlins was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire,[http://www.movietome.com/people/141707/adrian-rawlins/index.html Adrian Rawlins] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001202423/http://www.movietome.com/people/141707/adrian-rawlins/index.html |date=1 October 2009}} movietome.com the son of Mavis (née Leese) and Edward Rawlins, a market trader.[http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/City-actor-putting-new-twist-Dickens-tales/story-28427479-detail/story.html "City actor putting a new twist on Dickens tales", The Sentinel, 27 December 2015] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230233524/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/City-actor-putting-new-twist-Dickens-tales/story-28427479-detail/story.html |date=30 December 2015}}. Accessed 27 January 2016 Rawlins was educated at Stanfield Technical High School in Stoke-on-Trent and the Stoke VI Form College. He then studied art and acting at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Career
Rawlins has appeared in over 30 films including Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves and Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself. He has a pivotal role in the Harry Potter film series as Harry Potter's father James Potter. Onstage, he has appeared in Her Naked Skin (2008, National Theatre). He played Richard Collingsworth in the 1989 TV serial version of The Ginger Tree, opposite Samantha Bond. He also starred in The Woman in Black which was made for television and aired at Christmas 1989.
Since 2014, he has volunteered at East Riding Theatre in the East Riding of Yorkshire, becoming artistic director in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.hu17.net/2017/01/10/adrian-rawlins/|title=Adrian Rawlins Named As New Artistic Director|website=HU17.net|date=10 January 2017}}
Filmography
=Film=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
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1980
| David Litvinoff | |
1985
| Bill | |
1987
| With Love to the Person Next to Me | Man in Bed | |
1988
| Georgia | | |
1990
| Edward | |
1993
| Flynn | Tailor | |
rowspan="3"|1996
| Mike Rendell | |
Breaking the Waves
| Dr. Richardson | |
The Inner Sanctuary
| Owen | |
2000
| Blood | Carl Dyson | |
rowspan="2"|2001
| My Brother Tom | Jack | |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
| |
rowspan="2"|2002
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | James Potter | |
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
| Harbour | |
2004
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | James Potter | |
2005
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | James Potter | |
2007
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | James Potter | |
2009
| Tales of the Fourth Dimension | Direct-to-video |
2010
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | James Potter | |
rowspan="2"|2011
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | James Potter | |
Intruders
| Police Inspector | |
2012
| Doc Clements | |
2014
| The Woman in Black: Angel of Death | Dr. Rhodes | |
2015
| Bridgend | Vicar | |
2017
| Air Chief Marshal Dowding | |
2019
| Edward Merriman | |
2020
| Undergods | Dominic | |
rowspan="2"|2021
| Chief of Staff | |
The Colour Room
| John | |
2022
| Living | Middleton | |
2023
| One Life | Geoff | |
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=Television=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
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1985
| Registrar | TV film |
rowspan="2"|1986
| Nevin | Episode: "A Sick Society" |
Chance in a Million
| PC Willis | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
rowspan="3"|1988
| Mr. Pike | Guest role; 1 episode |
Christabel
| Albrecht | Miniseries |
The Four Minute Mile
| Chris Chataway | TV film |
rowspan="2"|1989
| Captain Richard Collingsworth | Miniseries |
The Woman in Black
| Arthur Kidd | TV film |
1991
| 4 Play | Martin | Episode: "Seduction" |
rowspan="3"|1992
| Casualty | Mark | Episode: "Body and Soul" |
Early Travellers in North America
| Recurring role; 4 episodes |
Screen One
| Michael Mitchum | Episode: "Running Late" |
rowspan="2"|1993
| The Bill | Bernard Holt | Episode: "Echo" |
Soldier Soldier
| Major Tim Radley | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
1994
| Steven Elliot | Episode: "None Shall Sleep" |
rowspan="2"|1995
| Tears Before Bedtime | David Baylis | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
She's Out
| DS Mike Withey | Series regular; 6 episodes |
rowspan="2"|1996
| The Bill | David Stone | Episode: "Hard Enough" |
The Man from Snowy River
| Travelling Salesman | Episode: "Prince of Hearts" |
1997
| Insiders | Woody Pine | Series regular; 6 episodes |
1998
| Casualty | Richard Thomas | Episode: "Eye Spy" |
rowspan="3"|1999
| Oliver Fraser | Miniseries |
An Evil Streak
| Christopher Clarkson | Miniseries |
Liverpool 1
| Peter Kitchen | Episode: "King of the Castle" |
rowspan="3"|2000
| Sunburn | Ronnie Vaughn | Episode #2.4 |
Dalziel and Pascoe
| Henry Crayford | Episode: "Cunning Old Fox" |
Badger
| Aidan Fletcher | Episode: "Troubled Waters" |
rowspan="2"|2001
| Adam Keyne | Episode: "Tainted Fruit" |
Holby City
| Chris Eastwood | Episode: "Night Shift" |
2002
| Frank Foster | TV film |
2003
| Dr. Tony Danielson | TV film |
rowspan="2"|2004
| Dunkirk | Miniseries |
Spooks
| Andrew Forrestal | Episode: "Outsiders" |
rowspan="4"|2005
| Karl | Episode: "Escape from the Amazon" |
Ahead of the Class
| Tony Mackersie | TV film |
The Man-Eating Lions of Njombe
| George Rushby | TV film |
Animals
| Bob Thornwell | TV film |
2006
| The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Tim Sumner | Episode: "Natural Causes" |
rowspan="8"|2007
| Alan Eckhert | Episode: "Peripheral Vision" |
Lewis
| Harry Bundrick | Episode: "Whom the Gods Would Destroy" |
Agatha Christie's Marple
| Derek Turnbull | Episode: "Nemesis" |
New Tricks
| Daniel Newley | Episode: "God's Waiting Room" |
The Whistleblowers
| Derek Press | Episode: "Environment" |
Life Line
| Jack | TV film |
Clapham Junction
| Peter | TV film |
The Old Curiosity Shop
| Jacob | TV film |
rowspan="4"|2008
| Plaskett | Episode: "The Rules of the Game" |
10 Days to War
| Paul Stinchcombe | Episode: "Failure Is Not an Option" |
Doctor Who
| Dr. Ryder | Episode: "Planet of the Ood" |
Banged Up Abroad
| John | Episode: "Nightmare in Chechnya" |
2009
| Hunter | John Elder | Miniseries |
rowspan="2"|2010
| Richard Goodfellow | Miniseries |
Misfits
| Dave | Episode #2.5 |
rowspan="3"|2011
| David Orchard | Episode: "Echoes of the Dead" |
Strike Back: Project Dawn
| John Allen | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
Law & Order: UK
| Roland Hextor | Episode: "Dawn Till Dusk" |
2012
| DI Williams | Miniseries |
2012–2013
| Ian | Series regular; 7 episodes |
rowspan="2"|2013
| Mayday | DS Mills | Miniseries |
By Any Means
| Daniel Foster | Miniseries |
rowspan="3"|2014
| DI John Leighton | Episode: "Commodity" |
Father Brown
| Dr. Walter Henshaw | Episode: "The Maddest of All" |
Glue
| DCI Simson | Series regular; 8 episodes |
2015
| Gareth Harding | Miniseries |
2015–2016
| Edward Barbary | Series regular; 14 episodes |
2016
| Platon Karataev | Miniseries |
rowspan="3"|2017
| Stephen Langham | Episode: "Erupting in Murder" |
The White Princess
| Series regular; 6 episodes |
Maigret
| Oscar Bonvoisin | Episode: "Maigret in Montmartre" |
rowspan="3"|2018
| Hard Sun | DS George Mooney | Series regular; 6 episodes |
Innocent
| Rob Moffatt | Miniseries |
Girlfriends
| Dave | Series regular; 6 episodes |
rowspan="2"|2019
| Miniseries |
Sanditon
| Mr Heywood | Episode #1.1 |
rowspan="2"|2020
| Mick | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
Small Axe
| Headmaster | Episode: "Education" |
rowspan="3"|2021
| William Cecil | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
Grace
| Harry Frame | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
Baptiste
| Richard Chambers | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
rowspan="4" |2022
| Jonathan Gray | Episode: "It's Not Illegal" |
Slow Horses
|Duncan Tropper |Recurring role; 4 episodes |
All Creatures Great and Small
| Charles Harcourt | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
Andor
| Doctor Rhasiv | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
rowspan="2" |2023
| Ian Farquhar | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
Vera
| Daniel Rede | Episode: "The Rising Tide" |
rowspan="2"|2024
| Miniseries |
Moonflower Murders
| Lawrence Treherne/Lance Gardner |
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Year
! Title ! Role |
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2011
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | James Potter (voice) |
Theatre credits
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Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue ! Notes |
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1984
| Jean | | |
1985
| Time To Kill | Peter Wolfson | |
1986
| Student / Footman | Royal National Theatre, London | |
rowspan="2"|1987
| Rodolpho | |
A Small Family Business
| Roy Ruston | |
1989
| Jim O'Connor | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester | |
1990
| Staff Captain Vassily Vasilyevich Solyony | |
1991
| Valère | |
1992
| Hamlet | Laertes | |
1993
| Robert | |
1995
| Easter | Elis | |
1997
| Rafe Smith | |
2000
| Taylor | |
2002
| Dinner | Hal | Royal National Theatre, London | |
2005
| Various roles | |
2006
| Dick | |
2008
| William Cain | Royal National Theatre, London | |
2009
| The House of Special Purpose | |
2011
| Good | John Halder | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester | |
2013
| The Herd | Ian | |
2014
| Vlado | Royal National Theatre, London | |
2019
| Doctor Edvard Wangel | |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0712628|name=Adrian Rawlins}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060629182949/http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/prod-productions_talents.asp?tid=137 Adrian Rawlins] at the Hampstead Theatre
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Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English male stage actors
Category:Male actors from Stoke-on-Trent