Discover For you Watchlist Search Ask

Loading…

Good stories. Your taste.

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Ratings from IMDb. IMDb is a registered trademark of IMDb.com, Inc.

Designed for Sweden · SE
Streaming availability from JustWatch.

Discover For you Ask Search Watchlist

James Frain · Cineora

James Frain

ACTOR · FROM LEEDS, UK

James Frain

Born 1968 · 58 years old94 credits since 1989

TenseSuspensefulDarkFamilyGritty

See the filmography

In the pictureTrue Detective

ABOUT JAMES

A British stage, film and television actor, best known for playing Thomas Cromwell in the television series "The Tudors". He graduated in Drama and Film from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, UK, and went on to study acting at London's Central School of Speech and Drama.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born14 March 1968

BirthplaceLeeds, UK

Known forActing

On Cineora81 of 94 titles

Is James your kind of actor?

Sign in to see which of James’s titles fit your taste, and to follow their work.

James Frain elsewhere

IMDb
Instagram
X
Wikidata

Known for

The titles people know James from.

True Detective poster

Series

2014–IMDb8.8

TRON: Legacy poster

Movie

2010IMDb6.8

True Blood poster

Series

2008–2014IMDb7.9

Gotham poster

Series

2014–2019IMDb7.8

24 poster

Series

2001–2014IMDb8.4

The Count of Monte Cristo poster

Movie

The Count of Monte Cristo

2002IMDb7.7

Star Trek: Discovery poster

Series

Star Trek: Discovery

2017–2024IMDb6.9

Grimm poster

Series

2011–2017IMDb7.9

Elementary poster

Series

2012–2019IMDb7.9

Orphan Black poster

Series

2013–2017IMDb8.3

The Tudors poster

Series

2007–2010IMDb8.1

Into the Blue poster

Movie

2005IMDb5.9

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 81
Average IMDb: 6.9
Highest rated: True DetectiveIMDb 8.8
Working since: 1989

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

94 credits

The 2020s

6 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average

Not on Cineora

Foster

2026

Not on Cineora

The Jester from Transylvania

2024

as James Hooker

Mayfair Witches poster

Series

Mayfair Witches

2023–IMDb6.2

as Solomon · 8 episodes

Quantum Leap poster

Series

2022–2024IMDb6.3

as Gideon Rydge · 4 episodes

Showtrial poster

Series

2021–2024IMDb7.4

as Damian Campbell · 5 episodes

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions poster

Movie

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

2021IMDb5.8

as Henry / Puzzlemaker

The 2010s

28 titles · IMDb 6.5 on average

The Twilight Zone poster

Series

The Twilight Zone

2019–2020IMDb6.1

as Mr. Allendale · 1 episode

What We Do in the Shadows poster

Series

What We Do in the Shadows

2019–2024IMDb8.5

as Black Peter, A Goat · 1 episode

Against the Clock poster

Movie

Against the Clock

2019IMDb2.5

as Dr. A

Star Trek: Discovery poster

Series

Star Trek: Discovery

2017–2024IMDb6.9

as Sarek · 9 episodes

The Architect poster

Movie

2016IMDb4.9

as Miles Moss

Marvel's Agent Carter poster

Series

Marvel's Agent Carter

2015–2016IMDb7.8

as Leet Brannis · 2 episodes

Gotham poster

Series

2014–2019IMDb7.8

as Theo Galavan / Azrael · 22 episodes

Intruders poster

Series

2014IMDb6.6

as Richard Shepherd · 8 episodes

The 2000s

37 titles · IMDb 7.3 on average

Everybody's Fine poster

Movie

Everybody's Fine

2009IMDb7.1

as Tom

FlashForward poster

Series

2009–2010IMDb7.6

as Gordon Myhill · 2 episodes

Lie to Me poster

Series

2009–2011IMDb8.0

as McClellan · 1 episode

Leverage poster

Series

2008–2012IMDb7.9

as John Douglas Keller · 1 episode

The Mentalist poster

Series

2008–2015IMDb8.2

as Terry Murphy · 1 episode

Fringe poster

Series

2008–2013IMDb8.4

as Mr. Kohl · 1 episode

True Blood poster

Series

2008–2014IMDb7.9

as Franklin Mott · 7 episodes

Quid Pro Quo poster

Movie

2008IMDb6.1

as Father Dave

The 1990s

22 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

Titus poster

Movie

1999IMDb7.0

as Bassianus

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Series

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999–IMDb8.1

as Martin Gold · 1 episode

Sunshine poster

Movie

1999IMDb7.4

as Gustave Sonnenschein

Not on Cineora

The Vice

1999

as Gordon Ellis · 1 episode

Hilary and Jackie poster

Movie

Hilary and Jackie

1998IMDb7.3

as Daniel Barenboim

Not on Cineora

Vigo

1998

as Jean Vigo

Elizabeth poster

Movie

1998IMDb7.4

as Alvaro de la Quadra

What Rats Won't Do poster

Movie

What Rats Won't Do

1998IMDb6.1

as Jack Sullivan

The 1980s

1 title · IMDb 8.0 on average

Tales from the Crypt poster

Series

Tales from the Crypt

1989–1996IMDb8.0

as Elliot · 1 episode

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in James’s titles.

Alex KurtzmanCreator · Fringe, Star Trek: Discovery and 2 more

Ralph FiennesSunshine, Prime Suspect and 1 more

Maria Doyle KennedyOrphan Black, The Tudors and 1 more

Angus MacfadyenTitus, Spartacus and 1 more

Alan BatesSpartacus, Spartacus and 1 more

Roberto OrciCreator · Fringe, Hawaii Five-0 and 1 more

Dylan BrunoNumb3rs, Where the Heart Is and 1 more

Henry CavillThe Count of Monte Cristo and The Tudors

Rufus SewellArabian Nights and All Things To All Men

Carla GuginoThreshold and The Buccaneers