Adrian Rawlins

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.

Adrian Rawlins
Rawlins in 2019
Born	Adrian John Rawlins (1958-03-27) 27 March 1958 (age 67) Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Alma mater	Manchester Metropolitan University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present

Early life

Rawlins was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire,^[1] the son of Mavis (née Leese) and Edward Rawlins, a market trader.^[2] 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.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Palm Beach	David Litvinoff
1985	Revolution	Bill
1987	With Love to the Person Next to Me	Man in Bed
1988	Georgia
1990	Mountains of the Moon	Edward
1993	Flynn	Tailor
1996	Different for Girls	Mike Rendell
	Breaking the Waves	Dr. Richardson
	The Inner Sanctuary	Owen
2000	Blood	Carl Dyson
2001	My Brother Tom	Jack
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	James Potter
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	William Shakespeare	Direct-to-video
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	James Potter
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	James Potter
	Intruders	Police Inspector
2012	The Raven	Doc Clements
2014	The Woman in Black: Angel of Death	Dr. Rhodes
2015	Bridgend	Vicar
2017	Darkest Hour	Air Chief Marshal Dowding
2019	The Small Hand	Edward Merriman
2020	Undergods	Dominic
2021	Without Remorse	Chief of Staff
	The Colour Room	John
2022	Living	Middleton
2023	One Life	Geoff
TBA	Reykjavik	Max Kampelman

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	I Live with Me Dad	Registrar	TV film
1986	The Kit Curran Radio Show	Nevin	Episode: "A Sick Society"
	Chance in a Million	PC Willis	Recurring role; 2 episodes
1988	Neighbours	Mr. Pike	Guest role; 1 episode
	Christabel	Albrecht	Miniseries
	The Four Minute Mile	Chris Chataway	TV film
1989	The Ginger Tree	Captain Richard Collingsworth	Miniseries
	The Woman in Black	Arthur Kidd	TV film
1991	4 Play	Martin	Episode: "Seduction"
1992	Casualty	Mark	Episode: "Body and Soul"
	Early Travellers in North America	Charles Dickens	Recurring role; 4 episodes
	Screen One	Michael Mitchum	Episode: "Running Late"
1993	The Bill	Bernard Holt	Episode: "Echo"
	Soldier Soldier	Major Tim Radley	Recurring role; 8 episodes
1994	Moving Story	Steven Elliot	Episode: "None Shall Sleep"
1995	Tears Before Bedtime	David Baylis	Recurring role; 4 episodes
	She's Out	DS Mike Withey	Series regular; 6 episodes
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"
1999	Forgotten	Oliver Fraser	Miniseries
	An Evil Streak	Christopher Clarkson	Miniseries
	Liverpool 1	Peter Kitchen	Episode: "King of the Castle"
2000	Sunburn	Ronnie Vaughn	Episode #2.4
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Henry Crayford	Episode: "Cunning Old Fox"
	Badger	Aidan Fletcher	Episode: "Troubled Waters"
2001	Midsomer Murders	Adam Keyne	Episode: "Tainted Fruit"
	Holby City	Chris Eastwood	Episode: "Night Shift"
2002	The Stretford Wives	Frank Foster	TV film
2003	Hear the Silence	Dr. Tony Danielson	TV film
2004	Dunkirk	Captain Bill Tennant	Miniseries
	Spooks	Andrew Forrestal	Episode: "Outsiders"
2005	I Shouldn't Be Alive	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"
2007	Silent Witness	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
2008	Trial & Retribution	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
2010	Bouquet of Barbed Wire	Richard Goodfellow	Miniseries
	Misfits	Dave	Episode #2.5
2011	Midsomer Murders	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	Mrs Biggs	DI Williams	Miniseries
2012–2013	Prisoners' Wives	Ian	Series regular; 7 episodes
2013	Mayday	DS Mills	Miniseries
	By Any Means	Daniel Foster	Miniseries
2014	Silent Witness	DI John Leighton	Episode: "Commodity"
	Father Brown	Dr. Walter Henshaw	Episode: "The Maddest of All"
	Glue	DCI Simson	Series regular; 8 episodes
2015	From Darkness	Gareth Harding	Miniseries
2015–2016	Dickensian	Edward Barbary	Series regular; 14 episodes
2016	War & Peace	Platon Karataev	Miniseries
2017	Death in Paradise	Stephen Langham	Episode: "Erupting in Murder"
	The White Princess	John de la Pole	Series regular; 6 episodes
	Maigret	Oscar Bonvoisin	Episode: "Maigret in Montmartre"
2018	Hard Sun	DS George Mooney	Series regular; 6 episodes
	Innocent	Rob Moffatt	Miniseries
	Girlfriends	Dave	Series regular; 6 episodes
2019	Chernobyl	Nikolai Fomin	Miniseries
	Sanditon	Mr Heywood	Episode #1.1
2020	Trigonometry	Mick	Recurring role; 2 episodes
	Small Axe	Headmaster	Episode: "Education"
2021	A Discovery of Witches	William Cecil	Recurring role; 4 episodes
	Grace	Harry Frame	Recurring role; 2 episodes
	Baptiste	Richard Chambers	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2022	Gentleman Jack	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
2023	The Sixth Commandment	Ian Farquhar	Recurring role; 4 episodes
	Vera	Daniel Rede	Episode: "The Rising Tide"
2024	Mary & George	Sir Edward Coke	Miniseries
	Moonflower Murders	Lawrence Treherne/Lance Gardner	Post-production[4]

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	James Potter (voice)

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
1984	Miss Julie	Jean
1985	Time To Kill	Peter Wolfson	Swan Theatre, Worcester
1986	The Freud Scenario	Student / Footman	Royal National Theatre, London
1987	A View from the Bridge	Rodolpho	Cottesloe Theatre, London
	A Small Family Business	Roy Ruston	Olivier Theatre, London
1989	The Glass Menagerie	Jim O'Connor	Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
1990	Three Sisters	Staff Captain Vassily Vasilyevich Solyony	Queen's Theatre, London
1991	The Miser	Valère	Olivier Theatre, London
1992	Hamlet	Laertes	Riverside Studios, London
1993	The Clearing	Robert	Bush Theatre, London
1995	Easter	Elis	Barbican Centre, London
1997	The Herbal Bed	Rafe Smith	Duchess Theatre, London
2000	The Maiden's Prayer	Taylor	Bush Theatre, London
2002	Dinner	Hal	Royal National Theatre, London
2005	The Lunatic Queen	Various roles	Riverside Studios, London
2006	Clever Dick	Dick	Hampstead Theatre, London
2008	Her Naked Skin	William Cain	Royal National Theatre, London
2009	The House of Special Purpose	Nicolas Romanov	Minerva Theatre, Chichester
2011	Good	John Halder	Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
2013	The Herd	Ian	Bush Theatre, London
2014	3 Winters	Vlado	Royal National Theatre, London
2019	The Lady from the Sea	Doctor Edvard Wangel	The Print Room, London

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2003	British Independent Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor/Actress	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself	Nominated
	Robert Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself	Nominated
2019	OFTA Television Awards	Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture of Limited Series (with Jessie Buckley, David Dencik, Robert Emms, Fares Fares, Alex Ferns, Jared Harris, Ralph Ineson, Mark Lewis Jones, Barry Keoghan, Michael McElhatton, Adam Nagaitis, Con O'Neill, Paul Ritter, Stellan Skarsgård, Sam Troughton & Alan Williams)	Chernobyl	Nominated
2020	CinEuphoria Awards	Honorary Award - Merit (with Jessie Buckley, David Dencik, Robert Emms, Fares Fares, Jane Featherstone, Alex Ferns, Chris Fry, Jared Harris, Ralph Ineson, Mark Lewis Jones, Barry Keoghan, Craig Mazin, Michael McElhatton, Adam Nagaitis, Con O'Neill, Johan Renck, Paul Ritter, Stellan Skarsgård, Carolyn Strauss, Sam Troughton, Alan Williams & Sanne Wohlenberg)	Chernobyl	Won