James Lancaster (actor)

For the Canadian actor with this birth name, see Heath Lamberts.

James Lancaster is an Irish-American actor.^[2] His film roles include Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Fremantle in Gettysburg and Father Byles in Titanic. He had a recurring role as Father Tim Jansen on Days of Our Lives. He studied theater at Trinity College Dublin^[3] and moved to Chicago in the 1980s.^[2] He has been married to actress Elizabeth Dennehy since 1993, who he met after working on stage with her father, Brian Dennehy.^[4]

James Lancaster
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Elizabeth Dennehy ​ (m. 1993)​ [1]
Children	2

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Les poneys sauvages	Michel	4 episodes
1988	Retreads
1989	Murder, She Wrote	Councilman Harold Early, Mark Waverly	2 episodes
1990	Die Hard 2	Navigator (Windsor Plane)
1991	Sisters	Terry Silver	Episode: "One to Grow On"
1993	Gettysburg	Lieut. Col. Arthur Fremantle
1993	The Discoverers	Isaac Newton
1994	Leprechaun 2	William O'Day
1994	Jack Reed: A Search for Justice	Billy	TV movie
1996	Hijacked: Flight 285	Andrew Leary	TV movie
1996	Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story	Eugene O'Neill
1996	Dark Skies	Kenneth Parkinson	Episode: "Dark Days Night"
1997	JAG	Johnathan Graham	Episode: "Trinity"
1997	Two Small Voices	Dr. Sutton	TV movie
1997	Titanic	Father Byles
1998	Buddy Faro	Del Maynard	Episode: "Touched by an Amnesiac"
1998	Chicago Hope	John Galloway	Episode: "The Breast and the Brightest"
1998	Born Free	Merlino	Episode: "Father Figure"
2000	Diagnosis Murder	Lawrence the Waiter	Episode: "Man Overboard"
2000	Lost Souls	Father Jeremy
2001	Au Pair II	Seamus	TV movie
2002	The Agency		Episode: "Son Set"
2002	Even Stevens	The Duke	Episode: "The King Sloppy"
2003	Days of Our Lives	Father Tim Jansen	Recurring role, 56 episodes
2003	Judging Amy	Dr. Kelton	Episode: "Ex Parte of Five"
2003	Medal of Honor: Rising Sun		Voice role
2004	Spanglish	Businessman
2005	CSI: NY	Butler Randolph	Episode: "On the Job"
2005	The King of Queens	Roger	Episode: "Sandwiched Out"
2005	Age of Empires III	Morgan Black	Voice role
2005	Numb3rs	Store Owner	Episode: "Convergence"
2006	The Prestige	Moderator
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	EITC Agent
2015	A Remedy Worse than the Disease	Ted	Short film
2015	Hot in Cleveland	Liam	Episode: "Vegas Baby/I Hate Goodbyes"
2015	Teddy & Mr. French	Mr. French	Short film
2016	Savage	Therapist	Short film
2016	Titanfall 2	Scientist	Voice role
2016	Lashed Out	Butler	Short film