James Dreyfus (born 9 October 1968) is an award-winning English actor.
Born in London, his parents divorced when he was very young. His mother was an Egyptian fashion model and Dreyfus spent some years touring around the world with her. Following an education at the English public school Harrow, he trained at RADA..
In 1998 Dreyfus won the Best Supporting Performance in a Musical Olivier Award for his work in The Lady In The Dark at the National ...
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James Dreyfus (born 9 October 1968) is an award-winning English actor.
Born in London, his parents divorced when he was very young. His mother was an Egyptian fashion model and Dreyfus spent some years touring around the world with her. Following an education at the English public school Harrow, he trained at RADA..
In 1998 Dreyfus won the Best Supporting Performance in a Musical Olivier Award for his work in The Lady In The Dark at the National Theatre. In the same year he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award for his performance as Cassius in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Birmingham Rep.
Dreyfus has created some memorable comedy characters, particularly on British television, including Constable Kevin Goody in Ben Elton's sitcom The Thin Blue Line and Tom Farrell, the homosexual flatmate of Linda (Kathy Burke) in Gimme Gimme Gimme. Dreyfus played opposite Bette Midler in the short-lived American sitcom Bette.
In November 2004, Dreyfus played Carmen Ghia in the London...
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