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James Dreyfus (born 9 October 1968) is an English actor most notable for roles on television sitcoms The Thin Blue Line as Constable Kevin Goody, and Gimme Gimme Gimme as Tom Farrell. Dreyfus is most recently known for a role as Reverend Roger in Mount Pleasant.

James Dreyfus
Dreyfus in 2004
Born	(1968-10-09) 9 October 1968 (age 54) London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Notable work	The Thin Blue Line (1995–96) Absolutely Fabulous (1995–96) Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999–2001) The Sarah Jane Adventures (2011) Mount Pleasant (2012–17)

Early life

Born in London, Dreyfus was educated at Harrow School.[1] He then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[2] His parents divorced when he was very young.[3][4]

Career

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, Dreyfus was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award for a performance as Cassius in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Birmingham Rep.

Dreyfus's first television break came with the BBC comedy series Absolutely Fabulous.[5] followed by roles as Constable Kevin Goody in Ben Elton's sitcom The Thin Blue Line and Tom Farrell, the gay flatmate of Linda (Kathy Burke) in Gimme Gimme Gimme. Dreyfus played opposite Bette Midler in the short-lived American sitcom Bette.

Known for portraying "camp, endearing characters," Dreyfus (in a Sheengate Publishing interview) compared the character Frank Spencer from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, whom he described as a campy but married heterosexual, to Dreyfus's character Kevin Goody from The Thin Blue Line. Regarding his character Tom Farrell from Gimme Gimme Gimme, Dreyfus hypothesized that, even if the character were heterosexual, the actor would still portray Tom as camp and flamboyant.[6] Furthermore, Dreyfus said that he felt that he became typecast due to his portrayals of "flamboyant" characters.[6]

He played Thermoman in the BBC One comedy My Hero, a role he took over in the sixth series from Ardal O'Hanlon. Although the same character, he used the name George Monday, as opposed to Ardal O'Hanlon's character's name, George Sunday. After disappointing ratings, the show was cancelled.

Dreyfus also starred as Mr Teasy-Weasy in the 2004 comedy film Churchill: The Hollywood Years.

From 2012 to 2017, Dreyfus appeared as Reverend Roger in the Sky Living series Mount Pleasant.

In 2017, he voiced an incarnation of The Master from Doctor Who in the Big Finish Productions release The First Doctor Adventures Volume One,[7] going on to appear as the character in 2019's 'The Home Guard',[8] 2020's 'The Psychic Circus'[9] and 2022's 'Blood of the Time Lords'. In an interview with comedy writer and gender-critical activist Graham Linehan, Dreyfus claimed he was dismissed from the role following comments on Twitter made in support of author JK Rowling.[10]

Selected works

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Willow the Wisp
1995	Thin Ice	Greg
1995–96	The Thin Blue Line	Constable Kevin Goody	TV series (14 episodes)
1995–96	Absolutely Fabulous	Christopher	TV series (2 episodes)
1996	Boyfriends	Paul
1999	Notting Hill	Martin
1999–2001	Gimme Gimme Gimme	Tom Farrell	TV series (19 episodes)
2000	Gormenghast	Professor Fluke	TV
2000–2001	Bette	Oscar	U.S. TV series (18 episodes)
2004	Fat Slags	Fidor Konstantin	TV
2004	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	Gordon
2004	The Producers	Carmen Ghia	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
2004	Waking the Dead	Raymond Carstairs
2005	Willo the Wisp	All voices	Revival to original 1981 series
2006	Colour Me Kubrick	Melvyn Prescott
2006	My Hero	George Monday / Thermoman	TV series (8 episodes)
2006-7	Cabaret	Emcee	Lyric Theatre, London
2007	Double Time	Lawrence Nixon/George McCabe
2007	Nina and the Neurons	Felix (voice)
2009	Casualty	Rory	TV
2011	The Sarah Jane Adventures	Harrison	Episode: “The Man Who Never Was”
2012	Midsomer Murders	Ralph Ford	Episode: “A Rare Bird”
2012	Holby City	Felix	TV
2012	Whitechapel	Charlie Cross	TV Series, 2 episodes
2012–2017	Mount Pleasant	Reverend Roger	TV Series
2013	Dandelion & Burdock	Dandelion	TV
2013-14	Candide	Dr Pangloss	Menier Chocolate Factory, London
2013	Shameless	Edward Clayhill	Episode: “An Inspector Calls”
2015	Father Brown	Binkie Cadwaller	Episode 3.10 "The Judgment of Man"
2015	Scottish Mussel	Headmaster
2019	Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal	Sir Leonard Briggs	TV movie
2019	The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance	Lath'N
2020	Supernova	Tim
2020	The Hollow		TV movie
2020	The Harbour	Robert	Short
2021	The Kindred	Mr. Mulvaney
2022	Lips	Michael	Short [11]

References

External links

• James Dreyfus at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] James Dreyfus

James Dreyfus (* 9. Oktober 1968 in Frankreich) ist ein britischer Schauspieler in Film, Fernsehen und Theater.

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- [en] James Dreyfus

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[ru] Дрейфус, Джеймс

Джеймс Дрейфус (англ. James Dreyfus; род. 9 октября 1968) — английский актёр, наиболее известный по ролям констебля Кевина Гуди в ситкоме «Тонкая голубая линия» и Тома Фаррелла в сериале Gimme Gimme Gimme, а также по работам в фильмах «Ноттинг-Хилл» (1999) и «Быть Стэнли Кубриком» (2005).

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