James Laurenson

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Feb 17, 1940 (85 years old)
Death date
Apr 18, 2024

James Laurenson

Known For

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
1h 57m
Movie 2022

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

An extraordinary young girl discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories, whilst also taking charge of her own destiny. Standing up for what's right, she's met with miraculous results.

The Comedy of Errors - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2h 11m
Movie 2015

The Comedy of Errors - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Basing his plot on a farce by Plautus, Shakespeare caps the mayhem of his Roman original to build up a hectic tale of violent cross-purposes, furious slapstick and social nightmare.

The Riot Club
1h 47m
Movie 2014

The Riot Club

Two first-year students at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one evening.

The Widower
0h 46m
TV Show 2014

The Widower

Over a thirteen year period, a seemingly mild‐mannered male nurse, Malcolm Webster, set about poisoning and murdering his first wife, attempting to do the same to his second wife and moving on to a further scheme to deceive his third fiancée.

Private Peaceful
1h 40m
Movie 2012

Private Peaceful

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

Holy Flying Circus
1h 29m
Movie 2011

Holy Flying Circus

A fantastical re-imagining of the events of 1979, when Monty Python made Life of Brian and the debate about what is an acceptable subject for comedy was blown wide open.

The Cry
TV Show 2002

The Cry

Psychological thriller about a woman child-protection officer tramautized by her stillbirth who befriends a woman in hospital and then becomes convinced that the daughter is being abused.

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
TV Show 2000

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

Dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the late 1970s, showing the effect that it had on the health and career of Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield who led the enquiry.

Sharpe's Revenge
1h 41m
Movie 1997

Sharpe's Revenge

Sharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napolean's gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile his wife Jane - urged on by a friend - makes some questionable choices.

The Vanishing Man
2h 12m
Movie 1997

The Vanishing Man

While Nick Cameron is returning to England from the continent with mysterious cargo in the cabin section of his small aircraft, he is thrown off-course by a severe electrical storm and loses radio contact. To his surprise and horror, he is arrested upon landing and accused of being a traitor in connection with the cargo he has been carrying - which, unknown to him, contained plutonium. Although he pleads innocent, Nick is not believed and is sentenced to a long term in prison. While in prison, he is subjected to special experimentation at a mysterious laboratory - with one unnerving, and unexpected, side-effect of the experiments being intermittent invisibility. —David McAnally

Biography

James Laurenson (1940-2024) was a New Zealand born actor predominantly based in the UK.

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