James Bradshaw

James Bradshaw is an English actor who trained at the Birmingham School of Acting and has worked at the Birmingham Rep, the Hampstead Theatre and the Royal National Theatre, where he appeared in House/Garden under director Alan Ayckbourn. On television he is known for Gordon Grimley in The Grimleys, DS Geoff Thorpe in Hollyoaks and Dr. Max DeBryn in Endeavour, the Morse prequel. He appeared in The Line of Beauty in 2006, in Coronation Street in 2011 and in EastEnders in 2012, and played DS Thorpe in Hollyoaks from 2014 until the role ended in 2018. He also appeared in the 2000 film Longitude and in Mile High, Primeval and Heartbeat, and played Noah Claypole in Alan Bleasdale's 1999 Oliver Twist. His films include Minotaur (2006) and Irish Jam (2006), and in 2008 he was Mr Samgrass in Brideshead Revisited. In 2009 his stage work included a production of Breakfast at Tiffany's staged at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.