James Smith
Biography
An English actor, James Smith became known for playing Glenn Cullen, the senior special adviser in the BBC political satire The Thick of It, across all four series from 2005 to 2012. He moved the role to the movie spin-off In the Loop (2009), where he appeared as Michael Rodgers, the Foreign Office's Director of Diplomacy. In 2010 he was Clive throughout the BBC comedy Grandma's House, alongside Thick of It castmate Rebecca Front. He worked with Simon Amstell in the 2017 mockumentary Carnage as Graham Watkins. His film roles include Lord Carrington in The Iron Lady (2011), and in Yorgos Lanthimos's The Favourite (2018) he took the principal role of Sidney Godolphin, the 1st Earl of Godolphin. On television he played Trevor in all 13 episodes of Boomers from 2014 to 2016, and he plays Lewis in Vanilla, a 2025 drama directed by Joseph A. Adesunloye.
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 17 years2001 to 2018
Every film, newest first
- 2018The FavouriteIMDb rating 7.5
- 2009In the LoopIMDb rating 7.4
- 2001The Parole OfficerIMDb rating 6.3
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Worked with
James Smith shares two films with Steve Coogan, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Yorgos Lanthimos
Armando IannucciDirector, 1 film, 2009
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