James Larkin (born 17 March 1963) is a British actor, most notable for his portrayal of the character Dylan in ''
EastEnders
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'', Inspector Lapointe in Granada's '' Maigret'' and
Tony Blair
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in the 2005 ''
The Government Inspector
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''.
Larkin was born in Surrey, and has also written for the screen. His works include '' Int. Bedsit - Day'' (2007) and '' Dead on Time'' (1999), for which he gained a nomination for First Prize for Short Films at the 1999
Montréal World Film Festival
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In 1998, he played the part of the artist, Stanhope, in "Colour Blind", a TV mini-series based on the Catherine Cookson novel. In 2004 he played Dr Matt Carney in “Shadowplay“, S4:E11&12 of '' Waking the Dead''.
In 2016, he appeared in " Hated in the Nation", an episode of the
anthology series
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Black Mirror
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