Julian Neil Rohan Wadham (born 7 August 1958) is an English actor of stage, film and television.

Early life

The third son of Rohan Nicholas Wadham DFC and Juliana Wadham (''née'' Macdonald Walker), Wadham was educated at Ampleforth College and the

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Career

Wadham's theatre work includes playing Barclay (soon after leaving the Central School) in the original West End production of Julian Mitchell's '' Another Country'' at the Queens Theatre with

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and fellow Old Amplefordian

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. In 2014, he played Vaughan Cunningham, a visitor to the school, in the Trafalgar Studio revival of the

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. For the English Stage Company at the Royal Court he was directed by Max Stafford-Clark in ''Falkland Sound'', as Lieutenant David Tinker RN (with Paul Jesson,

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and Marion Bailey), as Captain Plume in George Farquhar's ''The Recruiting Officer'', as Lt. Ralph Clark in Timberlake Wertenbaker's ''Our Country's Good'', and as Jake in

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's ''Serious Money'' (with Lesley Manville,

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and Meera Syal). For director Jeremy Herrin he appeared with Lindsay Duncan,

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and Felicity Jones as Hugh in Polly Stenham's ''That Face'', both at the Royal Court and at the Duke of York's Theatre. Herrin also directed him in the National Theatre production of James Graham's ''This House'', as Humphrey Atkins, in both Cottesloe and Olivier theatres, and in the West End revival of ''Another Country'', in which he played Vaughan Cunningham. His other National Theatre work includes roles in the following productions directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner: '' The Madness of King George'' (in which he played Prime Minister William Pitt opposite Sir

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's King George); Don Pedro in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (with Simon Russell Beale and

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); Polixenes in ''

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''; ''

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'' (with

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and Margaret Tyzack); ''The Changeling'' (with

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, directed by Richard Eyre); and ''Mountain Language'' (directed by

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). Other theatre roles include: Antonio in ''The Tempest'' at the Haymarket (directed by Sir

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with

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); Duke Theseus in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at the

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(with Dame

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and directed by Sir Peter Hall); Marshall Dorfling in ''The Prince of Homburg'' at the Donmar Warehouse; Raymond Brock in ''Plenty'' (with

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) for the Almeida at the Albery; Elyot in ''Private Lives'' (Theatre Royal Bath). He also appeared in ''The Good Samaritan'' in Hampstead; ''A Letter of Resignation'' at the Comedy (with Edward Fox); and ''When We Are Married'' at the Whitehall. He has appeared in numerous television productions, including ''The Casual Vacancy'', ''Silk'', ''Midsomer Murders'', ''Lewis'', ''Middlemarch'', ''Father Brown'', ''The Trial of Lord Lucan'' (as Lord Lucan), ''Rosemary and Thyme'', and ''Dalziel and Pascoe''. In December 2014, he finished filming Miramax's ''The 9th Life of Louis Drax'', scripted by Max Minghella. As of December 2015, he was continuing to recreate the role of John Steed in Big Finish's audio series ''The Avengers – The Lost Episodes''.

Works

Film

*'' Maurice'' (1987) – Hull *'' The Madness of King George'' (1994) – Pitt the Younger *''

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'' (1996) – The Assistant Commissioner *'' The English Patient'' (1996, included in a 1996 nomination for Best Cast for the film) – Madox *'' Preaching to the Perverted'' (1997) – M'Learned Friend *'' Keep the Aspidistra Flying'' (1997) – Ravelston *'' The Commissioner'' (1998) – Prime Minister *'' High Heels and Low Lifes'' (2001) – Rogers *'' Gypsy Woman'' (2001) – Stanley *'' A Different Loyalty'' (2004) – Andrew Darcy *'' Exorcist: The Beginning'' (2004) – Major Granville *'' Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist'' (2005) – Major Granville *'' Wah-Wah'' (2005) – Charles Bingham *'' Goya's Ghosts'' (2006) –

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*'' Outpost'' (2008) – Hunt *'' Fake Identity'' (2008) – Sterling *''

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'' (2009) – Gregor Salenko *'' War Horse'' (2010) – Trench Captain *'' The Iron Lady'' (2011) –

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*'' Cheerful Weather for the Wedding'' (2012) – Uncle Bob *'' Outpost: Black Sun'' (2012) – Francis Hunt *''

Now Is Good ''Now Is Good'' is a 2012 teen romantic drama film written and directed by Ol Parker, based on the 2007 novel '' Before I Die'' by Jenny Downham. The film, which stars Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine and Paddy Considine, centres on Tessa, a te ...

'' (2012) – Dr. Ryan *''

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'' (2012) – Headmaster *''National Theatre Live: This House'' (2013) – Humphrey Atkins *'' Queen and Country'' (2014) – Colonel Fielding *'' The Riot Club'' (2014) – Miles' Father *'' The 9th Life of Louis Drax'' (2016) – Dr. Janek *'' Churchill'' (2017) – General Montgomery *'' Victoria & Abdul'' (2017) – Alick Yorke *''Tokyo Trial'' (2017) – Erima H. Northcroft *''

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'' (2018) – Ollendorff *'' The Happy Prince'' (2018) – Mr. Arbuthnott *'' The Song of Names'' (2019) – Arbuthnot Bailey

Television

*'' Baal with David Bowie'' (1982) *''Blind Justice'' (1988) as James Bingham *''

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'' – "Drake's Drum" as Rev. Tony Vassar (1988) *'' Bergerac'' (1990) as David Russell *''

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'' – " The Plymouth Express" as Robert Carrington (1991) *''

Middlemarch ''Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life'' is a novel by English author George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. It appeared in eight installments (volumes) in 1871 and 1872. Set in Middlemarch, a fictional English Midlands town, in 1829 ...

'' (1994) as Sir James Chettam *''The Trial of Lord Lucan'' as Lord Lucan (1997) *'' Dance to the Music of Time'' as General Liddament (1997) *'' Pie in the Sky'' – Series 3, Episode 35, "Pork Pies" (1997) as Anthony Neale *''The Wingless Bird'' as Reginald Farrier – TV mini-series (1997) *'' Highlander: The Raven'' – "The Ex-Files" (1999) *''

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'' (Episode: "Death's Shadow") (1999) as Simon Fletcher *''

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'' – "Payment in Blood" (2001) *'' Hitler: The Rise of Evil'' as Captain Karl Mayr (2003) *'' Island at War'' (2004) as Urban Mahy *'' Rosemary & Thyme'' – Episode 2.13 (2004) as Lord Elshingham *''

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'' as Squire Brown (2005) *'' Dalziel and Pascoe'' – Series 9 " Dust Thou Art" (2005) as Richard Johnstone *''

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'' – Episodes 1 and 2, as Lord Carnarvon (2005) *''

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'' – Series 22, Episode 4 ''Running Out of Time'' as Brigadier Johnny Lewis-Scott (2005) *''

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'' as Jonathan Powell (2005) *''

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'' – "

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" as Kelvin Halliday (2006) *'' Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial'' (2006) as David Maxwell Fyfe *'' Ghostboat'' as Captain Nathan Byrnes (2006) *'' My Boy Jack'' (2007) as King

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*'' Foyle's War'' – "Plan of Attack" (2008) as "W" (Cmdr Stephen Foster) *''

'' (Episode: "The Creeper") (2009) as William Chettham *'' Lewis'' – " The Point of Vanishing" (2009) as Tom Rattenbury *''

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'' as General Sir Herbert Strutt – Episode 2.3 (2012) *''

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'' – "The Flying Stars" as Colonel Reginald Adams (2013) *''

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'' (2013) as Lever *'' The Casual Vacancy'' (2015) as Aubrey Sweetlove *''Tokyo Trial'' (2016) as Erima Harvey Northcroft *''Brother Francis: The Barefoot Saint of Assisi'' (2016 podcast series) as

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*'' Death in Paradise'' as Frank Henderson (2 episodes) (2017) *'' The Singapore Grip'' as Soloman Langfield (2019) *''

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'' as David Stancliffe (2023) *'' The Chelsea Detective'' as Andrew Mansfield MP (2024)

Audio

* '' The Minister of Chance'' as The Minister of Chance (2011–2013)

Theatre

* ''Another Country'', Queens Theatre * ''When We Are Married'', Whitehall Theatre * ''Falkland Sound'', Royal Court * ''Serious Money'', Royal Court * ''Our Country's Good'', Royal Court * ''The Recruiting Officer'', Royal Court * ''Carrington'', Royal National Theatre * ''Mountain Language'', Royal National Theatre * ''The Changeling'', Royal National Theatre * ''Once in a While the Odd Thing Happens'', Royal National Theatre * ''The Madness of George III'', Royal National Theatre * ''Plenty'', Almeida at the Albery * ''The Good Samaritan'', Hampstead Theatre * ''The Winter's Tale'', Royal National Theatre * ''Tartuffe'', Royal National Theatre * ''Private Lives'', Theatre Royal Bath * ''That Face'', Royal Court * ''Much Ado About Nothing'', Royal National Theatre * ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', Rose Theatre, Kingston * ''The Prince of Homburg'', Donmar Warehouse * ''The Tempest'', Theatre Royal Haymarket * ''This House'', Royal National Theatre * ''Another Country'', Theatre Royal Bath/Chichester Festival Theatre/Trafalgar Studio

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Julian Wadham CV at The Artists Partnership
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wadham, Julian Living people 1958 births English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors Actors from Ware, Hertfordshire Male actors from Hertfordshire People educated at Ampleforth College