James Lance
| James Lance | |
|---|---|
| Born |
29 September 1975 Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
James Lance (born 29 September 1975) is an English actor, best known for his appearances in a number of British comedy series.
Early life
Lance attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He appeared in the ITV1 mockumentary Moving Wallpaper and in ITV1's Boy Meets Girl, as well as in the ITV2 original comedy No Heroics as Timebomb.
Personal life
In 2016, Lance married Kate Quilton.
Career
Lance's roles include dealer Sticky in the drug-related series Top Buzzer, Matt in two series of Teachers, Ben in the first series of I'm Alan Partridge, Jamie in Absolute Power and various roles in the sketch show Smack the Pony. He also played Richard, Daisy's boyfriend, in Spaced, and in the BBC series Hotel Babylon.[1]
He played a small part in Series 1, Episode 4 of Absolutely Fabulous in 1992, playing the part of Saffy's classmate [2]
Lance appeared very briefly as a video game reviewer in Series 2 of GamesMaster on Channel 4 talking about games peripherals.
Lance has also had roles in films including Late Night Shopping, The Search for John Gissing, Marie Antoinette, Bronson as art teacher Phil Danielson, and in 2012 in Bel Ami.
He has acted in the mini-series The Impressionists (as Bazille) and the sitcoms The Book Group, Sensitive Skin and Rescue Me. Smaller roles have included appearances in 2 point 4 Children, People Like Us, Saxondale, and as "Daniel" in the 1992 episode of Absolutely Fabulous called Iso Tank. Additionally he played the character of Mr. Hugo in the pilot episode of Biffovision, as well as featuring alongside Mark Heap and Tim Key in another Paul Rose-penned pilot, "Now The Weather". He also guest-starred in the 2012 fourth series of the BBC Three production Being Human, as the ghost of a murderer named Kirby.[3]
Lance has voiced several UK TV commercials for brands such as Maybelline, Wrigley's Extra and the AA. As of August 2013, Lance appears in adverts for Moneysupermarket.com.
Lance appeared on stage as Miles at the Trafalgar Studios in May 2009 in Marcus Markou's play Ordinary Dreams; Or How to Survive a Meltdown with Flair. He portrayed Eric Idle at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival in a play called Pythonesque by writer Roy Smiles.[4]
References
- ↑ BBC Hotel Babylon Episode Guide Series 3 Episode 6
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0504674/
- ↑ "Bedroom scene with Thurman". ThisIsSomerset.co.uk. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ↑ Jones, Alice (25 August 2009). "Pythonesque, Udderbelly's Pasture". The Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2010.