James Holmes (born 1965) is a West Midlands-born comedy actor[1] of stage and television.
He has been featured in various off-West End and regional shows, including a run as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest for the New Players Theatre, and various parts in Catherine Tate's theatre comedy show.
[5] His other roles include a helpful Citizen's Advice volunteer in two episodes of the TV series Psychoville, and a performance as food critic Floyd Ackerman in Dani's House.
Holmes also played as Roy Silver alongside Penelope Keith in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of M C Beaton's Agatha Raisin series,[6] appeared in The Bill in 2006, and in "The Six Thatchers", the first episode of the fourth season of Sherlock, in 2017.
[7] In 2019 he played Thomas Snell in the ghost story Martin's Close for the BBC.