James Murray (English actor)

His television roles include Stephen Hart in Primeval (2007–2008), Niles Pottinger in Defiance (2014), Daniel Coltrane in Cucumber (2015), Chief Superintendent John Houseman in McDonald & Dodds (2020–2021), Prince Andrew in The Crown (2022–2023), and Colonel Neil 'Chick' Harding in Masters of the Air (2024).

[1] Murray's mainstream roles were in Primeval (ITV, 2008) as expert tracker Stephen Hart, and in Cucumber (Channel 4, 2015) as conflicted character Daniel Coltrane.

He also found more permanent roles in Channel 4's 20 Things to Do Before You're 30 (2003) playing Glen and BBC One's season four of Cutting It (2005) as Liam Carney.

He had a role in Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, a comic fantasy series for Comedy Central and BBC Two, which began airing in April 2009.

In 2017, Murray directed veteran actor Robert Hardy CBE in his last role alongside Nina Sosanya in his short film La Familia.

[7] Their daughter, Ella-Jayne, was born five weeks premature in May 2008 and died in January 2009 aged 8 months due to a congenital heart defect.

[10] Their efforts led to them creating the Murray Parish Trust in 2014, to enhance overall paediatric emergency care serving Southern England.