James D’Arcy graduated from LAMDA in 1995 and quickly became a popular face on British screens with lead roles in Ruth Rendell’s BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION, THE CANTERVILLE GHOST and THE ICE HOUSE. In 1997, D’Arcy was cast in the BBC hit mini-series THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING. Following this, in 1999, he played the co-lead in the World War 1 drama, THE TRENCH, with Daniel Craig. In 2002, D’Arcy played a young Sherlock Holmes in the television movie, SHERLOCK HOLMES: CASE OF EVIL. Other television credits include “Secret Diary of a Call Girl” (2009-2010), where he played Duncan alongside Billie Piper, and MANSFIELD PARK (2007).
D’Arcy's feature film credits include the recent release SCREWED (2011), opposite Noel Clarke, AN AMERICAN HAUNTING (2005), the multi award-winning MASTER AND COMMANDER (2003), alongside Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany, and DOT THE I (2003) with Gael Garcia Bernal and Tom Hardy.
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