Adrian Rawlins Biography
Adrian Rawlins (born as Adrian Justin Rawlins) is an English actor and artistic director who is known for his role as Arthur Kidd in the 1989 horror film “The Woman in Black” and as James Potter in the Harry Potter films. In 2019, he played the starring role of Nikolai Fomin in the historical television miniseries Chernobyl.
Adrian Rawlins Age
Rawlins is 61 years old as of 2019. He was born on 27th March 1958 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Adrian Rawlins Family
Adrian was born to Edward Rawlins, a market trader and Mavis Leese Rawlins in Staffordshire. He got his education at Stanfield Technical High School in his hometown of Stoke-on-Trent and the Stoke VI Form College after which, he enrolled at Crewe to train in art. He then proceeded for acting training at Alsager College, which is now Manchester Met.
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Adrian Rawlins Career
Rawlins began professional acting in 1980 and since, she has appeared in several films that include Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, Blood, The Woman in Black, Darkest Hour among others. He has also played a pivotal role in the Harry Potter film series as Harry Potter’s father James Potter, appearing in six of the films.
Rawlins has also been in stage productions. These include appearing in Her Naked Skin in 2008, at the National Theatre. He also played Richard Collingsworth in the 1989 TV serial version of The Ginger Tree, opposite Samantha Bond. Rawlings also starred in the film “The Woman in Black” which was made for television and aired at Christmas 1989.
Since 2014, Rawlings has not acted in any film or television series but he has been volunteering at East Riding Theatre in East Yorkshire. In 2015, she became an artistic director.
Adrian Rawlins Chernobyl – Fomin
Chernobyl is a miniseries historical drama by Craig Mazin featuring an ensemble cast led by Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson. It dramatizes the April 1986 nuclear plant disaster story in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Soviet Union) as it tells the stories of the people who caused the disaster and those who responded to it. Rawlings appears in the miniseries in the role of Nikolai Fomin, the chief engineer at Chernobyl.
Adrian Rawlins Harry Potter
This is a British-American series of films that are based on novels by J. K. Rowling and distributed by Warner Bros. They are eight fantasy films and Rawlins appeared in six of these films as James Potter, Harry Potter’s father. He was born on the same day, but 2 years earlier, as his character James Potter.
Adrian Rawlins Movies and TV Shows
2012, 2013 – Prisoners’ Wives as Ian in series 1 & 2
2019 – Chernobyl as Nikolai Fomin
2017 – Death in Paradise as Stephen Langham in episode 6.1
2017 – Darkest Hour as Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding
2015 – The Woman in Black: Angel of Death as Dr. Rhodes
2015-2016 – Dickensian as Edward Barbary
2014 – Father Brown as Dr. Walter Henshaw in series 2, Episode 2
2013 – By Any Means as Daniel Fosterin series 1, Episode 6
2011 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II as James Potter
2011 – Midsomer Murders as David Orchard in the episode “Echoes of the Dead”
2010 – Misfits as Dave in series 2 Episode 5
2010 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I as James Potter
2009 – Agatha Christie’s Marple: Nemesis as Derek Turnbull
2008 – Doctor Who as Dr Ryder in the episode “Planet of the Ood”
2007 – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as James Potter
2007 – Silent Witness as Alan Eckhert in series 11, Episode 9 & 10, Peripheral Vision
2005 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as James Potter
2004 – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as James Potter
2004 – Spooks as Andrew Forrestal in series 3, Episode 8
2002 – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as James Potter
2002 – Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself as Harbour
2001 – Midsomer Murders as Adam Keyne in the episode “Tainted Fruit”
2001 – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone as James Potter
2000 – Blood as Carl Dyson
1996 – Breaking the Waves as Dr. Richardson
1996 – Dalziel & Pascoe as Henry Crayford/Martin Hewitt in the episode “Cunning old fox”
1993 – Soldier Soldier as Major Tim Radley
1989 – The Ginger Tree as Richard Collingsworth
1989 – The Woman in Black as Arthur Kidd