James has a diverse acting and writing career and takes great enjoyment in the versatile roles he plays, everything from French King Louis XV to a homeless poet in east London. He is a native of Ireland and after completing an English degree at University College Cork, he decided to travel to gain life experience. Consequently James started acting later than his contemporaries, but before long he had earned 4 star reviews in the Edinburgh theatre festival and produced and acted in a UK theatre premiere in London's west end . His first screen role was in the Irish series Ballykissangel in an episode with Colin Farrell. Following that he appeared as Ralph Morice alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the critically acclaimed costume drama The Tudors for Showtime and in the History channel's Vikings , and Titanic: Blood & Steel for Netflix, all shot in Ireland. He then moved to London where he appeared in many dramas and series for the BBC and with his languages he was able to expand into Europe and work on French TV series Versailles, and Luc Besson's feature film Valerian & the city of a thousand planets and more recently The Three Musketeers: Milady, starring Eva Green and Vincent Cassel, for Pathé and the German feature Girl you know it's true , directed by Simon Verhoeven and Czech production Masaryk, A prominent patient, to mention a few . James recently played his first on screen American role in the feature Eddie & Sunny directed by Desmond Devenish for Paradox studios