Adrian Rawlins

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Acting

Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958, Stoke-on-Trent) is an English actor who studied art and acting at Manchester Metropolitan University and has been active since 1980. He is best known for playing James Potter across all eight Harry Potter films (2001–2011), Arthur Kidd in the 1989 TV film The Woman in Black, and Nikolai Fomin in the 2019 HBO miniseries Chernobyl. He also appeared in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), and Darkest Hour (2017) as Air Chief Marshal Dowding. His broader filmography includes Revolution (1985), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Living (2022), One Life (2023), and the upcoming The Brink of War (2026). On television he has had recurring roles in Soldier Soldier (1993), Dickensian (2015–2016), Slow Horses (2022), Moonflower Murders (2024), and Patience (2025). Since 2017 he has served as artistic director of East Riding Theatre.

Filmography

• Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint (2026)
• The Brink of War (2026)
• Rose of Nevada (2026)
• NASA, Nazis and the Space Race (2025)
• Game Over (2024)
• One Life (2023)
• Living (2022)
• The Colour Room (2021)
• Undergods (2021)
• Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
• Susan Hill's Ghost Story (2019)
• Darkest Hour (2017)
• Bridgend (2015)
• The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)
• Once Around the Sun (2012)
• Mrs Biggs (2012)
• The Raven (2012)
• Intruders (2011)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
• Tales of the Fourth Dimension (2009)
• J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life (2007)
• The Old Curiosity Shop (2007)
• Clapham Junction (2007)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
• Life Line (2007)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
• Ahead of the Class (2005)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
• Hear the Silence (2003)
• Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
• The Stretford Wives (2002)
• My Brother Tom (2001)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
• Blood (2000)
• Different for Girls (1997)
• Breaking the Waves (1996)
• The Inner Sanctuary (1996)
• Running Late (1992)
• Seduction (1991)
• Mountains of the Moon (1990)
• The Woman in Black (1989)
• The Four Minute Mile (1988)
• Revolution (1985)
• I Live With Me Dad (1985)
• The Return of Stanley Atwell