| James Frain | ||
|---|---|---|
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| ...as Dean Holiday | ||
| Characters Dean Holiday Martin Gold | ||
| Date of birth March 14, 1968 | ||
| Place of birth Leeds, England, UK | ||
| IMDb profile |
James Frain is an English actor who guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
His best known television roles include Thomas Cromwell in the Showtime/CBC historical drama The Tudors (2007–2009), Franklin Mott in the HBO drama True Blood (2010) with Deborah Ann Woll and Ryan Kwanten, Warwick the Kingmaker in the BBC drama serial The White Queen (2013), John Sumner in the Sky/Canal+ crime drama The Tunnel (2013), Ferdinand Chevalier in the BBC/Space sci-fi thriller Orphan Black (2015–2017), Theo Galavan/Azrael in Fox's Gotham (2015–2016) with Donal Logue, Sarek in Star Trek Discovery (2017–present) (opposite Sonequa Martin-Green), and Odin Reichenbach on the CBS drama series Elementary (with Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn, Sean Pertwee, and Jon Michael Hill for the final season). He also played leading roles in the BBC dramas Armadillo (2001), The Buccaneers (1995), and The Mill on the Floss (1997).
In film, he is best known for playing Daniel Barenboim and Álvaro de la Quadra in the biographical dramas Hilary and Jackie and Elizabeth, respectively (both 1998), Bassianus in the Shakespeare adaptation Titus (1999), and Gérard de Villefort in the historical drama The Count of Monte Cristo (2002).
Appearances[]
Law & Order: CI
- Vanishing Act (2008) as Dean Holiday
Law & Order: SVU
- Users (2009) as Martin Gold