Name James Pearson Role Actor | ||
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Movies and TV shows Control, New Town Killers, Kidnapped, Jeopardy, Death in a Nut Similar People Richard Jobson, Anton Corbijn, Brendan Maher | ||
Education University of Edinburgh |
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James Anthony Pearson (born 1981 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester) is a British actor who lives in Glasgow.
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Pearson is best known for his performance as Bernard Sumner in Anton Corbijn's film Control. He also stars in the 2009 British film New Town Killers, an action thriller for which Pearson performed most of his own stunts. Pearson first appeared on TV in the BAFTA Award-winning BBC TV series Jeopardy playing the central role of Simon. It ran for three series, with a total of 40 episodes. He also starred as Ed MacKenzie in the BBC Three drama Lip Service.

He stars in the music video for "Come Monday Night", the first single from Stuart Murdoch's new project God Help the Girl.




Filmography
Actor
2019
Princess Emmy as
Donny, Valentine
2015
La Chasse (Short) as
Kevin
2013
For Gracie (Short) as
Ralph
2013
Vera (TV Series) as
Reece McMurray
- Prodigal Son (2013) - Reece McMurray
2012
Death in A Nut (Short) as
Jack
2010
Lip Service (TV Series) as
Ed MacKenzie / Ed
2010
Taggart (TV Series) as
Gordon Watts
- Bad Medicine (2010) - Gordon Watts
2008
New Town Killers as
Sean MacDonald
2005
Casualty (TV Series) as
Dean Villiers / Adrian Lucas
- For Auld Lang Syne (2007) - Dean Villiers
- Take a Cup of Kindness Yet (2007) - Dean Villiers
- Teacher's Pet/Crash and Burn (2005) - Adrian Lucas
2007
Control as
Bernard Sumner
2005
Casualty @ Holby City (TV Series) as
Adrian Lucas
- A Great Leap Forward (2005) - Adrian Lucas
- Test Your Metal (2005) - Adrian Lucas
- Crash and Burn (2005) - Adrian Lucas
- Teacher's Pet (2005) - Adrian Lucas
2005
Holby City (TV Series) as
Adrian Lucas
- Test Your Metal/A Great Leap Forward (2005) - Adrian Lucas
2002
Jeopardy (TV Series) as
Simon
- Marcus Hides (2002) - Simon (as James Pearson)
- Pilot (2002) - Simon (as James Pearson)
2005
Kidnapped (TV Movie) as
Davie Balfour
2004
Revolver (TV Series)
- Episode #2.5 (2004) - (as James Pearson)
2003
Doctors (TV Series) as
Sam Garner
- Where Shadows Never Fall (2003) - Sam Garner (as James Pearson)
2003
Monarch of the Glen (TV Series) as
Angus Stewart
- Episode #5.4 (2003) - Angus Stewart (as James Pearson)
Soundtrack
2007
Control (performer: "Leaders of Men", "Digital", "Transmission", "Insight", "She's Lost Control", "Candidate", "Isolation", "Dead Souls", "Disorder")
Self
2012
Watching Ourselves: 60 Years of Television in Scotland (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Swashbuckled (2012) - Self
Archive Footage
2007
The Killers: Shadowplay (Music Video) as
Bernard Sumner
References
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