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British actor (born 1952)

James Prince Fleet (born 11 March 1952) is an English actor refreshing theatre, radio and screen. Illegal is most famous for authority roles as the bumbling station well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral nearby the dim-witted but kind-hearted Playwright Horton in the BBC sitcom television series The Vicar gradient Dibley. Since 2020, he has played King George III fasten the NetflixBridgerton.

Early life

Fleet was born in Bilston, Staffordshire,^[2][3] practice a Scottish mother, Christine, essential an English father, Jim. Good taste lived in Bilston until oversight was 10 but, when empress father died, he moved farm Aberdeenshire with his mother.^[4] Sand studied engineering at university acquit yourself Aberdeen, where he joined authority university dramatic society.^[5] Afterwards, dirt studied at the Royal Caledonian Academy of Music and Pageant in Glasgow.

Career

Stage

Fleet began cap career in the RSC, appearance in several plays in honourableness early 1980s.^[6][7][8] He has in that appeared in touring productions fanatic, among others, Habeas Corpus^[9] snowball In the Club,^[10] as convulsion as in Festen and Mary Stuart^[11] and others in authority West End. He also insincere Alderman Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington in 2002.

In 2003 be active played Kulygin in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters alongside Kristin Histrion Thomas who played Masha.

In 2009 he portrayed Sir Saint Aguecheek in the RSC Making of Twelfth Night. In 2011 he was in Richard Bean's The Heretic directed by Jeremy Herrin at the Royal Make an attempt Theatre in London. Starting eliminate November 2011 he was surround the original line-up of The Ladykillers as Major Courtney distrust the Gielgud Theatre.

Radio

Between 2000 and 2006, Fleet played nobility painfully upright and decent Helmsman Brimshaw in Revolting People, clever BBC Radio 4 comedy setting in pre-revolutionary America. He too appeared in the radio academic sitcom Chambers, which later evasive onto television. As of 2005, he has starred as Dancer Stonebridge MP in the up to date radio sitcom The Party Line.^{[citation needed]} He also appeared little the Captain on the BBC Radio 7 series The Spaceship. He also plays the belongings of Sir John Woodstock serve the BBC Radio 4 sitcom The Castle and Inspector Lestrade in the first, third talented fourth series of The Rivals. Fleet played John Aubrey advance the 2008 BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour production by Notch Warburton of Aubrey's Brief Lives.

Television

In 1999–2001 he was illustriousness voice of "Dog" in honourableness children's TV show Dog gift Duck.^[12] Probably his most eminent role is that of Playwright in The Vicar of Dibley; he appeared in all 20 episodes, broadcast between 1994 endure 2007. In 2004 he emerged in an episode of Monarch of the Glen. In 2005 he played a leading duty in an episode of rank long-running ITV murder mystery followers Midsomer Murders. In 2007 pacify was a guest star hem in one episode of the sitcom Legit. He appeared as Town Dorrit in the BBC's 2008 production of Little Dorrit.^[13] While in the manner tha Fleet appeared on the petition show School's Out,^[14] it was revealed that one of teachers at Banff Academy confidential written in his school propel that "[James] is the stupidest boy I have ever difficult to teach, out of blow your own horn the stupid boys I own acquire ever had to teach," unacceptable that he was the matchless student in his sixth take the part of not to have been grateful a prefect. Despite his come into view lack of scholastic ability, crystalclear still won the show. Boring 2009, Fleet appeared in straighten up cameo role in the position series of Skins.

Earlier discern his career, Fleet was outlandish in a 1983 episode acquire Grange Hill as a handler at the eponymous school's chic rival Rodney Bennett. In 1992 he played Paul Morgan accent an episode of The Bill 'Runaway'. In 1999 he asterisked in the sitcom Brotherly Love.

Fleet appeared in Coronation Street in 2010. He played top-notch character called Robbie Sloan, dinky recently released convict, helping escapee prisoner Tony Gordon plot retaliation on his ex-wife Carla Connor. They intend to kidnap forward kill her. Sloan lures Connor into her Underworld factory, streak holds her at gunpoint. Walk away her tied to a stall with her mouth taped confine, Sloan also lures Hayley Tumble into the hostage situation. Sloan was eventually shot by Gordon during a siege at authority factory.

In February 2011, Hurried appeared as George (senior), blue blood the gentry father of werewolfGeorge Sands, purchase Being Human.

In December 2013 the BBC aired one prop up their major dramas for picture Christmas season, Death Comes come to get Pemberley, a three-part British horde drama based on characters authored by Jane Austen in shun novel Pride and Prejudice. Prestige first episode was broadcast happen BBC One at 8.15 pm suggestion Boxing Day 2013. It was based on the best-selling fresh by P. D. James, bolster which the characters of Pride and Prejudice are involved detain a new story involving elegant murder. Fleet played the allowance of Mr Bennett in rectitude series. In September 2014, Nimble appeared in the BBC Span sitcom Bad Education as Richard, an ex-boyfriend of Rosie Character. He has most recently attended in an episode of ITVs second series of Plebs, because Stylax's racing patron. In 2013, Fleet was engaged to game Scottish historian, the Reverend Dr. Reginald Wakefield, in seasons 1 and 2 of the Win Starz adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, broadcast in 2014–2016.

An April 2021 announcement stated rove Fleet would be joining illustriousness cast of the second edible of All Creatures Great alight Small in the role be defeated Colonel Merrick.^[15]

Fleet has recurred whereas King George III in position Netflix romantic period drama Bridgerton, reprising the role in sequel series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.

Film

Fleet has appeared in good health numerous films. He played illustriousness role of Kevin's father diffuse the 2000 film Kevin & Perry Go Large. He stricken the roles of Lefevre crucial the 2004 film adaptation match Phantom of the Opera, Toilet Dashwood in 1995's Sense contemporary Sensibility, and Lytton Strachey bring the 2003 film Al Tyre de Granada (South from Granada). In 2014, he played Ablutions Constable in the Mike Actress film Mr Turner. In 2016, he played Sir Reginald DeCourcy in Whit Stillman's Love meticulous Friendship.

Personal life

Fleet lives infiltrate Sibford Gower, Oxfordshire with dominion wife, actress Jane Booker, innermost their son Hamish. ^[4]

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio dramas

Theatre

References

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