Adrian Rawlins

Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958) is an English actor best known for playing Arthur Kidd in The Woman in Black (1989) and James Potter in the Harry Potter films. In 2019, he starred in Chernobyl as Nikolai Fomin.

Early life

Rawlins was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, the son of Mavis (née Leese) and Edward Rawlins, a market trader. Rawlins was educated at Stanfield Technical High School in Stoke-on-Trent and the Stoke VI Form College. He then studied art and acting at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Career

Rawlins has appeared in over 30 films including Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves and Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself. He has a pivotal role in the Harry Potter film series as Harry Potter's father James Potter. Onstage, he has appeared in Her Naked Skin (2008, National Theatre). He played Richard Collingsworth in the 1989 TV serial version of The Ginger Tree, opposite Samantha Bond. He also starred in The Woman in Black which was made for television and aired at Christmas 1989.

Since 2014, he has volunteered at East Riding Theatre in the East Riding of Yorkshire, becoming artistic director in 2017.

Filmography

Film

• † — Denotes films that have not yet been released

• 1980 — Palm Beach — David Litvinoff
• 1985 — Revolution — Bill
• 1987 — With Love to the Person Next to Me — Man in Bed
• 1988 — Georgia
• 1990 — Mountains of the Moon — Edward
• 1993 — Flynn — Tailor
• 1996 — Different for Girls — Mike Rendell
• 1996 — Breaking the Waves — Dr. Richardson
• 1996 — The Inner Sanctuary — Owen
• 2000 — Blood — Carl Dyson
• 2001 — My Brother Tom — Jack
• 2001 — Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone — James Potter
• 2002 — Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — James Potter
• 2002 — Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself — Harbour
• 2004 — Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — James Potter
• 2005 — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — James Potter
• 2007 — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — James Potter
• 2009 — Tales of the Fourth Dimension — William Shakespeare — Direct-to-video
• 2010 — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 — James Potter
• 2011 — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 — James Potter
• 2011 — Intruders — Police Inspector
• 2012 — The Raven — Doc Clements
• 2014 — The Woman in Black: Angel of Death — Dr. Rhodes
• 2015 — Bridgend — Vicar
• 2017 — Darkest Hour — Air Chief Marshal Dowding
• 2019 — The Small Hand — Edward Merriman
• 2020 — Undergods — Dominic
• 2021 — Without Remorse — Chief of Staff
• 2021 — The Colour Room — John
• 2022 — Living — Middleton
• 2023 — One Life — Geoff
• 2025 — Rose of Nevada — Mr. Richards
• 2026 — The Brink of War — Max Kampelman
• TBA — Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint † — TBA — Post-production
• TBA — The Return of Stanley Atwell † — TBA — Post-production

Video games

• 2011 — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 — James Potter (voice)

Theatre credits

• 1984 — Miss Julie — Jean
• 1985 — Time To Kill — Peter Wolfson — Swan Theatre, Worcester
• 1986 — The Freud Scenario — Student / Footman — Royal National Theatre, London
• 1987 — A View from the Bridge — Rodolpho — Cottesloe Theatre, London
• 1987 — A Small Family Business — Roy Ruston — Olivier Theatre, London
• 1989 — The Glass Menagerie — Jim O'Connor — Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
• 1990 — Three Sisters — Staff Captain Vassily Vasilyevich Solyony — Queen's Theatre, London
• 1991 — The Miser — Valère — Olivier Theatre, London
• 1992 — Hamlet — Laertes — Riverside Studios, London
• 1993 — The Clearing — Robert — Bush Theatre, London
• 1995 — Easter — Elis — Barbican Centre, London
• 1997 — The Herbal Bed — Rafe Smith — Duchess Theatre, London
• 2000 — The Maiden's Prayer — Taylor — Bush Theatre, London
• 2002 — Dinner — Hal — Royal National Theatre, London
• 2005 — The Lunatic Queen — Various roles — Riverside Studios, London
• 2006 — Clever Dick — Dick — Hampstead Theatre, London
• 2008 — Her Naked Skin — William Cain — Royal National Theatre, London
• 2009 — The House of Special Purpose — Nicolas Romanov — Minerva Theatre, Chichester
• 2011 — Good — John Halder — Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
• 2013 — The Herd — Ian — Bush Theatre, London
• 2014 — 3 Winters — Vlado — Royal National Theatre, London
• 2019 — The Lady from the Sea — Doctor Edvard Wangel — The Print Room, London