Biography

James Lewis Cartwright has won a Royal Television Society Award for Best Leading Actor for his performance as Johnny in BBC's production - Johnny Shakespeare. He has won the Scotsman Fringe First Award 2015 for his performance in one man play - Raz (play) which then transferred to Trafalgar Studios London in 2016. He was nominated in 2014 for Best Leading Actor in a Westend production for his role in the play Passing By.

He is also a regular in the world's longest running soap The Archers, playing PC Harrison Burns.

Born in Royal Bolton Hospital in Bolton, Lancashire. Cartwright was brought up in Chorley, Lancashire.

His professional debut was Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise a BBC feature film about a hard-nosed vacuum salesman played by Tim Spall and directed by Danny Boyle. James played De Kid, a hitch hiking DJ who drifts from nightclub to nightclub all over the country.

He then went on to play the singer Morrisey in Micheal Winterbottom's feature film '24 hour Party People'.

He played Daniel Preston in the BAFTA nominated series Clocking Off.

From 2003-2004 aged 17 James played Nathan in the BAFTA award winning children's series Tracy Beaker.

He made his stage debut in the Olivier award-winning The History Boys, a new play by Alan Bennet at The National Theatre London in 2006.

In 2007 he won Best Actor at Royal Television society Awards for his portrayal of Johnny in Johnny Shakespeare for the BBC alongside actress Greta Scacchi. The drama was based around Johnny (James Cartwright) who was an illiterate young man who gets taught to read by an ex-drama teacher (Greta Scacchi)

James currently lives in London.

- IMDb mini biography by: Johnfish