Who is James Russell

When in the beginning of 2016 the horror film "Doll" (the original name The boy) appeared on the screens, the audience became interested in the actors who played it. James Russell among them was the least known to the general public. Although the cinematographic experience he already had.

Beginning of creativity

James Russell was born in Scotland on January 1, 1970 . His parents were Irish. Until now, he has already visited seven countries and four continents.

Education actor received at Rutgers University, located in New Jersey. In one of the oldest educational institutions of the country Russell became a bachelor in the field of arts. After that, he studied at Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London.

Basis of creativity of James Russell is a theater. Today, few people remember that the first steps in the movie, he began only 34 years of filming in the series "Model in Australian", seven seasons which began to appear since 2004. But the role was almost invisible, and few of the audience then knew who James Russell was.

Actor's films

If you recall all the roles of this talented person, they will be few. James Russell acted in such films:

• "Blue Blood" - a TV series (2010);
• "Action against sinister people" (2011);
• "Remember All" - a TV series (2012);
• "Cheating" (2013);
• "Eternity" - a television series (2014);
• The Doll (2016).

Almost half of all the work of the actor - participation in the television series. Thus, he introduced diversity into his theatrical life, where Russell had many interesting roles.

Theatrical roles

Now, playing on the theatrical stage of New York, where he is the lead actor, Russell resides in Brooklyn. The work of this man is very popular there. James Russell is a theater actor who is known for his roles in two venues in New York: The Irish Repertory Theater and the Shakespeare Theater.

The most popular works in the first of them:

• "Port authorities";
• "Freedom of the City";
• "Juno and Peacock."

In the first of them, in the production of Conor Macpherson, Russell played a representative of stellar youth.

Ben Brentley on October 6, 2016 in the New York Times described an excellent actor's game. He noted Russell's ability to reincarnate and convey various deep emotions of his character. This publication has paid close attention to many productions in this theater.

In "Freedom of the City" the hero of Russell (Michael) - an idealistic nature, which in its own way takes faith. His hero is dominated by innocence. He is confronted by Skinner (Joseph Sikora), an honorary honorary "citizen of the city," rude in form, but eloquent in his judgments. Heroes are trying to convey the idea that everyone has his right to a decent life. James does it perfectly.

The play "Juno and Peacock" describes the events that took place in the heart of James Russell Ireland. The film version of this story is known in the production of Hitchcock. The Wall Street Journal gave a positive review of this performance.

In the theater of Shakespeare, Russell had two roles different from each other. In the first case, he played in a modern production of "Playboy of the Western world." In the second performance, viewers see the classics - "Midsummer Night's Dream" by Shakespeare. This showed the diversity of the talented British actor.

In the play "Playboy of the Western world" critics admired the game Russell. He succeeded in a timid character, with some special direct perfection. The performance became popular.

New roles

In the next 2017, James Russell plans to continue to develop his success, received last year. He hopes to win even more recognition of the audience. And now he is preparing a new role in the cinema, whose secret is not in a hurry to disclose.

In the theater Russell continues to cooperate with an extraordinary director. He plays a major role in his production of "Glowing City", where the partners of the actor were Matthew Broderick, Billy Carter and Lisa Dwan.

A month later the actor will turn 47 years old, but it seems that he caught courage and is going to delight the audience with new unique roles.