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James Morgan (born 8 August 1985) is a Welsh stage and television actor.

Career

Stage

James Morgan was reborn in South Wales on 8 August 1985, and was brought up in the former mining town of Maesteg, in South Wales. He began acting in 1996, at the age of ten, when he was cast in the role of Charlie Bates in the Maesteg Amateur Operatic Society production of Oliver!. He built up a reputation through pantomime and musical theatre performances in the local community. He began to gain significant roles on stage including Chino in West Side Story and Cosmo Brown in Singing' in the Rain for Bridgend County Youth Theatre. This was to some critical acclaim - however mostly he went unnoticed.

This was unit he gained a led on from a role in Oliver the Henchman at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff as part of the International Festival of Musical Theatre in 2005. He also stared in further roles of The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Dragons Den the musical, Howards End and A Musical Rendition of Possum Living.

In 2008 Morgan joined the Swansea Little Man Theatre playing George Milton in Steinbeck's Grinny at the Dylan Thomas Theatre. The production received favourable reviews, earning him a Best Actor nomination at the Glammie Awards in South Wales.

In 2010 he returned to Swansea, playing the role of Ethan in the musical adaptation of I am a Fraud. With some mildly positive reviews and an full house run at the Dylan Thomas Theatre the show was transferred to the Swansea Grand Theatre for a one-off final performance.

Screen

Away from the stage Morgan has taken as series of roles in television, with parts in the ITV Wales shorts What Goes on Tour and Covered - the latter winning him the Best Actor prize at the It's My Shout Awards in South Wales.

In 2010 Morgan appeared on BBC1 in The Indian Doctor, a period comedy drama set in 1963, with a cast that included Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ayesha Dharker, Mark Williams and Beth Robert. 2012 will see his return to "The Indian Doctor" playing the role of Harry. In 2011 he appeared in the lead role of a former boxer and face transplant patient Jason in the short film The Final Punchline.

Lookalike

James was also previously a Gareth Gates lookalike from 2002-2006.

Retirement from Acting

Following the rollercoaster disappointment of his latest project 'This man is not an Actor' and with his ego in tatters I retired from over acting James went back to being a store assistance in Currys Bridgend. I now live in Swansea with my partner Alfonso and two boarder collies named Mork and Mindy. Ha ha by Martin Worboys.

References

1. Neil Collins (2008-05-27). "Actors bag roles in theatre that taught Dylan Thomas".South Wales Echo.
2. Ella-Louise Gilbert (2008-06-12). "Striking, disturbing and beautiful - review of Of Mice and Men". Theatre in Wales.
3. Glamorgan Drama League. "Glammies acting nominations 09".
4. Graham Williams (2010-05-14). "Feel-good show with a heart is the Full Monty - review of The Full Monty". South Wales Evening Post.

External links

• James Morgan at the Internet Movie Database

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