
Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958, Stoke-on-Trent) is an English actor who studied art and acting at Manchester Metropolitan University and has been active since 1980. He is best known for playing James Potter across all eight Harry Potter films (2001–2011), Arthur Kidd in the 1989 TV film The Woman in Black, and Nikolai Fomin in the 2019 HBO miniseries Chernobyl. He also appeared in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), and Darkest Hour (2017) as Air Chief Marshal Dowding. His broader filmography includes Revolution (1985), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Living (2022), One Life (2023), and the upcoming The Brink of War (2026). On television he has had recurring roles in Soldier Soldier (1993), Dickensian (2015–2016), Slow Horses (2022), Moonflower Murders (2024), and Patience (2025). Since 2017 he has served as artistic director of East Riding Theatre.

as Albert

as Max Rampleman

as Billy Richards

as Self - Narrator

as (voice)

as Geoff

as Middleton

as John

as Dominic

as Chief of Staff

as Edward Merriman

as Air Chief Marshal Dowding

as Vicar

as Dr. Rhodes

as Self

as DI Williams

as Doc Clements

as Police Inspector

as James Potter

as James Potter

as William Shakespeare

as James Potter (archival footage)

as Jacob

as Peter

as James Potter

as James Potter

as Tony Mackersie

as James Potter

as Dr. Tony Danielson

as Harbour

as Frank Foster

as Jack

as James Potter

as Carl Dyson

as Mike

as Dr. Richardson

as Owen

as Michael Mitchum

as Martin (Segment "Ultimate Object of Desire")

as Edward

as Arthur Kidd

as Chris Chataway

as Bill

as Registrar