James Northcote

James Northcote (born James Walker; 10 October 1987) is an English actor and producer who has appeared in The Last Kingdom (TV series),The Imitation Game, Nymphomaniac, Anna Karenina and Wuthering Heights.

Northcote, born in London, was brought up and went to school in the West Country – Kings College, Taunton. He went into drama at Queens’ College, Cambridge, where he studied English. As a member of the National Youth Theatre, playing celebrity chef Alexis Soyer in their 2010 production of Relish,[1] about the life of Soyer under the direction of Paul Roseby. At University he appeared with the Cambridge Footlights notably as the evil Nalu in the 2009 Pantomime Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves[2] and the Marlowe Society as Mercutio in a production of Romeo and Juliet.[3] At the Edinburgh Fringe he played Toad in Wind in the Willows[4] winning an Edinburgh NSDF Commendation- Emerging Artists Award.