JAMES D’ARCY portrays professor Richard Powell, educator to young Betsy Bell and confidante of the Bell family.
One of the most popular actors in the United Kingdom, D’Arcy’s garnered great attention with international audiences with his portrayal of First Lt. Tom Pullings in the Oscar®-nominated “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” opposite Russell Crowe, for director Peter Weir. Prior to that, he starred as Nicholas Nickleby in the highly acclaimed Channel 4 UK television production of “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.” Additionally, he starred in the BBC production of “The Ice House,” which also ran in the United States on the PBS series “Mystery!”
D’Arcy starred in “Dot the I,” opposite Gael Garcia Bernal (which has just had its successful American release after being featured at the Sundance Film Festival), and also starred in “Exorcist: The Beginning” for director Renny Harlin. He portrayed Sherlock Holmes in “A Case of Evil,” also appearing in the films “Revelation,” “The Trench,” “Wilde,” “Guest House Paradiso,” “The Bass Player Peter” and “Charity.”
His television appearances also include the UK telefilm drama adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s “The Canterville Ghost,” Ruth Rendell’s “Bribery and Corruption” and several BBC TV productions such as “Silent Witness,” “Beck,” “Dalziel and Pascoe,” “Tom Jones” and “Sunburn.”
James was brought up in London and fell into acting almost by accident. He left school and went to Australia for a year, where he became interested in acting while working in the drama department at a school in Perth. When he returned to the UK, he applied for the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and graduated in July 1995. During his three-year course at LAMDA, he gained acting experience by appearing in the plays “Heracles,” “Sherlock Holmes,” “As You Like It,” “Wild Honey,” “The Freedom of the City” and “Larkrise to Candleford.”
Film audiences will next see D’Arcy in “Rise,” a supernatural thriller from director/writer Sebastian Gutierrez. He costars opposite Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis, Carla Gugino and Robert Forster.
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