JAMES D’ARCY (Father Francis) most recently starred as First Lt. Tom Pullings in the Oscar-nominated Master and Commander, opposite Russell Crowe for director Peter Weir. Prior to that, he starred as Nicholas Nickleby in the highly-acclaimed UK television production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; the BBC production of The Ice House, which also ran in the United States on the PBS series Mystery!; the UK telefilm adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost; and Ruth Rendell’s Bribery and Corruption. D’Arcy trained at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and currently lives in London.