James Byng

James Byng
Born	1985
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995 - present
Website	http://www.jamesbyng.com/

James Byng (born 1985) is an English actor and vocalist. Acting since the age of ten, James made his West End debut in the title role of Oliver! at the London Palladium. He played the same role in the national tour of Oliver! and at the Royal Charity Gala Hey! Mr. Producer, honoring theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh at the Lyceum Theatre on 8 June 1998. Byng also played Gavroche in Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre. From 2007 to 2008 he was seen on stage at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, first playing various ensemble roles and then taking over the part of Frodo Baggins in Matthew Warchus' theatrical adaption of The Lord of the Rings. In 2008-09 Byng appeared in the role of John Darling in the musical Peter Pan at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. He just finished a tour with the West Yorkshire Playhouse production of The History Boys by Alan Bennet, in which he played Posner. From September until November 2010 Byng was on tour with a production of Carrie's War in the role of Nick Willow. After performing in Secret Cinema - Back to the Future he can currently be seen in The Grimm Tales at The Bargehouse at Oxo Tower Wharf.

Byng's television and film work includes the role of George Hawthorne in the 2002 television adaptation of Goodbye Mr. Chips, starring Martin Clunes which aired both in Great Britain and in the United States. In this made for television film he appeared as James Malcolm. He also played wayward American Montague Bear in the independent film Rupert Brockstein's Blood Red Letters.

James has also been seen and heard as host and resident jazz vocalist at the Starlight Theatre, Manchester, and the Grove Inn Jazz Club in Leeds.

Stage

Oliver in Oliver!, London Palladium
Oliver in Hey! Mr. Producer, Lyceum Theatre
Gavroche in Les Misérables, Palace Theatre
Oliver in Oliver! UK Tour, Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Hobbit, Orc and other roles in The Lord of the Rings, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
John Darling in Peter Pan, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
David Posner in The History Boys, UK Tour
Nick Willow in Carrie's War, UK Tour
Prince/Soldier/Son/Beautiful Bird in The Grimm Tales, Shoreditch Town Hall
Texatone in Secret Cinema - Back to the Future, Leeds
Frog King and Young King in The Grimm Tales, The Bargehouse at Oxo Tower Wharf

Television and film

George Hawthorne in Goodbye Mr. Chips
Montague Bear in Rupert Brockstein's Blood Red Letters

Music videos

Office clown in "Raoul" by The Automatic

Recordings

Hey! Mr. Producer: Cast Album
The Lord of the Rings: Original Cast Album
Peter Pan: 2008/2009 Cast Album

External links

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