James Bradshaw (actor)


James Bradshaw is an English actor, known for his roles as Gordon Grimley in the Granada series The Grimleys, D.S Geoff Thorpe in Hollyoaks and Dr. Max DeBryn in Endeavour.

Career

Bradshaw's television roles include parts in Mile High, Primeval, Heartbeat, the 2000 film Longitude, and Noah Claypole in Alan Bleasdale's 1999 adaptation of Oliver Twist, which starred Robert Lindsay. Bradshaw has worked at the Birmingham Rep, Hampstead Theatre, and the Royal National Theatre in House/Garden, directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn. In 2006, he played Polly Tompkins in The Line of Beauty. In 2009, he joined the cast of Breakfast at Tiffany's at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.
Bradshaw's film roles include appearances in Minotaur and Irish Jam. In 2008 he appeared as Mr Samgrass in the film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited. In July 2011 he made a guest appearance as a surveyor in Coronation Street and as an environmental health inspector named Matthew Grindlay in EastEnders in November 2012. From November 2014 Bradshaw played the recurring role of DS Geoff Thorpe in Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, until DS Thorpe was killed off in March 2018.
Since 2012 he has performed the role of pathologist Dr. Max DeBryn in the ITV series Endeavour, the prequel series to Inspector Morse.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1997, 1999–2001The GrimleysGordon Grimley
1999Oliver TwistNoah ClaypoleEpisode 2
2000LongitudeCallboy
2001In a Land of PlentySimon Freeman3 episodes
2003Mile HighGaryEpisode 1.10
2004The Afternoon PlayEricEpisode: "Drive"
2004HeartbeatDonEpisode: "No Hard Feelings"
2005DoctorsKevinEpisode: "Doctor's Orders"
2006The Line of BeautyPolly Tompkins3 episodes
2007–2011PrimevalDuncun4 episodes
2008DoctorsRay DillonEpisode: "The Man Who Wasn't There"
2007CasualtyAlan SmithEpisode: "Broken Homes"
2009Garrow's LawEdgar ColeEpisode 1.3
2011DoctorsJamesEpisode: "My Hero"
Coronation StreetSurveyor1 episode-
2012–presentEndeavourDr. Max DeBryn
2012EastEndersMatthew Grindley1 episode
2013LucanCharlie Benson
2014DoctorsGeoff SmithEpisode: "The Wicca Man"
2015–2018HollyoaksD.S. Geoff Thorpe75 episodes
2016Close to the EnemyMr. Emmanuel3 episodes
2018The Reluctant LandlordGarethEpisode: "Win, Lose Or Brewery"
2020DoctorsClive KeepEpisode: "After Dark"

Stage

Radio