James Gant


James Alexander Gant is an English actor and singer best known for performing in Musical Theatre in the West End, London.

Early life

Gant attended Saffron Walden County High School in Saffron Walden, was a company member of Youth Music Theatre UK and ultimately completed his professional acting training at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 2010. His first professional role was in the musical Evita on the UK and International Tour in 2009/10.

Work in Theatre

Gant has performed on stage in the United Kingdom for nearly 10 years. Notable productions in which he has appeared include Les Misérables, Oliver!, Titanic , Jekyll and Hyde , and Grand Hotel. Most recently, he played Death opposite Zoe Doano in Death Takes a Holiday at the Charing Cross Theatre in London
and then he starred in Julian Fellowes new musical The Wind in the Willows at the London Palladium, UK.
Gant appeared in Twelfth Night and A Christmas Carol in Stratford-upon-Avon from Nov 2017 and Feb 2018.

Theatre credits

YearRoleProductionTheatreDirector
2018–2019LeroyViolet Charing Cross TheatreShuntaro Fujita
2018Manservant/Police InspectorTwelfth NightRoyal Shakespeare CompanyChris Luscombe
2017George/FatherA Christmas CarolRoyal Shakespeare CompanyRachel Kavanaugh
2017DeathDeath Takes a HolidayCharing Cross TheatreThom Southerland
2016/2017Mr HedgehogThe Wind in the WillowsUK Tour and London PalladiumRachel Kavanaugh
2016 & 2018EtchesTitanicCharing Cross TheatreThom Southerland
2016GeographerThe Little Prince Emirates PalaceSimon Lee
2016Mr BumbleOliver! Curve Theatre, LeicesterPaul Kerryson
2013/15Courfeyrac, cover Jean Valjean and JavertLes Miserables Queen's TheatreTrevor Nunn
2012LandlordOliver! UK tourLawrence Connor
2011PooleJekyll and Hyde UK tourMartin Connors
2010EnsembleEvita UK and International TourBob Thomson