Adrian Rawlins

Adrian Rawlins (born 27 March 1958) is an English actor who is probably best known for playing Author Kidd in The Woman in Black (1989).

Early life

Rawlins was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire^[1] the son of Mavis (née Leese) and Edward Rawlins.^[2]

Education

Rawlins was educated at Stanfield Technical High School in Stoke-on-Trent and the Stoke VI Form College. He then went on to train in art then subsequently acting at Crewe and Alsager College, now Manchester Met..

Career

Rawlins has appeared in several films including Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, and also has a minor role in the Harry Potter film series as Harry Potter's father James Potter. Onstage, he has appeared in Her Naked Skin (2008, National Theatre). He played Richard Collingsworth in the 1989 TV serial The Ginger Tree, opposite Samantha Bond. He also starred in The Woman in Black which was made for television and aired at Christmas 1989.

Filmography

• Midsomer Murders: Tainted Fruit – Adam Keyne
• The Ginger Tree – Richard Collingsworth (1989)
• The Woman in Black – Arthur Kipps (1989)
• Breaking the Waves – Dr. Richardson (1996)
• Blood – Carl Dyson (2000)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – James Potter (2001)
• Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself – Harbour (2002)
• Spooks – Andrew Forrestal (2004) (Series 3, Episode 8)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – James Potter (2005)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – James Potter (2007)
• Silent Witness: Peripheral Vision – Alan Eckhert (2007) (Series 11, Episode 9 & 10)
• Doctor Who "Planet of the Ood" – Dr Ryder (2008)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II – James Potter (2011)
• Midsomer Murders: Echoes of the Dead – David Orchard

References

External links

• Adrian Rawlins at the Internet Movie Database
• Adrian Rawlins at the Hampstead Theatre