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James Wilby
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James Wilby

British actor
February 20, 1958 (66 years old)
Fr. 2022. Dramatic comedy by Nicolas Bedos with Pierre Niney, Marine Vacth, Isabelle Adjani. In Nice, the gigolo of a great actress on the comeback team up with a young prostitute and a former conquest to swindle a real estate agent.
Runtime: 144 min.
U.S. 2004. Musical drama by Irwin Winkler with Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce. On the day of his death, the American composer Cole Porter revisits the great moments of his romantic life and his flourishing career.
Runtime: 125 min.
G.-B. 2001. Biography by Giles Foster with James Wilby, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates. In the 20th century, the story of King George VI of England, nicknamed Bertie, and his marriage to Queen Elizabeth.
Runtime: 99 min.
G.-B. 1999. Psychological drama by Ismail Merchant, Madhur Jaffrey with Madhur Jaffrey, Greta Scacchi, James Wilby. In 1954, an Indian nanny takes advantage of her boss's emotional instability to manipulate her to improve her social situation.
Runtime: 125 min.
G.-B. 1999. Thriller by Graham Theakston with Dervla Kirwan, James Wilby, Paul Freeman. A photographer wakes up with amnesia from a coma after apparently committing a double murder and attempting suicide.
Runtime: 147 min.
G.-B. 1997. Melodrama by Tim Fywell with Tara Fitzgerald, James Wilby, Simon Callow. In the nineteenth century, a young girl is the victim of a plot to deprive her of her heritage.

Behind the Lines

V.O.: Regeneration
G.-B. 1997. War drama by Gillies MacKinnon with Jonathan Pryce, James Wilby, Jonny Lee Miller. During the First World War, an English doctor takes in soldiers traumatized by fighting in the trenches.
Runtime: 105 min.
G.-B. 1996. Adventures by Juliet May with Nicholas Farrell, James Wilby, Gina McKee.
Runtime: 97 min.
G.-B. 1996. Biography by Betsan Morris Evans with James Wilby, Helen McCrory, Alun Armstrong.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Chess Game

V.O.: La Partie d'échecs
Bel. 1993. Drama by Yves Hanchar with Denis Lavant, Pierre Richard, Catherine Deneuve. In the nineteenth century, a young chess champion takes part in a tournament organized by a marquise who promises to give her daughter to the winner.
Runtime: 110 min.
G.-B. 1992. Mores drama by Ken Russell with Joely Richardson, Sean Bean, James Wilby. The wife of an English noble person paralyzed by war wounds becomes romantically involved with his gamekeeper.
Runtime: 205 min.
G.-B. 1992. Mores drama by Jamil Dehlavi with Melissa Leo, James Wilby, Shabana Azmi. Shortly after having her first child who was conceived under surprising circumstances, an American woman living in Pakistan discovers that her husband is cheating on her.
Runtime: 122 min.
G.-B. 1991. Psychological drama by Bruce MacDonald with Judith Scott, Sean Bean, James Wilby. The editor-in-chief of a women's magazine falls in love with a stranger who behaves in a disturbing way.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1990. Psychological drama by Simon Langton with Diana Rigg, Fiona Gillies, James Wilby. The madness of a possessive mother leads to murder.
Runtime: 220 min.
G.-B. 1989. Drama by Philippe Monnier with James Wilby, Xavier Deluc, Serena Gordon. An English lawyer comes to the aid of a French girl during the Revolution.
G.-B. 1989. Thriller by Chris Bernard with James Wilby, Glyn Houston, Katie Hardie. The British Minister of Defense conceals the body of a woman who committed suicide in front of him while he was with his mistress.
Runtime: 87 min.
G.-B. 1988. Mores drama by Charles Sturridge with James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves. In the mid-1930s, an English aristocratic couple is torn apart when the wife becomes infatuated with a socialite.
Runtime: 118 min.
U.S. 1988. Sentimental drama by Piers Haggard with Imogen Stubbs, James Wilby, Kenneth Colley. In England, at the beginning of the twentieth century, a young farm girl falls in love with a wounded lawyer whom she takes in.
G.-B. 1987. Psychological drama by James Ivory with James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves. In Cambridge at the beginning of the twentieth century, two young academics are linked by a friendship tinged with feelings of love.
Runtime: 140 min.

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