James "Jimmy" Watson is a British film

Film

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 and television

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 actor

Actor

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.

He trained at the Drama Studio London

Drama Studio London

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 and at the Focus Theatre Studio

Focus Theatre

The Focus Theatre in Dublin is a small but respected theatre which offers a variety of plays from new and established writers.The theatre was founded in 1967 by the late Deirdre O'Connell, and opened on 29 September with a production of Doris Lessing's Play With a Tiger.The Focus Theatre has been...

, Dublin. Started his acting career playing Dr. John McEwan in the Irish television soap opera

Soap opera

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 Fair City

Fair City

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in 1988. His most important role yet may be that of the swordmaster Duncan Idaho

Duncan Idaho

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 in the American TV miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune

Frank Herbert's Dune

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in 2000.

He founded the Actor's Bothy at the CCA and co-founded Celtic Mouse Productions (Ireland). He has produced five short films, two of which were short listed for Oscar consideration. Directing credits include Sixteen Words for Water (nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award), "Breathe" (short film) and "The Playboy Interviews" (art installation film for the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin).

Filmography

• Fair City
  Fair City
  Fair City is an award-winning Irish television soap opera on RTÉ One. Produced by Radio Telefís Éireann, it was first broadcast on Monday, September 18, 1989...
  
  (1988), Dr John McEwan - TV Series
• Before I Sleep (1997), patient
• Biological Maintenance Department (1997), Jim
• The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
  The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
  The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nóg is an American television series set in a fantasy version of ancient Ireland, created by Saban Entertainment. It was loosely based on actual Irish mythology. The name derives from Tír na nÓg, one of the Otherworlds of Irish mythology. It was Saban's first fantasy...
  
  (1998), Tidgh
• Blind Date (1999), Brien
• Ratcatcher (1999), Bus Driver
• Frank Herbert's Dune
  Frank Herbert's Dune
  Frank Herbert's Dune is a 2001 3D video game based on the 2000 Sci Fi Channel miniseries of the same name. The game was not a commercial or critical success, and was the last product by Cryo Interactive, which went bankrupt shortly after the game's failure.As Paul, the son of the Duke Atreides's...
  
  (2000), Duncan Idaho
• The Hawk & the Dove (2001), Micheal
• If Silence Should End (2002), Malcolm
• King Jamie and the Angel (2002), soldier
• Prince William (2002), Sqiggy Clavell - TV
• The Winter Warrior (2002), Fingal
• The Bone Hunter (2003), Fingal
• Red Rose (2004), Lewars
• Summer Solstice (2005), Dominic
• A Woman in Winter (2005), taxi driver
• Take 3 Girls (2006), bouncer
• Book of Blood (2008), Jimmy - Matador
• Last Hand (2008), One - BBC
• Life of Riley (2008), bus driver - BBC
• My Family (2008), police sergeant - BBC
• Happy Holidays (2009), groom - F'n'G
• River City (2009), Alain - BBC

Theatre

• Gagarin Way (2007), Gary
• What Every Woman Knows (2007), David
• The Black Water (2008), Martin
• Red Diesel (2008), Chris - reading
• LIFE as Duggie
• Sticks and Stones, Jordon Doyle
• Writers in Progress II, Various
• MacGregor, Argyll
• Trainspotting, Renton
• Mysteries 2000, Jesus
• Europe, Morroco
• Making Love to Yorick, Man
• Dark Places, Brian
• Trade me a Dream, O'Neill

Producer

• The Last (2002) (producer)
• A Dublin Story (2003) (executive producer)
• Martin (2003) (producer)
• Luka (2004) (producer)
• Push Hands (2004) (executive producer)

External links

• Hunwick Hughes James Watson's Agents Page
• http://www.theactorsbothy.com
• http://www.celticmouse.co.uk