Person Details

Birthday: 1970-04-16 12:37:05

Aliases: Jimmy Watson , James 'Jimmy' Watson

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Homepage: http://www.jameswatson.net/

Movie Involvements: 6

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

James 'Jimmy' Watson (born 16 April 1970 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK) is a British film and television actor. He trained at the Drama Studio London and at the Focus Theatre Studio, Dublin. Started his acting career playing Dr. John McEwan in the Irish television soap opera Fair City in 1988. His most important role yet may be that of the swordmaster Duncan Idaho in the American TV miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune 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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Most Famous Work

Frank Herbert's Dune
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Frank Herbert's Dune

(2000) Duncan Idaho
Perfect Sense
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7

Perfect Sense

(2011) Crying Bus Driver
Ratcatcher
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7

Ratcatcher

(1999) Bus Driver
Prince William
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Prince William

(2002) Squiggy Clavell
The Winter Warrior
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The Winter Warrior

(2003) Fingal
Red Rose
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Red Rose

(2005) Lewars

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2011 Crying Bus Driver
2005 Lewars
2003 Fingal
2002 Squiggy Clavell
2000 Duncan Idaho
1999 Bus Driver
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2003 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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