James Wilby

James Wilby was born in Rangoon, Burma, and then later relocated to the UK where he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Wilby is known to an international audience for his role in Maurice (1987), for which he received Venice Film Festival's Best Actor award with co-star Hugh Grant. On stage, he starred in the 1995 revival of John Osborne's A Patriot for Me by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre. As well as performing in a number of recent stage productions in London,...See more

James Wilby was born in Rangoon, Burma, and then later relocated to the UK where he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Wilby is known to an international audience for his role in Maurice (1987), for which he received Venice Film Festival's Best Actor award with co-star Hugh Grant. On stage, he starred in the 1995 revival of John Osborne's A Patriot for Me by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre. As well as performing in a number of recent stage productions in London, Wilby has also lent his voice to numerous audiobooks including The Wish List and Essays in Love. See less