James Laurenson
Know for: Acting
Born: 1940-02-17
Place of birth: Marton, New Zealand
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Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
The Monster Club (1981)
A vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a gesture of gratitude, which turns out to be a meeting...
The Cold Light of Day (1996)
A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.
The Riot Club (2014)
Two first-year students at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one...
Sharpe's Siege (1996)
Sharpe, with his new commanding officer, is sent to capture a castle when news comes of locals who will rise against Bonaparte. However, he is...
Sharpe's Mission (1996)
Sharpe is teamed with a Colonel he helped promote and they are tasked to destroy a powder magazine, but an alliance with the French may threaten...
Sharpe's Regiment (1996)
Told his battalion is to be split up due to lack of recruits at home, Sharpe and Harper return to England to investigate. What should have been a...
Heartbreakers (1984)
Blue, a yet-to-be discovered painter, is left by his longtime girlfriend because she considers him too immature for a lasting relationship. Eli,...
Assault (1971)
After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the...
Sharpe's Revenge (1997)
Sharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napolean's gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile his wife Jane - urged on by a...
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987)
An alien lands on Earth, and decides that he needs to a job in order to raise money to build a spaceship so he can return to his home planet.
The Care of Time (1990)
A thriller directed by John Davies.
Women in Love (1969)
Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a...
AfterLife (2003)
High-flying journalist Kenny Brogan (Kevin McKidd) is working on the story that could make his career when he is told his mother is terminally ill....
The Comedy of Errors - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2015)
Basing his plot on a farce by Plautus, Shakespeare caps the mayhem of his Roman original to build up a hectic tale of violent cross-purposes, furious...
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000)
This is a dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the late 1970s, showing the effect that it had...
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022)
An extraordinary young girl discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories,...
Private Peaceful (2012)
Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their...
Old Man March Is Dead (1976)
In rural New Zealand an alcoholic ex-soldier is desperate to obtain more liquor. His family try to keep liquor away from him.
Edward II (1970)
The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.
Sharpe: The Legend (1997)
Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn reminiscing about the brave and determined officer...
The Magic Christian (1969)
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be...
Paint Me a Murder (1984)
Luke Lorenz is a artist whose paintings don't sell. His imaginative wife Sandra reasons that sales of his works would increase tenfold if he were to...
The Cry (2002)
Psychological thriller about a woman child-protection officer tramautized by her stillbirth who befriends a woman in hospital and then becomes...
Rainbow Drive (1990)
A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard (2011)
Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate...
One Day (2011)
A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film...
National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010)
A 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the NT's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the...
The Witches of Pendle (1976)
A BBC dramatization of the Pendle witch trials of Lancashire, England that occurred in 1616.
A House in the Hills (1993)
An aspiring actress gets a housesitting job and finds herself in a cat-and-mouse game with a deadly ex-con.
The Man in the Sidecar (1971)
Examines the relationship between Edith, a famous and successful novelist, and her writer husband, and how her own domestic situation is paralleled...
The Turn of the Screw (1974)
An English governess is hired to take care of two adorable orphans, who turn out to be not exactly what they seem to be.
The Prison (1974)
A successful Paris magazine proprietor embarks on a destructive voyage of self-discovery after his wife shoots dead her own sister, with whom he has...
Codename: Kyril (1988)
At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly...
The Cat's Meow (2001)
Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.
Project: Tinman (1990)
A mechanical man with a moral code and soul looking for adventure and his creator after escaping the military. He attempts to discover the reasons...
Dead Bolt Dead (1999)
Dead Bolt Dead takes a twisted look at the dark underworld of organised crime, with its assassins, its bosses, its drivers and its sharply suited...
Thieves in the Night (1989)
"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night." Experiences in a kibbutz, it sets up a stage in describing the historical roots of the...
Children of the Sun (1975)
A group of travellers find themselves stranded at a strange airport.
The Vanishing Man (1997)
While Nick Cameron is returning to England from the continent with mysterious cargo in the cabin section of his small aircraft, he is thrown...
The Tragedy of King Richard II (1970)
The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare. The actions and repercussions of a proud King, whose vanity and selfishness lead to his...
Countdown to War (1989)
Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell,...
Jude (1980)
Twelve-year-old Jude has never met Dick, his father. One Sunday afternoon Dick impulsively engineers a meeting, which has distressing consequences.
Three Blind Mice (2003)
Thomas is a talented computer programmer living in a vibrant, urban metropolis. Lonely and unsure about life, he finds solitude in the world of...