Simon Richard D'Arcy (born 24 August 1975 in Amersham, England), better known as James D'Arcy, is an English actor.
He's been acting on television and in movies since the mid-1990s. He's best known for playing Edwin Jarvis, the loyal butler of Howard Stark, future namesake of the J.A.R.V.I.S. A.I., and sidekick of Agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) in the short-lived Marvel Cinematic Universe series Agent Carter.
He is not related to Emma D'Arcy.
Notable roles:
Film
- Guest House Paradiso (1999) as Young Groom
- Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002) as Sherlock Holmes
- Master and Commander (2003) as Lt. Tom Pullings
- Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) as Father Francis
- Rise: Blood Hunter (2007) as Bishop
- Hitchcock (2012) as Anthony Perkins
- Cloud Atlas (2012) as Rufus Sixsmith / Nurse James / The Archivist
- After the Dark (2013) as Eric Zimit
- Jupiter Ascending (2015) as Maximilian Jones
- Survivor (2015) as Paul Anderson
- Dunkirk (2017) as Colonel Winnant
- The Snowman (2017) as Filip Becker
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) as Edwin Jarvis note
- Oppenheimer (2023) as Patrick Blackett
Television
- Silent Witness (1996) as a student (episode "Long Days, Short Nights: Part 1")
- Nicholas Nickleby (2001) as Nicholas Nickleby
- Poirot (2005) as Derek Kettering (episode "The Mystery of the Blue Train")
- Marple (2006) as Jerry Burton (episode "The Moving Finger")
- Inspector Lynley (2007) as Guy Thompson (episode "Know Thine Enemy")
- Mansfield Park (2007) as Tom Bertram
- Agent Carter (2015-2016) as Edwin Jarvis
- Broadchurch (2015) as Lee Asworth
- Das Boot (2018) as Phillip Sinclair
Tropes & Trivia about his works:
- Role Reprise: He reprised the role of Edwin Jarvis in Avengers: Endgame after the cancellation of Agent Carter, making Jarvis the very first Marvel Cinematic Universe character who debuted in a TV show to make the jump to a film.
