James Nesbitt OBE (born January 15, 1965) is a Northern Irish actor, noted for his prolific TV output . He is probably best known for his roles as Adam Williams in Cold Feet, and Bofur in The Hobbit trilogy. He has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, two BAFTAs, and a Golden Globe, and has won a British Independent Film Award and a National Television Award.
Select roles:
- Film
- Waking Ned Devine (1998) as Pig Finn
- Bloody Sunday (2002) as Ivan Cooper
- Millions (2004) as Ronald Cunningham
- Match Point (2005) as Detective Mike Banner
- Five Minutes of Heaven (2009) as Joe Griffin
- Outcast (2010) as Cathal
- Coriolanus (2011) as Sicinius
- The Way (2010) as Jack Emerson Stanton
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) as Bofur
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) as Bofur
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) as Bofur
- TV
- Searching (1995) as Duncan
- Cold Feet (1998-2003, 2016-2020) as Adam Williams
- Murphy's Law (2001-2007) as DS Tommy Murphy
- Jekyll (2007) as Tom Jackman/Hyde
- The Passion (2008) as Pontius Pilate
- Midnight Man (2008) as Max Raban
- Occupation (2009) as Sergeant Mike Swift
- The Deep (2010) as Clem
- Monroe (2011-2012) as Dr. Gabriel Monroe
- The Missing (2014) as Tony Hughes
- Stan Lee's Lucky Man (2016-2018) as DI Harry Clayton
- Bloodlands (2021-2022) as DCI Tom Brannick
- Harlan Coben’s Stay Close (2021) as DS Michael Broome
- Suspect (2022) as Danny Frater
