James NesbittFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Born and raised in Northern Ireland, actor James Nesbitt didn't plan on becoming an actor until a teacher suggested he join the theater. Since then, he has gone on to appear in many international feature films set in Ireland, but he is mostly known as Adam Williams on Cold Feet, the popular...Read More

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Five Minutes of Heaven

Actors: Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca

Synopsis: Oliver Hirschbiegel, director of Das Experiment and The Invasion, takes the helm for this film about a killer who dares not seek forgiveness, and another who feels incapable of granting it. The political divide in Ireland runs as far as it does deep. Alistair (Liam Neeson) and Joe (James Nesbitt) Read More

8/21/09
Cherrybomb

Actors: Rupert Grint, Kimberley Nixon, James Nesbitt

2009
Jekyll

Actors: James Nesbitt

Synopsis: Robert Louis Stevenson's influential tale of terror gets a modern re-imagining in this limited BBC series penned by Steven Moffat (Dr. Who, Coupling) and starring James Nesbitt. The year is 2007, and Dr. Tom Jackson (Nesbitt) just can't seem to reign in his murderous alter ego Mr. Hyde. While the Read More

2007
Match Point

Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox

Synopsis:
A clandestine love affair sends one man's charmed life into a tailspin in this dark, disturbing drama written and directed by Woody Allen, his first film set and shot in Great Britain and one his few films sans any humor. Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) is an Irish tennis player with an Read More

12/29/05
Millions

Actors: Alex Etel, Lewis Owen McGibbon, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan, Christopher Fulford

Synopsis: Director Danny Boyle revisits a theme from his Shallow Grave and Trainspotting days -- greed -- but focuses on a much younger protagonist with this comedy drama. Millions opens with recent widower Ronnie (James Nesbitt) moving his two precocious pre-pubescent sons to the suburbs. Missing his Read More

3/11/05
Cold Feet: Series 05

Actors: James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson, Robert Bathurst, Hermione Norris

Synopsis: The fifth and final season of the British "dramedy" Cold Feet was originally telecast between February 23 and March 16, 2003, yielding four 90-minute episodes. The three couples that seemed to be so happy at the outset of the season have all broken up. Fay Ripley briefly returns to the role of Read More

2003
Bloody Sunday

Actors: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard McSorley, Kathy Kiera Clarke

Synopsis: Paul Greengrass (The Theory of Flight) wrote and directed this powerful look at January 30, 1972 -- better known as "Bloody Sunday." Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt) attempts to organize a peaceful protest after Protestant leaders imprison Catholics without a trial. His actions conflict with hard-line Read More

10/4/02
Lucky Break

Actors: James Nesbitt, Olivia Williams, Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy, Lennie James

Synopsis: The first feature by director Peter Cattaneo since his award-winning British smash hit The Full Monty, Lucky Break is another comedy in the same mold, this time taking place in prison. Small-time crooks Jimmy (James Nesbitt) and Rudy (Lennie James), after years of no success, decide to pull a bank Read More

4/19/02
Cold Feet: Series 04

Actors: James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson, Robert Bathurst, Hermione Norris

Synopsis: Season four of the British "dramedy" Cold Feet was originally telecast between November 18 and December 10, 2001. In this season's seven episodes, live-in couple Adam (James Nesbitt) and Rachel (Helen Baxendale) continue to have problems with their relationship, especially when their "dream home" Read More

2001
The Most Fertile Man In Ireland

Actors: Kris Marshall, Bronagh Gallagher, James Nesbitt, Kenneth Cranham

Synopsis: Fate turns the most lovelorn man in Belfast into a sexual dynamo in this eccentric comedy. Eamonn (Kris Marshall) is a physically unimpressive and socially inept 24-year-old virgin who lives in Belfast with his mother (Olivia Nash), who conceived Eamonn during a one-night-stand with a low-rent Read More

2001
Cold Feet: Series 03

Actors: James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson, Fay Ripley, Robert Bathurst

Synopsis: Season three of the British "dramedy" Cold Feet was originally telecast between November 12 and December 31, 2000. In this season's eight episodes, married couple David (Robert Bathurst) and Karen (Hermione Norris) discover that becoming parents again (this time it's twins) has not done much to Read More

2000
Wild About Harry

Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Amanda Donohoe, Adrian Dunbar, James Nesbitt, George Wendt

Synopsis: A woman who wants to get rid of her husband has second thoughts when he's suddenly not the man he once was in this romantic comedy shot in Ireland. Harry McKee (Brendan Gleeson) is the host of a long-running television series called "What's Cooking?" in which he shares recipes with celebrity Read More

2000
Women Talking Dirty

Actors: Helena Bonham Carter, Gina McKee, Richard Wilson, Eileen Atkins, Kenneth Cranham

Synopsis: British director Coky Giedroyc's sophomore feature outing concerns a pair of working class women in Edinburgh, Scotland. Down-to-earth Ellen (Gina McKee), a noted cartoonist, invites her wacky, outgoing best friend Cora (Helena Bonham Carter) to a post-divorce party. Ellen is recovering from an Read More

1999
Cold Feet: Series 02

Actors: James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson, Fay Ripley, Robert Bathurst

Synopsis: Season two of the British "dramedy" Cold Feet was originally telecast between September 26 and October 31, 1999. In this season's six episodes, young live-in lovers Adam (James Nesbitt) and Rachel (Helen Baxendale) toy with the notion of dating other people; new parents Peter (John Thomson) and Read More

1999
Waking Ned Devine

Actors: Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan, Susan Lynch, James Nesbitt

Synopsis: Just as the charming British film The Full Monty told the story of simple men willing to shed their clothes for money, Waking Ned Devine is the story of older Irish men who pursue money and take off their clothes. Commercial director Kirk Jones makes his feature directing debut with a story about Read More

1998
Cold Feet: Series 01

Actors: James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson, Fay Ripley, Robert Bathurst

Synopsis: Introducing its characters and premise with a pilot episode telecast on March 30, 1997, the British "dramedy" Cold Feet launched its first six-episode season on November 15, 1998. The series focused on three different couples: young lovers Adam (James Nesbitt) and Rachel (Helen Baxendale) Read More

1998
Welcome to Sarajevo

Actors: Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei

Synopsis: A startling examination of the Bosnian war of the mid-1990s and the role of journalists in covering it, this film was based on real-life journalist Michael Nicholson's book Natasha's Story. Like Nicholson, cynical journalist Henderson (Stephen Dillane) is one of the rat pack of reporters looking Read More

1997
The James Gang

Actors: John Hannah, Helen McCrory, Jason Flemyng, Toni Collette, Davie Brownlie

Synopsis: The family that steals together stays together in this satiric British comedy. After a fire destroys her home, Bernadette James (Helen McCrory) gathers up her four children and leaves Edinburgh for London, hoping to locate her not-especially-responsible and currently-absent husband, Spendlove (John Hannah Read More

1997
Resurrection Man

Actors: Stuart Townsend, Geraldine O'Rawe, James Nesbitt, John Hannah, Brenda Fricker

Synopsis: Eoin McNamee based the screenplay for this drama on his own novel, which was itself based on real-life Protestant paramilitaries known as "The Shankill Butchers," who used the cover of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland to mask their often homicidal crimes. Set in Northern Ireland of 1975, the Read More

1997
Hear My Song

Actors: Ned Beatty, Adrian Dunbar, David McCallum, Tara Fitzgerald, Shirley Ann Field

Synopsis: The owner of a British nightclub attempts to do the impossible by coaxing a legendary Irish tenor out of retirement for a once-in-a-lifetime show in this engagingly quirky comedy. The owner, Mickey O'Neill, is particularly desperate to land a performance by the great Josef Locke, as his already Read More

12/27/91