James Hillier (actor)
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James Hillier, is an English actor
. In recent years he has played Sergeant Christian Young on the BBC
police drama, HolbyBlue
, and Damian, Roxy Mitchell
's fiancé in BBC1 Soap Opera EastEnders
.
to Anthony and Susan Hillier. He is the eldest of three boys and got his first real taste for acting playing Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger whilst at Maidstone Grammar school. Moving to London
he studied English Literature at King's College
. While at College Hillier greeted customers, dressed as a giant meatball
, to promote meatballs at a supermarket. He later went onto train at RADA
, which was quite by chance due to the fact that he was performing a play around the corner and a friend suggested he should try out for it. He did and landed a place that same year. James has appeared on stage in productions such as Lulu, Closer
and Something Cloudy, Something Clear
.
.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. In recent years he has played Sergeant Christian Young on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
police drama, HolbyBlue
HolbyBlue
HolbyBlue was a British police drama series that aired on BBC One from 2007 to 2008. Produced by the BBC, Red Planet Pictures and Kudos for BBC One, it is a spin-off of the successful BBC One medical drama Holby City, itself a spin-off of the long-running series Casualty.The first series was...
, and Damian, Roxy Mitchell
Roxy Mitchell
Roxanne Lizette "Roxy" Mitchell is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, portrayed by Rita Simons. Roxy arrived in Walford with her sister Ronnie on 24 July 2007 and decided to move permanently to Walford from Ibiza where they ran a bar together. Roxy is the younger of the two...
's fiancé in BBC1 Soap Opera EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
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Early life
Hillier was born in KentKent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
to Anthony and Susan Hillier. He is the eldest of three boys and got his first real taste for acting playing Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger whilst at Maidstone Grammar school. Moving to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
he studied English Literature at King's College
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
. While at College Hillier greeted customers, dressed as a giant meatball
Meatball
A meatball is made from an amount of ground meat rolled into a small ball, sometimes along with other ingredients, such as breadcrumbs, minced onion, spices, and possibly eggs...
, to promote meatballs at a supermarket. He later went onto train at RADA
Rada
Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly"borrowed by Polish from the Low Franconian "Rad" and later passed into the Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages....
, which was quite by chance due to the fact that he was performing a play around the corner and a friend suggested he should try out for it. He did and landed a place that same year. James has appeared on stage in productions such as Lulu, Closer
Closer (play)
Closer is the third play written by English playwright Patrick Marber. The play was premiered at the Royal National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre in London in 1997, and made its North American debut at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway on 25 January 1999....
and Something Cloudy, Something Clear
Something Cloudy, Something Clear
Something Cloudy, Something Clear is an autobiographical play by Tennessee Williams that was originally written in 1941 as a short play titled The Parade, or Approaching the End of a Summer, which was produced posthumously in Provincetown in 2006. In 1962, Williams retitled and expanded The Parade...
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Personal life
James likes to spend his spare time with his longtime partner, Amy, and their two boys. He is a keen sportsman and sports fan, following Tottenham Hotspur and playing football and cricketCricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
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