Ray Coulthard Explained

Raymond Coulthard
Birth Name:Raymond Anthony Coulthard
Birth Date:3 September 1968
Birth Place:Chester, Cheshire, England
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1992–present
Partner:Jenna Russell
Children:1

Raymond Anthony Coulthard (born 3 September 1968) is a British actor. He is best known for portraying Alasdair Sinclair in Emmerdale and restaurant manager James Schofield in Hotel Babylon.[1]

Career

Coulthard's television appearances include several costume dramas. He played Frank Churchill in the 1996 television adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Emma, Mr Glascock in the 2004 adaptation of He Knew He Was Right, and Miles Edgerton in Mr. Selfridge. In 2005, he appeared in the first series of Extras. He also appeared in the second series of Love Soup, and played Matt Strong in the TV series Casualty during 2010.[2]

Coulthard's film roles include The English Patient, The Best Man, and The Muppet Christmas Carol (in which he played a young Ebenezer Scrooge). He also voiced one of the main characters in the BBC Radio 4 Extra sitcom The Brothers.[3]

Coulthard has acted in many stage productions, especially Shakespeare plays, including work for the Royal National Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse. From 2011 to 2012, he played Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure and Bishop Santa Cruz in Helen Edmundson's play The Heresy of Love for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He portrayed Lord Egerton in the second series of Mr Selfridge.

In spring 2015, he starred as King George VI alongside Jason Donovan as Lionel Louge in the Chichester Festival Theatre and Birmingham Repertory Theatre production of The King's Speech before touring the UK.[4]

In January 2017 he returned to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre to star in the French comedy What's in a Name? alongside Nigel Harman, Sarah Hadland, Jamie Glover and Olivia Poulet.

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1992The Muppet Christmas CarolYoung Scrooge
1996The English PatientRupert Douglas
EmmaFrank ChurchillTV film
2000EisensteinGrisha
2004Archie ChristieTV film
2005The Best ManChris
2007The Murder of Princess DianaAnthonyTV film
2018Red JoanJames Chadwick

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1993LuvArthur1 episode
1995CastlesStephen QuinSeries regular
Is It Legal?PeterEpisode: "Infatuation"
1996BugsYoung ManEpisode: "A Cage for Satan"
RhodesNeville PickeringEpisode: "All the World's Gold"
2001The Infinite Worlds of H. G. WellsMark RadcliffeMini-series
MasterpiecePrince of ArragonEpisode: "The Merchant of Venice"
2003CasualtyGuy EdwardsEpisode: "Last Man Standing"
2004Midsomer MurdersLawrence HaggardEpisode: "The Maid in Splendour"
He Knew He Was RightMr. GlascockMini-series
Foyle's WarMark NicholsonEpisode: "The French Drop"
2005CasanovaVenetian AmbassadorMini-series
ExtrasMarkEpisode: "Ross Kemp & Vinnie Jones"
2006EmmerdaleAlasdair Sinclair2 episodes
2006-2009Hotel BabylonJames SchofieldSeries regular
2008EmmerdaleAlasdair SinclairEpisode: "Death Becomes Her"
Love SoupSimonEpisode: "Integrated Logistics"
MasterpieceFrank ChurchillEpisode: "Emma"
2010Casualty Matt Strong6 episodes
New TricksGregory HamptonEpisode: "Coming Out Ball"
2012Shakespeare: The King's ManDuke VincentioMini-series
2013Call the MidwifeCaptain GoodacreEpisode: "Christmas Special"
2014Da Vinci's DemonsJacob Pasha3 episodes
2014–2015Mr SelfridgeMiles EdgertonSeries regular
2016Father BrownJohn LangtonEpisode: "The Star of Jacob"
2018The RoyalsMartin CaineEpisode: "Foul Deeds Will Rise"
DoctorsNick O'LearyEpisode: "A Man on a Mission"
2019The RookDeputy Commissioner Ian BarberEpisode: "Chapter 1"
2020Silent WitnessDS Donald HartEpisode: "Seven Times"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raymond Coulthard TV Guide. TVGuide.com. en. 2019-11-11.
  2. Web site: Interview with Raymond Coulthard, Robert Boulter and Michael Maloney . 2010 . BBC . 18 December 2013.
  3. Web site: BBC - Drama - People Index Ray Coulthard. BBC. www.bbc.co.uk. en-gb. 2019-11-11.
  4. Web site: Ray Coulthard. www.whatsonlive.co.uk. en. 2019-11-11.