Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

March 11, 1952 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Bilston, Staffordshire, England, UK

Popular Genres

Comedy Drama Romance

Career Span

1986 – Present

James Fleet

1 win

261 nominations

1 Oscar

61 credits

James Edward Fleet (born 11 March 1952) is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley.

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Personal Info

Born

Mar 11, 1952

From

Bilston, Staffordshire, England, UK

Known For

Acting

Career

1986 – Present

Known For

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

as John Dashwood

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

The Spy Who Dumped Me

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

as Charles Fraser-Smith

The Lost King

as John Ashdown-Hill

Blithe Spirit

A Cock and Bull Story

A Cock and Bull Story

The Grotesque

as Inspector Limp

Love & Friendship

Love & Friendship

as Sir Reginald DeCourcy

Charlotte Gray

as Richard Cannerly

Two Men Went To War

Two Men Went To War

Frequent Collaborators

Hugh Grant

2 shared projects

in "Sense and Sensibility"

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Simon Callow

2 shared projects

in "The Phantom of the Opera"

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Andie MacDowell

Andie MacDowell

1 shared project

in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

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Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas

1 shared project

in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

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John Hannah

1 shared project

in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

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Charlotte Coleman

Charlotte Coleman

1 shared project

in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

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1 shared project

in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

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Corin Redgrave

1 shared project

in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

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Rowan Atkinson

1 shared project

in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

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Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor

1 shared project

in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

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Timothy Walker

1 shared project

in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

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Sara Crowe

1 shared project

in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

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Award Recognition

1

Win

261

Nominations

1

Oscar

Complete Filmography

2025

My Mother’s Wedding

2024

A Very British Hotel at Christmas as Narrator

2023

Dodger Special: Bad Egg as Judge Fang

2022

Operation Mincemeat as Charles Fraser-Smith Award

The Lost King as John Ashdown-Hill Award

Wolf Manor as Oliver Lawrence

Dodger Special: Train as Judge Fang

Dodger Special: Christmas as Judge Fang

2021

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out as Self

2020

Blithe Spirit as Harry Price Award

The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown as Hugo Horton

2019

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding as Tom

Born a King as George V Award

National Theatre Live: Les Blancs as Dr. Willy Dekoven

2018

The Spy Who Dumped Me as Tom Award

Death on the Tyne as Captain Jack Pearson

2017

Revolution: New Art for a New World as Wassily Kandinsky (voice)

Love of My Life as Tom

2016

Love & Friendship as Sir Reginald DeCourcy Award

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Hugo Horton (archive footage) (uncredited) Award

Billionaire Boy as Mr Darrow

2014

Mr. Turner as John Constable Award

2013

Murder on the Home Front as Professor Stephens

2011

The Decoy Bride as William Award

2009

Micro Men as Kenneth Baker

2007

Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle as Alan Jenkins

2005

A Cock and Bull Story as Simon

2004

The Phantom of the Opera as Lefevre Award

2003

Blackball as Alan the Pipe

Promoted to Glory as Michael Prendergast

South from Granada as Lytton Strachey

Three Sisters as Kulygin

2002

Two Men Went To War as Maj. Bates Award

Fields of Gold as Alan Buckley

Young Arthur as Merlin

Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime as Alderman Fitzwarren

2001

Charlotte Gray as Richard Cannerly Award

2000

Kevin & Perry Go Large as Dad Award

1999

1998

Frenchman's Creek as Sir Harry

1997

1996

Eskimo Day as Simon

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders as James Bland

Crossing the Floor as Prime Minister

Lord of Misrule as Prime Minister

1995

Sense and Sensibility as John Dashwood Award

The Grotesque as Inspector Limp

The Butterfly Effect as Oswald

3 Steps to Heaven as Harry Roberts

1994

Four Weddings and a Funeral as Tom Award

Milner as Hugh Bonning

1993

Femme Fatale as Algie

An Exchange of Fire as Michael Shanks

1992

Running Late as James Grahame

Electric Moon as Simon Lidell

Blue Black Permanent as Jim Thorburn

1991

They Never Slept as Bob

1987

Still Crazy Like a Fox as Bellhop

1986

Defence of the Realm as Ministry Man

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Sense and Sensibility

The Phantom of the Opera

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Operation Mincemeat

The Lost King

Blithe Spirit

A Cock and Bull Story

Love & Friendship

Career Statistics

Roles by Genre

Genre Evolution