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James Xavier Lam
Birthday
1990-06-12Place of Birth
Newmarket, Suffolk, England, UKBiography
James Xavier Lam is an Actor, Voice Over Artist, and Comedian from Cambridge, England. He was born in Newmarket, Suffolk in December, 1990 to Maria and Xavier Lam. Shortly after his birth, the Lam family moved to Hong Kong, this is where James' sister Siobhan B Lam was born in 1995. After a short 3 year stint in Dubai, the family moved back to England in 1999, which is where James received a majority of his training and schooling. James started his acting career on the West End of London, booking ensemble and lead roles in large theaters, such as 'Her Majesty's Theatre' 'The Lyceum' and many more. After attending a Speech and Drama school in Cambridge, James took his Bronze, and Silver medal LAMDA examinations, earning Distinctions in both. In 2007, James was accepted into the National Youth Theatre's summer course. In the Winter of 2010, James was selected out of several hundred applicants to be part of Kevin Spacey's 'The Class' a pilot for the now wildly successful Masterclass online series. Shortly after this James made his transition from stage to screen and found a penchant for Independent film and Voice Work. He worked exclusively as the resident actor for the BFI (British Film Institute) Academy program from the year 2013 - 2014 and appeared in two of the projects produced during that time, alongside tutoring film making students on working with actors on set. Following his move to Canada in the summer of 2015, James has been active in the indie film, academic, voice acting, and theatre communities.
