James Dominic Frain was born on 14 March 1968, in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and is best known as an actor who played Ferdinand Chevalier in eight episodes of the TV series ‘‘Orphan Black’’.
So just how rich is James Frain as of early 2018? According to authoritative sources, this actor has a net worth of over $3 million, with his wealth being accumulated from his over two decades long career in the previously mentioned field.
James Frain Net Worth $3 Million
Frain spent his formative years in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex and attended Newport Free Grammar School. Having matriculated, he enrolled into the University of East Anglia, where he studied English, Film and Drama, and additionally studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Frain made his acting debut with the role of Peter Whistler in ‘’Shadowlands’’ in 1993, side by side with prominent people such as Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. Two years later, he landed the role of Julius Folyat in four episodes of ‘‘The Buccaneers’’, and in the same year remained busy with several other projects. In 1996, Frain played a supporting role in ‘’Rasputin’’, a biography movie drama that won three Golden Globes and five additional awards. In the following year, he starred in ‘’Red Meat’’ alongside Lara Flynn Boyle and played the title character in ‘’Macbeth on the Estate’’. Frain followed by portraying Jean Vigo in ‘’Vigo: A Passion For Life’’ in 1998, and was subsequently cast to play Schahzenan / Harun al-Rashid in ‘‘Arabian Nights’’, adding steadily to his net worth.
In the early 2000s, James had a lot on his plate, but most notably played the role of J. F. Villefort in ‘’The Count of Monte Cristo’’. As of 2005, James joined the critically acclaimed action crime series ‘’24’’, and worked on several episodes. Besides that, he portrayed Brutus in ‘’Empire’’, acting alongside Santiago Cabrera and Vincent Regan, followed in the next year with a supporting role in ‘’The Front Line’’, and subsequently joined ‘’Tudors’’, a drama history series in which he played the significant role of Thomas Cromwell; the series received worldwide praise and won numerous awards such as Primetime Emmy in multiple categories, and the ASCAP Award for Top Television Series four years in a row. In 2009, he was a guest star in an episode of the popular television series ‘’Grey’s Anatomy’’ and ‘’Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’’, and continued with support roles on television in 2010, cast as Franklin Mott in ‘’True Blood’’, but then in 2012 he played one of the main characters in ‘’Transit’’, and in 2013 he joined the cast of ‘’The White Queen’’, remaining in the series for five episodes.
More recently, James portrayed Lieutenant Kevin Burris in ‘’True Detective’’, and Theo Galavan/Azrael in 22 episodes of ‘’Gotham’’. The year of 2015 was significant for Frain because he landed the role of Ferdinand Chevalier in the worldwide critically acclaimed series ‘’Orphan Black’’.
When it comes to James’ future projects, his film ‘’The Jester from Transylvania’’ is in post-production.
Speaking about his private life, James has been married to Marta Cunningham since 2004, and the couple has two children together. He is active on social media websites such as Twitter and Instagram, and is followed by 12,800 people on the former and 2,200 on the latter.
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