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James Tovell

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I Am a Killer (2018–2025)
James Tovell is known for Cradle to Grave (2017), The Lizard Boy (2010) and Dark Matters: Twisted But True (2011).
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    • Known for

    Cradle to Grave (2017)
    Cradle to Grave
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2017
    The Lizard Boy
    Short
    • Director
    • 2010
    Dark Matters: Twisted But True (2011)
    Dark Matters: Twisted But True
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    Size Matters (2018)
    Size Matters
    6.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2025
    • Human (2025)
      Human
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Science grand format (2016)
      Science grand format
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors (2024)
      Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Earth (2023)
      Earth
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb (2020)
      Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2020
    • I Am a Killer (2018)
      I Am a Killer
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Size Matters (2018)
      Size Matters
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • links director
      • documentary director
      • 2018
    • Cradle to Grave (2017)
      Cradle to Grave
      8.3
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Mark Ricci and Emma Cheuk in Web of Lies (2014)
      Web of Lies
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Nirvana Nokwe-Mseleku, Aidan Hyland, and Juan Oosthuizen in Quarx (2015)
      Quarx
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2015
    • Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets (2014)
      Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2014)
      Autopsy: The Last Hours of
      7.7
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2014
    • Locked Up Abroad (2007)
      Locked Up Abroad
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Dark Matters: Twisted But True (2011)
      Dark Matters: Twisted But True
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012

    Producer

    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • produced by
      • 2025
    • Earth (2023)
      Earth
      8.5
      TV Series
      • producer director
      • 2023
    • I Am a Killer (2018)
      I Am a Killer
      7.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Cradle to Grave (2017)
      Cradle to Grave
      8.3
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Back from the Dead (2011)
      Back from the Dead
      6.8
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Filthy Cities (2011)
      Filthy Cities
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • drama producer
      • 2011
    • The Lizard Boy
      Short
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Gladiators: Back from the Dead (2010)
      Gladiators: Back from the Dead
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2010

    Actor

    • Locked Up Abroad (2007)
      Locked Up Abroad
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Major Phil Ashby
      • 2009
    • The IT Crowd (2006)
      The IT Crowd
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Terry
      • 2008
    • EastEnders (1985)
      EastEnders
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Letting Agent
      • 2007
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Manson
      • 2005
    • Aidan McArdle in Einstein's Big Idea (2005)
      Einstein's Big Idea
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • Manson
      • 2005
    • The Real... (1998)
      The Real...
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Gambler
      • 2003
    • Steel Tempest (2000)
      Steel Tempest
      3.4
      Video
      • Unterscharfuhrer Becker
      • 2000
    • Othello: A Critical Guide
      Video
      • Cassio
      • 1997
    • Romeo and Juliet: A Critical Guide
      Video
      • Romeo
      • 1997
    • Macbeth (1997)
      Macbeth
      5.3
      • Fleance
      • 1997

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    Series One Promo

    Personal details

    • Other works
      Appeared as Cassio in "Othello", as part of a series of educationary TV shows about Shakespeare's plays, which included acted excerpts from the plays (a Cromwell production).

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