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James Callis

(1971) Actor United Kingdom

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James Callis is an actor from the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts About James Callis

Born: June 4, 1971
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Actor

About James Callis

James Nicholas Callis is an English actor. He is known for playing Dr. Gaius Baltar in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series, and Bridget Jones' best friend Tom in the Bridget Jones film series. He appeared in the television series Eureka and 12 Monkeys on Syfy as Dr. Trevor Grant and Athan Cole "The Witness", respectively. Since 2017, he has voiced the character Alucard in the Netflix series Castlevania and Castlevania: Nocturne, based on the video game series of the same name. In 2022, he appeared in season 2 of Star Trek: Picard as Jean-Luc's father in childhood flashbacks.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Saturn Awards

Quotes by James Callis

I think that there should be a Gaius Baltar Award for Moral Cowardice given out to people every year.

Award

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Film and television as a medium has only very recently begun to be taught at the great drama schools in the UK.…

Cinema

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You can go lots of places as Gaius Baltar that other people aren't allowed to pursue.

Allowed

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From university, I tried to get into the profession almost immediately, and just got kind of kicked back in London, by lots…

Drama

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When somebody says, Action, I act. When they say, Cut, thats my job. Ive done it.

Action

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Whenever I hear somebody go, "I feel so religious right now!" I'm like, "Well, you're tying yourself up in knots, are you?"…

Belonging

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I was desperate to do more TV and film. Because I considered myself to be a theater creature. A theater animal. I…

Animal

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On a personal note, myself, I find religion - I can understand it, I can understand why we have it, as a…

Education

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On a personal note, myself, I find religion - I can understand it, I can understand why we have it, as a…

Force

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I've got to take a bit of a break from science fiction. As much as I've loved this stuff, I'm ready for…

Break

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Belief is everything when you're performing something. If you don't have the belief behind it, then that actually puts a shunt on…

Belief

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Rather than, as an actor, I want the audience to like me, I'm going to smile beautifully and I've got everybody's sympathy…

Audience

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When I was at drama school in the U.K., I was there for two and a half years, and we did one…

Before

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Jokes are very curious things psychologically.

Curious

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My Latin education teaches me that religion comes from religio, which means, 'to bind.' To bind with rope. And that's all it…

Bind

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Jane Austen is very amusing.

Amusing

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I went to study English for two reasons. Principally because when I was in university, studying drama wasn't considered an option. You…

Because

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One of my kids keeps on saying that he wants to be a paleontologist, but first he wants to make a time…

Back

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I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life.

Convinced

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I've been acting for years and years, at prep school - school plays, that kind of thing. That was always very high…

Acting

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You can't find that moment when you became somebody else, because everything is in flux. So as it were, the torturous period…

Moments

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I think it was in my second week that I auditioned for Battlestar. I was very "Oh gosh, I want to be…

Thinking

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You don't want to diminish anybody's pain and suffering.

Anybody

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I did worry about being in a science-fiction show. The bits that I was reading, I felt were funny, and I felt…

Children

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I think the level of devotion some sci-fi fans display turns other people off.

Devotion

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