James Barbour Biography

James is currently starring as ‘Sydney Carton' in the Broadway production of A Tale Of Two Cities at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City.

Jeams Barbour has starred on Broadway in such Tony award winning shows as Disney's Beauty and the Beast as "the Beast", Carousel as "Billy Bigelow", Urinetown as "Officer Lockstock," as "Edward Rochester" in Jane Eyre (for which he was nominated for a drama league award) and Assassins as ‘Leon Czolgosz'

He has also appeared on Broadway in Cyrano and the National Tour of The Secret Garden.

His voice can be heard on the Sony Classic cast recording of Jane Eyre, The Gift on Geffen Records, the Live CD recording of his self produced stage show Back From Broadway (for which he won an LA Weekly garland award), the recording of Assassins and singing the title role in the upcoming release of the Frank Wildhorn musical Dracula.

He was nominated for an LA Ovation Award for playing Daniel Gregg in the NOHO Arts Centre production of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and won the Sarasota Magazine Best Actor in a Musical award for his portrayal of Sydney Carton in A Tale Of Two Cities at The Asolo Theatre.

His television credits range from the pilots of The District, Just Shoot Me and Flashpoint to appearances on Sex and the City, Ed, That's Life, PBS Great Performances tribute to Oscar Hammerstein, Beauty and the Beast in Concert for CBS and the mini-series An American Experience: John and Abigail Adams for PBS.

Film credits include Alchemy starring opposite Tom Cavanagh and Sarah Chalke, Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, Waiting for Lefty, The Tell Tale Heart and Twinkle Toes with Sally Kirkland.

An author and producer, James is responsible for Back From Broadway in conjunction with Steinway concert artist Hershey Felder in which he also co-starred. The show played to sold out crowds in Los Angeles, Florida, Boston and Lincoln Center Theatre in New York.

Mr. Barbour is considered one of the most sought after performers on Broadway today. He is on the "A" list of actors asked to develop new works for the industry's leading writers and composers such as Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Frank Wildhorn, and Christopher Durang to name a few.