Bradley James  Bradley Michael James (born 11 October 1983) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Arthur Pendragon in the BBC TV series "Merlin," Damien in "Damien (TV series)", Varga in "", Giuliano de' Medici "in (2018) and" Brigadier General Felix Sparks in "The Liberator (2020)." James was born in Exeter, Devon, England. He lived in North Bradley in Wiltshire before his family moved to Jacksonville, Florida, when he was nine. During his time there, he attended Crown Point Elementary and Fletcher Middle School, before returning to England to attend Madeley High School in Madeley, Staffordshire, England. Growing up James was a competitive football player but decided to pursue acting full time. From 2004 to 2007 James attended Drama Centre London, graduating with a Bachelors of Arts degree in acting. James first appeared in an episode of "Lewis" in 2008 and also played the part of Ben Davis in the BBC Three comedy-drama film "Dis/Connected" that same year. Following his performance in Dis/Connected the producers immediately cast him in as King Arthur, in the BBC One fantasy TV series "Merlin". The show was a consistent hit series in the US; its first season was shown on the broadcast network NBC and its second, third, fourth, and fifth seasons on NBC's affiliate cable network Syfy. "Merlin" ended its 5-year run in 2012. James went on an exploration of Arthurian legends for BBC Wales, "The Real Merlin & Arthur", in 2009. James also guest-starred as Edgar in the fourth season of the Emmy Award winning political thriller television series "Homeland" in 2014. In 2015, James was cast as a villain in "". The same year, he appeared in the television series "iZombie" as recurring character Lowell Tracey, a love interest for main character Liv. He starred as title character Damien Thorn on the television series "Damien", created by "The Walking Dead's" Glen Mazzara a sequel to the "Omen" film series. The show debuted in March 2016. In 2017 James was cast as Giuliano de' Medici "in (2018)" alongside Daniel Sharman "as" Lorenzo de' Medici. In 2018 James was cast in the lead role of American war hero Felix Sparks in "The Liberator (2020)" Netflix’s four-part World War II drama series based on the book by Alex Kershaw.