James Nesbitt is an Irish actor and TV presenter. Starting his career on stage, he has appeared in numerous plays including Paddywack, Translations, As You Like It, Philadelphia Here I Come, and Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay and most recently Shoot The Crow in the West End.

His first major TV roles included Ballykissangel and Playing The Field but it was the BAFTA award winning Cold Feet that brought James Nesbitt to the attention of a wider audience.

Since then, TV roles have included Monroe and Murphy’s Law, Jekyll, The Passion, The Deep and Babylon. He has starred in multiple critically acclaimed film roles, including Bloody Sunday, Danny Boyle’s movie Millions, BAFTA award-winning Occupation for BBC One. James Nesbitt has also starred in Coriolanus, alongside Ralph Fiennes and Gerard Butler. James Nesbitt also recently starred as Bofur in The Hobbit trilogy.

An extremely experience host, James Nesbitt has hosted the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) for the past six years, hosted the Travel Trade Gazette Awards, The Empire Awards, GQ Awards and the Campaign Media Awards and the Music Week Awards. He is also an accomplished after dinner speaker.