James Kane
Actor
SHowreel and SpOTLIGHT LISTING
To view my showreel please visit my Spotlight listing: 9215-0165-3271
CREDITS
FILM (FEATURE):
Solstice (2020)
Sandy Thomson (Lead)
Wizardlight Productions
Feature Film
- Sweden Film Awards 2020
- Redmoon Film Festival 2021
- Sands Film Festival 2021
- Sonder Blu Film Festival 2021
- TIFF the Tagore International Film Festival 2021 (Best Actor: James Kane)
- AIFF Argenteuil International Film Festival 2021 (Best Feature Film)
- Serbia International Youth Film Festival 2022
PODCAST (SERIES):
Ian's Gone Postal (2023 - Series 2 still continues)
Ian (Lead)
A Feral Penguin Production
Dir: Graham Cameron
Ian's Gone Postal (2022 - Series 2 continues)
Ian (Lead)
A Feral Penguin Production
Dir: Graham Cameron
Ian's Gone Postal (2021 - Series 2)
Ian (Lead)
A Feral Penguin Production
Dir: Graham Cameron
Ian's Gone Postal (2020 - Series 1)
Ian (Lead)
A Feral Penguin Production
Dir: Graham Cameron
TV and ONLINE:
Staples 'n' Things (2021)
Cammy
Dir: Amanda McCormack
Heading to Holyrood (2014)
Self (Presenter)
Producers: Holly Ritchie, Eleanor Plackett
BBC Scotland, BBC News
See online edited clips of documentary and related interviews.
To play, hover over bottom left of my picture and select white play icon on red square.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-28369899
Now’s The Hour (2013/14)
Featured Actor
Producer: Sarah Howitt
Dir: Fraser MacLeod
Scottish Youth Theatre. BBC Learning,
BBC2, BBC2 Scotland
Join short clip of documentary from the start - please bear in mind I was 3 years younger.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01wnbbt
BBC Generation 2014
Producers worked with include:
David Stenhouse, Dave Howard,
Lucy Anderson, Lesley Haw,
Esme Kennedy, Jack Kibble-White
and Donna McCabe
Appearances on:
BBC Scotland Reporting Scotland
BBC 1 The One Show
CBBC Newsround
BBC2 Sunday Politics with Gordon Brewer
BBC World News Live from Holyrood
BBC Scotland Debate with Gary Robertson
BBC 2, Scotland 2014 with Sarah Smith
BBC Parliament The Big Conversation, Edith Bowman
Producers worked with include: David Stenhouse, Dave Howard, Lucy Anderson, Lesley Haw, Esmé Kennedy,
Jack Kibble-White, Donna McCabe, Holly Ritchie, Eleanor Plackett, Sarah Howitt
FILM (SHORT) - Drama, Musical, ACTION:
From Within (2022)
Joe (Lead)
Wizardlight Productions
Agent Grey (2022)
Owen Grey (Lead)
Alex Douglas
Guidare (2020)
L'Uomo (Lead)
Wizardlight Productions
Lucky Day (2019)
Fred (Lead)
Katie Clark
A Primera Vista (2017)
Connor (Principal)
Dir: Patrick Rooney
Dear Friend Films
Musical Short Film
- Short and Sweet Film Festival 2018 (USA)
- First-Time Filmmakers Festival Showcase 2018 (Online)
- Gig Harbor Film Festival 2018 (USA)
Ineffable (2017)
Jeremiah (Lead)
Dir: Albert Lucas
Short Film
- Short and Sweet Film Festival 2019 (USA)
- Lift Off Sessions Film Festival 2019 (UK)
Jeremiah is mute; trapped inside his own thoughts after a traumatic event in his childhood. Is there a reason to give his deep-rooted intellect voice and help him overcome his introspective narrative?
Bear Hunt (2017)
James (Supporting)
Dir: Dan Osborne
Sail Away Films/Lost Dog Media/Blackwater Films MMXVII
Short Film
Reboot (2017)
Aaron (Principal)
Dir: Morvie Fik
Short Film
Short trailer showing friends on a journey away from their screen devices.
Footage also used as video in The Southern Sisters music video for 'Journey'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ2sXp5UVnI
G.O.D 5 (2016)
Hai Tien (Actor Combatant)
Dir: Mark Westbrook
Producer: Sharon Lavery
Indie Theory Productions/ACS
Join clip at 2:31 - I'm the male video game character in the red jacket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06yKaZho7cI
Life in a Box (2016)
Alec/Steve (Ensemble)
Dir: Mark Westbrook
Producer: Sharon Lavery
Indie Theory Productions/ACS
Cheating (2016)
Chris (Lead)
Dir: Mark Westbrook
Producer: Sharon Lavery
Indie Theory Productions/ACS
STAGE - Drama, Musical Theatre, Opera:
Knew It! (2023)
Sam (Principal)
Roughly Staged - rehearsed reading
Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
White Christmas Scottish Tour (2018/2019)
Bob Wallace (Principal)
Scottish Tour (including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ayr, Dundee, Perth, Falkirk)
The Amazing Miss MacFarlane (2018)
The Space, Glasgow
Rare Birds (2018)
Francis Proust/Archie Asher
Dir: Reaghan Reilly
Starlight Theatre, Paisley
The Doll Doctor (2018)
The Boy (Principal)
Dir: Bruce Downie
Govanhill Theatre, Glasgow
The Government Inspector (2016)
Khlestakov (Lead)
Dir: Nick J Field
The Old Hairdressers Studio, Glasgow
Troika (2016)
Tommy (Principal)
Dir: Mark Westbrook
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Venue 38
Leftover (2016)
Tiberius (Actor/Musician)
Dir: Nick J Field, Mark Westbrook
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Venue 38
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (2016)
Various/Magician
Dir: Julie Burns
Scottish Opera Connect, Woodside Hall, Glasgow
Clip about the show on YouTube: Join clip at 1:13 or 2:52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TruRn8RLoUI
Dr Ferret’s Bad Medicine Roadshow (2015)
Father/Chorus
Dir: Julie Burns
Scottish Opera Connect, Websters Theatre, Glasgow
Blabbermouth (2014)
Guest Artist
Dir: Graham Mclaren
National Theatre of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh
Trailer clip on Vimeo: Join clip at 0:22 - I feature just after Tam Dean Burn
Anamchara: Songs of Friendship (2014)
Chorus
Dir: Lissa Lorenzo, Martin O’Connor
Scottish Opera, Theatre Royal Glasgow (Commonwealth Games)
The Making of Ali and Nino (2014)
Headmaster/Ensemble
Dir: Joe Douglas
MD: Tarek Merchant
YMT:UK, The Wilde Theatre, Bracknell
Misper (2014)
Barry Rook (Principal)
Dir: Lissa Lorenzo
Scottish Opera Connect, Scottish Opera Production Studios, Glasgow
Terry Pratchett’s Soul Music (2013)
Sailor Humbug
Dir: Luke Sheppard
MD: Craig Adams
Book: Andrew Doyle
Chor: Cressida Carré
YMT:UK, The Wilde Theatre, Bracknell
The Salsa Sisters (2012)
Barry the Brass/Ensemble
Dir: Steven Dexter
MD: Tarek Merchant
Book: Linda Walton
Chor: Miriam Faura
YMT:UK, The Barbican Theatre, Plymouth
RADIO:
BBC Generation 2014
Featured on:
Various BBC Regional Radio Stations
BBC Radio1 Newsbeat,
BBC World News
BBC Radio 4 - The Today Programme, James Naughtie
BBC Radio 5 - 5 Live Drive with Peter Allen
BBC1, BBC 2 - The Big Conversation with Edith Bowman
PRI The World, Global Radio Canada
The Culture Studio with Janice Forsyth (2014)
Pick of the Day
BBC Radio Scotland My Love is Like a Mobile Phone
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01tdfzr
COMMERCIAL:
Featured Customer (Lead) (2016)
Tap&Tag demo video
tapandtag.co.uk
Join clip on YouTube at 0:18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6eCRlXBFJ4
Modelling/stills:
Body Image (2021)
Iain Gallacher Photography
Prospectus and publicity (2019)
Glasgow Caledonian University
more information:
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