James Byng (born 1985) is an English actor and vocalist. Acting since
the age of ten, James made his West End debut in the title role of
Oliver! at the London Palladium. He played the same role in the
national tour of Oliver! and at the Royal Charity Gala Hey! Mr.
Producer, honoring theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh at the
Lyceum Theatre on 8 June 1998. Byng also played Gavroche in Les
Misérables at the Palace Theatre. From 2007 to 2008 he was seen on
stage at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, first playing various ensemble
roles and then taking over the part of Frodo Baggins in Matthew
Warchus' theatrical adaption of The Lord of the Rings. In 2008-09 Byng
appeared in the role of John Darling in the musical Peter Pan at the
West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. He just finished a tour with the
West Yorkshire Playhouse production of The History Boys by Alan
Bennet, in which he played Posner. From September until November 2010
Byng was on tour with a production of Carrie's War in the role of Nick
Willow. After performing in Secret Cinema - Back to the Future he can
currently be seen in The Grimm Tales at The Bargehouse at Oxo Tower
Wharf.Byng's television and film work includes the role of George
Hawthorne in the 2002 television adaptation of Goodbye Mr. Chips,
starring Martin Clunes which aired both in Great Britain and in the
United States. In this made-for-television film he appeared as James
Malcolm. He also played wayward American Montague Bear in the
independent film Rupert Brockstein's Blood Red Letters.
the age of ten, James made his West End debut in the title role of
Oliver! at the London Palladium. He played the same role in the
national tour of Oliver! and at the Royal Charity Gala Hey! Mr.
Producer, honoring theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh at the
Lyceum Theatre on 8 June 1998. Byng also played Gavroche in Les
Misérables at the Palace Theatre. From 2007 to 2008 he was seen on
stage at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, first playing various ensemble
roles and then taking over the part of Frodo Baggins in Matthew
Warchus' theatrical adaption of The Lord of the Rings. In 2008-09 Byng
appeared in the role of John Darling in the musical Peter Pan at the
West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. He just finished a tour with the
West Yorkshire Playhouse production of The History Boys by Alan
Bennet, in which he played Posner. From September until November 2010
Byng was on tour with a production of Carrie's War in the role of Nick
Willow. After performing in Secret Cinema - Back to the Future he can
currently be seen in The Grimm Tales at The Bargehouse at Oxo Tower
Wharf.Byng's television and film work includes the role of George
Hawthorne in the 2002 television adaptation of Goodbye Mr. Chips,
starring Martin Clunes which aired both in Great Britain and in the
United States. In this made-for-television film he appeared as James
Malcolm. He also played wayward American Montague Bear in the
independent film Rupert Brockstein's Blood Red Letters.
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