David James (actor, born 1972) David James (actor, born 1972) David James (born 28 October 1972) is a South African film, theatre, and television actor known mainly for playing the villainous Koobus Venter in the 2009 Oscar-nominated science fiction film "". He is also known to South African audiences for his 2004-2006 appearance as "Mad Dog" on the long-running soap opera "Isidingo", for his portrayal as Joel Joffe in the large-scale and well-received 2010 and 2011 stage productions of "Rivonia Trial", and for his current role as radio station manager Hermanus Meyer on the soap opera "Rhythm City". James grew up in Paarl, Western Cape,
James Northcote (actor) James Northcote (actor) James Northcote (born James Walker; 10 October 1987) is a British actor and producer who has appeared in "The Last Kingdom (TV series)","The Imitation Game", "Nymphomaniac", "Anna Karenina" and "Wuthering Heights". Northcote, born in London,was brought up and went to school in the West Country. He went into drama at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he studied English. As a member of the National Youth Theatre, playing celebrity chef Alexis Soyer in their 2010 production of "Relish", about the life of Soyer under the direction of Paul Roseby. At University he appeared with the Cambridge Footlights notably as