David James (actor, born 1972) Santos, who was brought onto the film in its late stage of development when the original director left the production after a disagreement with the films Producer, Anton Ernst. Dos Santos said in one interview that he "hadn't had a chance" to talk to James about his character until after filming began. "Eternity" was lambasted by critics. In 2011 James played Dieter, one of a gang of ruthless kidnappers, in the British miniseries "Kidnap and Ransom", which was produced by and starred actor Trevor Eve. The three-part miniseries about a hostage negotiator (Eve) was filmed entirely in South Africa and
James Bate (actor) James Bate (actor) James Bate (10 April 1945 — 19 May 1992) was a British actor of television, film and stage, who was best known for playing David Allman in the ITV crime thriller series "Sleuth". Bate was born into a working class family, Bate was raised along with his brothers in a two-bedroomed apartment in the London Borough of Islington by his father who was a steel worker and his mother who was a midwife. James was his stage name. He was named Anthony and chose the acting name of James as there was another actor called Anthony Bate.