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He just finished a tour with the West Yorkshire Playhouse production of The History Boys by Alan Bennet, in which he played Posner.
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James Byng
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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 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 2008-2009 Byng appeared in the role of John Darling in the musical Peter Pan at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds.
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.
James has also been seen and heard as host and resident jazz vocalist at the Starlight Theatre, Manchester, and the Grove Inn Jazz Club in Leeds.
Oliver in Oliver!, London Palladium Oliver in Mr. Producer, Lyceum Theatre Gavroche in Les Misérables, Palace Theatre Oliver in Oliver! United Kingdom Tour, Theatre Royal, Plymouth Hobbit, Orc and other roles in The Lord of the Rings, Theatre Royal Drury Lane Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings, Theatre Royal Drury Lane John Darling in Peter Pan, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds David Posner in The History Boys, United Kingdom Tour Nick Willow in Carrie"s War, United Kingdom Tour Prince/Soldier/Son/Beautiful Bird in The Grimm Tales, Shoreditch Town Hall Texatone in Secret Cinema - Back to the Future, Leeds Frog King and Young King in The Grimm Tales, The Bargehouse at Oxo Tower Wharf George Hawthorne in Goodbye Mr.
Chips Montague Bear in Rupert Brockstein"s Blood Red Letters.
