Background
Terry was born in and grew up in Hertfordshire, north of London, and persuaded his parents to let him attend acting classes when he was five years old.
Terry was born in and grew up in Hertfordshire, north of London, and persuaded his parents to let him attend acting classes when he was five years old.
Cardiff University.
He is best known internationally for starring as James in the 1996 film adaptation of Roald Dahl"s James and the Giant Peach. He also starred in the four seasons of the children"s sitcom Microsoap (1998–2000). He made his stage debut the following year in a regional production of Turgenev"s A Month in the Country.
Director Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) chose Terry out of hundreds of child actors to play the part of James in James and the Giant Peach.
The role required live acting as well as animation voice-work and singing. The live-action sequences were filmed in San Francisco, and the shoot took six weeks.
Terry later starred in the 26 episodes of the children"s sitcom Microsoap, co-produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Disney Channel, from September 1998 through February 2000. The program aired in the United Kingdom, in the United States., and internationally.
Terry gave up acting after the series ended.
In the 2000s he was the bass guitar player for the indie band Glassapple. The group gigged in the London area, toured in the United States., and in 2005 released a 3-track European Parliament.
Terry received a master"s degree in civil engineering from Cardiff University, and his employment has included British Aerospace Systems. As of 2014 he is a mathemathics teacher and aspiring novelist, and lives in County Durham in northeast England.