James Payton

Born under a Full Moon to Nigel and Jennifer Payton in the cold, dark winter of 1975 at St Paul's Hospital, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, James Payton was educated in the local area by rogues, vagabonds, bounders, cads, and the cinema. He is best known for his performances as Frank Longbottom in Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix (2007), USO Hitler in Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Tony Blair in the Nick Moran directed film of Alan McGee's life, Creation Stories (2021), as a Lawyer in Rian Johnson's 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' (2022) , as himself in Oliver Guy-Watkins award winning documentary, Who is James Payton? (2020), & as 'Gabriel' in two episodes of 'Wedding Season' (2022) on Disney+. Upcoming work includes Luc Besson's 'Dogman' (2023), alongside Caleb Landry-Jones. He cites Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness, David Niven and Noël Coward as influences. James continues to work in Film, Television and Commercials despite numerous attempts to stop him. He still lives in London, even though he should know better.