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James Fleet

Date of birth: 1952-03-11

Place of birth: Bilston, Staffordshire, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as: ​James Edward Fleet, Джеймс Флит, James George, جیمز فلیت

James Fleet

Biography

​James Edward Fleet (born 11 March 1952) is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley.

Movie Credits

Four Weddings and a Funeral
3.4

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994-03-09

Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may

Kevin & Perry Go Large
2.5

Kevin & Perry Go Large

2000-04-20

When stubborn, spotty Kevin and his equally hopeless best friend Perry go on holiday to the party is

Charlotte Gray
3.1

Charlotte Gray

2001-12-28

This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the

Blackball
2.6

Blackball

2003-05-18

Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptio

Milk
1

Milk

1999-01-01

Forty-five-year-old Adrian has been living with his mother Lucy and running their Wiltshire dairy fa

Running Late
0

Running Late

1992-10-11

Television interviewer George Grant, renowned for his ability to get at the truth, is at the peak of

Two Men Went To War
3.3

Two Men Went To War

2002-11-01

Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action,

Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle
2.5

Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle

2007-11-13

Theres trouble brewing in Downtown Coventry. Mobster, Ray Carlton has a dreamcasinos! Hes got dirt o

3 Steps to Heaven
1.3

3 Steps to Heaven

1995-01-01

A bereaved woman adopts multiple disguises to track down the last three people to see her boyfriend

Blue Black Permanent
2.8

Blue Black Permanent

1992-01-01

In 1990s Edinburgh, Barbara Thorburn reflects on memories of her poet mother, Greta, and her tragic

Operation Mincemeat
3.3

Operation Mincemeat

2022-04-01

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a

The Lost King
3.3

The Lost King

2022-10-07

An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's rem

Wolf Manor
2.8

Wolf Manor

2022-08-28

Shooting a vampire flick in an old, abandoned manor house should have worked like a dream, but the f

Eskimo Day
3.8

Eskimo Day

1996-04-04

Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that

They Never Slept
0

They Never Slept

1991-01-20

When plucky Corporal Pru Merriman reports to her superiors Monk and Bob for driving duty, she finds

Electric Moon
0

Electric Moon

1992-12-04

Set in an expensive tourist lodge in the forests of central India run by former royalty, Raja Ran Bi

Mr. Turner
3.3

Mr. Turner

2014-10-31

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes inv

A Cock and Bull Story
3.1

A Cock and Bull Story

2005-07-17

Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the epo

My Mother's Wedding
3.6

My Mother's Wedding

2025-08-08

Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the moth

Sense and Sensibility
3.7

Sense and Sensibility

1995-12-13

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, find that their chances at marriage s

Three Sisters
0

Three Sisters

2003-02-13

Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual exil

Dodger Special: Train
0

Dodger Special: Train

2022-11-27

Dodger reunites with Fagin's gang, and they try their boldest plan yet - a train robbery!

Dodger Special: Bad Egg
0

Dodger Special: Bad Egg

2023-04-07

When a heist goes wrong, Dodger is given his harshest punishment yet - school!

Dodger Special: Christmas
0

Dodger Special: Christmas

2022-12-04

A kind-hearted deed for an old friend leads Dodger to break into 10 Downing Street.

Common Pursuit
0

Common Pursuit

1992-11-09

Common Pursuit is a play by Simon Gray which follows the lives of six characters who first meet as u

The Grotesque
2.6

The Grotesque

1995-09-09

Sir Hugo is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, L

Femme Fatale
0

Femme Fatale

1993-02-07

Sicilian-born Maddalena has moved to a Devonshire village in England to escape volatile sexual tempe

Micro Men
3.6

Micro Men

2009-10-08

In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home in

Billionaire Boy
2.9

Billionaire Boy

2016-01-01

The story of Len, who made a billion dollars from inventing a new toilet roll, and his 12-year-old s

Remember Me?
2

Remember Me?

1997-01-02

A domestic farce exposes the eccentricities of a "typical" middle class, suburban family who find th

Love & Friendship
3

Love & Friendship

2016-05-26

From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
3

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

1996-10-13

After being born in prison, Moll Flanders wends her way through the top and bottom of 18th-century E

Fields of Gold
0

Fields of Gold

2002-06-08

A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid

South from Granada
2.9

South from Granada

2003-01-09

Brenan arrives at Yegen on foot, interrupting the funeral held for the daughter of the local cacique

The Butterfly Effect
3.2

The Butterfly Effect

1995-12-20

Luis, a Spanish student, goes to London to get a course in Economics. He lives at a house the neighb

Young Arthur
0

Young Arthur

2002-05-02

Unaired TV movie pilot for a TV series on the childhood of King Arthur.

Broken Bird
2.1

Broken Bird

2024-08-30

Whilst working at a funeral parlour, a lonely mortician develops a dark obsession with a local man.

Lord of Misrule
0

Lord of Misrule

1996-05-06

Comedy drama. Retired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspape

Promoted to Glory
0

Promoted to Glory

2003-12-21

An alcoholic falls in love with a Salvation Army captain who is trying to help him.

Milner
3

Milner

1994-12-19

Stephen Milner is a solicitor, but he fits uneasily into the world of Lewis Strange and Partners, wh

Love of My Life
2.5

Love of My Life

2017-02-17

What if you had only five days to figure out... everything.

Still Crazy Like a Fox
3.9

Still Crazy Like a Fox

1987-04-05

Jack Warden is back as quirky detective Harry Fox, who becomes a suspect in a murder case while on h

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2.9

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

2016-09-12

Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context fro

The Decoy Bride
3

The Decoy Bride

2011-06-06

A local woman is hired to draw paparazzi away from a Hollywood actress who has come to Scotland to g

Crossing the Floor
3.4

Crossing the Floor

1996-10-05

Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservat

Defence of the Realm
3.2

Defence of the Realm

1986-05-09

A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB ag

Revolution: New Art for a New World
3.8

Revolution: New Art for a New World

2017-03-08

Drawing on the collections of major Russian institutions, contributions from contemporary artists, c

The Spy Who Dumped Me
3.2

The Spy Who Dumped Me

2018-08-02

A couple of thirtysomething best friends unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy

Frenchman's Creek
2.5

Frenchman's Creek

1998-12-19

Seeking to escape the stifling London court society, the beautiful headstrong Lady Dona St. Columb f

Murder on the Home Front
3.3

Murder on the Home Front

2013-05-09

At the height of the London blitz, Dr Lennox Collins, pioneer of the new forensic science, is enlist

Death on the Tyne
2.9

Death on the Tyne

2018-12-15

Draper's Tours are taking Mildred and her care home friends on an overnight ferry trip from North Sh

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
3.5

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

2019-03-15

You’re invited to the wedding of the year, as the original cast of Four Weddings and a Funeral reuni

Blithe Spirit
2.9

Blithe Spirit

2020-11-10

A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summ

National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
3

National Theatre Live: Les Blancs

2019-09-01

An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial pr

The Phantom of the Opera
3.6

The Phantom of the Opera

2004-12-08

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath

Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
3

Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime

2002-01-01

An adaptation of the folktale about a lonely boy, his beloved cat, and the hard decisions that come

The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
3

The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown

2020-12-20

The nation's favourite vicar muses upon lockdown, social distancing, masks and absent friends.

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
0

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

2021-03-06

Dawn French and Richard Curtis take viewers on a joyful stroll down memory lane as they look back at

Born a King
3.7

Born a King

2019-04-25

A coming-of-age story set in 1919 about 14 year old Faisal, an Arab prince who is dispatched from th

A Very British Hotel at Christmas
4

A Very British Hotel at Christmas

2024-12-18

Cameras go behind the scenes at Brown's, London's oldest luxury hotel, during the Christmas season,