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James Louis de Zogheb Dreyfus (born 9 October 1968) is an English actor most notable for roles on television sitcoms The Thin Blue Line as Constable Kevin Goody, and Gimme Gimme Gimme as Tom Farrell. Dreyfus is most recently known for a role as the Reverend Roger Jones in Mount Pleasant.
In London's West End, Dreyfus starred in The Producers in 2004 as Carmen Ghia. In 2006, he starred as the Emcee in Cabaret.
He was educated at Harrow School. He then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Dreyfus's first television break came with the BBC comedy series Absolutely Fabulous. followed by roles as Constable Kevin Goody in Ben Elton's sitcom The Thin Blue Line and Tom Farrell, the gay flatmate of Linda la Hughes (Kathy Burke) in Gimme Gimme Gimme. Dreyfus played opposite Bette Midler in the short-lived American sitcom Bette.
Known for portraying "camp, endearing characters," Dreyfus (in a Sheengate Publishing interview) compared the character Frank Spencer from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, whom he described as a campy but married heterosexual, to Dreyfus's character Kevin Goody from The Thin Blue Line. Regarding his character Tom Farrell from Gimme Gimme Gimme, Dreyfus hypothesized that, even if the character were heterosexual, the actor would still portray Tom as camp and flamboyant. Furthermore, Dreyfus said that he felt that he became typecast due to his portrayals of "flamboyant" characters. Our interview with James Dreyfus . Interviewed by Rob Edwards. Sheengate Publishing. 31 January 2013.
He played Thermoman in the BBC One comedy My Hero, a role he took over in the sixth series from Ardal O'Hanlon. Although the same character, he used the name George Monday, as opposed to O'Hanlon's character's name, George Sunday. After disappointing ratings, the show was cancelled.
Dreyfus also starred as Mr Teasy-Weasy in the 2004 comedy film .
From 2012 to 2017, Dreyfus appeared as the Reverend Roger Jones in the Sky Living series Mount Pleasant.
In 2017, he voiced an incarnation of The Master from Doctor Who in the Big Finish Productions release , going on to appear as the character in 2019's "The Home Guard", 2020's "The Psychic Circus" and 2022's "Blood of the Time Lords". In an interview on SpectatorTV, Dreyfus said he was dismissed from the role following comments he made on Twitter in support of author J. K. Rowling.
Personal life
Dreyfus is gay.
Filmography
TV series (14 episodes) TV series (2 episodes) TV series (19 episodes) Two-part BBC special celebration for the new millennium. TV U.S. TV series (18 episodes) TV Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Revival to original 1981 series TV series (8 episodes) Lyric Theatre, London TV Episode: "The Man Who Never Was" Episode: "A Rare Bird" TV TV series, 2 episodes TV series TV Menier Chocolate Factory, London Episode: "An Inspector Calls" Episode 3.10 "The Judgment of Man" TV movie S3 E1 Episode: "Agatha Raisin and The Haunted House" TV movie Short Short Documentary TV series, 6 episodes Pre-production
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