{{short description|British actor and singer}} {{about||the Scottish poet|James Graeme (poet)|people with a similar name|James Graham (disambiguation)}} '''James Graeme''' is a British actor and singer who trained at the Royal Manchester College of Music.<ref name=rug>[http://www.reallyuseful.com/shows/whistle-down-the-wind/shows-archive/cast-lists/aldwych-theatre-london-original-cast/bio/boone Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527162929/http://www.reallyuseful.com/shows/whistle-down-the-wind/shows-archive/cast-lists/aldwych-theatre-london-original-cast/bio/boone |date=2011-05-27 }} reallyuseful.com, accessed 18, July 2009</ref>
In the West End, Graeme has appeared as the title character in ''The Phantom of the Opera'', created the role of Boone in ''Whistle Down the Wind'', and portrayed Pontius Pilate in ''Jesus Christ Superstar''.
Other theatre credits include Clyde Gabriel in the UK tour of ''The Witches of Eastwick'' and George Dillingham in the UK tour of ''Aspects of Love''.<ref name=witch>[http://www.witchesofeastwickthemusical.com/cast_and_creative_team/james_graeme/ Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331111236/http://www.witchesofeastwickthemusical.com/cast_and_creative_team/james_graeme |date=2009-03-31 }} witchesofeastwickthemusical.com, accessed 18 July 2009</ref>
Graeme is a founding member of the singing group Wall Street Crash, with whom he has made many television appearances.<ref name=rug/> He has appeared in a number of concerts, including ''Something Wonderful'', featuring the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Savoy Theatre in London; ''The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber'' in Kyiv; and ''Another Kind of Magic'', featuring the music of Queen, in Estonia, Helsinki, and London.<ref name=witch/>
Graeme appeared as Ernest Hemingway in the widely panned musical ''Too Close to the Sun'' at the Comedy Theatre in July 2009.<ref>Bacalzo, Dan.[http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/06-2009/jay-benedict-helen-dallimore-james-graeme-tammy-jo_19318.html "Jay Benedict, Helen Dallimore, James Graeme, Tammy Joelle Set for West End Too Close to the Sun,"] theatermania.com, 12 June 2009</ref> The musical closed two weeks after opening.
In 2011, Graeme starred in the UK tour of ''Chess'' playing the role of Walter de Courcey.
Graeme made a one-off appearance in a January 2025 episode of the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' as elderly patient Henry.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crutchley |first1=Joe |title=Emmerdale Henry’s true identity 'revealed' in DNA twist - and Cain is in for a shock |url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/emmerdale-henrys-true-identity-revealed-9832686 |website=Leicester Mercury |publisher=Reach plc |access-date=11 January 2025 |date=2 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Crutchley |first1=Joe |title=Emmerdale fans 'work out' identity of hospital patient Henry in shock Dingle DNA twist |url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/emmerdale-fans-work-out-identity-30696467 |website=Leeds Live |publisher=Reach plc |access-date=10 January 2025 |date=2 January 2025}}</ref>
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