Robert James-Collier

Actor

DC Ben Cooper, an affable local, is thrown together with guarded newcomer DC Diane Fry, to investigate a string of mysterious deaths.

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Robert James-Collier was born on September 23, 1976 in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. He is an actor, known for his role as Thomas Barrow in Downton Abbey (for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series), The Ritual (2017) and Coronation Street.

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Awards
- 7 wins & 4 nominations total

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Known for

Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Lily James, Fifi Hart, and Oliver Barker in Downton Abbey (2010)

Downton Abbey

8.7

TV Series

Thomas Barrow

The Ritual

6.4

Hutch

2017

Coronation Street

5.6

TV Series

Liam Connor(as Rob James-Collier)

Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Phyllis Logan, Lesley Nicol, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Robert James-Collier, Michelle Dockery, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Laura Carmichael, and Michael Fox in Downton Abbey (2019)

Downton Abbey

7.4

Thomas Barrow

2019

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Actor

Cooper & Fry
6.8
TV Series
- DC Ben Cooper
- 2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
7.3
- Thomas Barrow
- 2025
Generation Z
4.8
TV Series
- 2024
The Long Shadow
7.7
TV Mini Series
- DCS Jack Ridgway
- 2023
The Inheritance
6.0
TV Series
- Daniel
- 2023
Brave Creatures
Video
- Ferris
- 2023
Fate: The Winx Saga
6.8
TV Series
- Saul Silva
- 2021–2022
Ackley Bridge
7.2
TV Series
- Martin Evershed
- 2019–2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
7.4
- Thomas Barrow
- 2022
Getting Better
Podcast Series
- Dr. Reggie Hughes
- 2021
Side by Side
Short
- Robin's Dad (as Rob Collier)
- 2021
Downton Abbey
7.4
- Thomas Barrow
- 2019
Nancy
6.4
Short
- Nancy's Father
- 2019
Vera
8.2
TV Series
- Richard
- 2019
Death in Paradise
7.8
TV Series
- Oliver Carr
- 2019

Videos8

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Personal details

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Official site
- Instagram
Alternative names
- Rob James Collier
Height
- 6′ 3¼″ (1.91 m)
Born
- September 23, 1976
- Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Children
- Milo James-Collier

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Trivia
Came into acting while doing a favor for a friend, who asked him to fill in for an actor who failed to show up for his friend's film shoot. Following this experience, he started taking acting classes during his off hours from work.

Quotes
[on his role in Downton Abbey (2010)] It's a dream job because it's completely the other side of the spectrum, particularly as it carries on. My character gets nastier.