This Week's Featured Doodler: JAMES THORNTON

From one thudtastic British actor onto the next! I’m proud to announce Mr James Thornton as this week’s featured doodler! Isn’t he thudworthy? (look at the picture to your right!).

Please, take a moment or two to enjoy the thudworthiness that is, James Thornton!

James was born 31st October 1975 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England -- by my calculation that makes him 30 something years old! His star sign is Scorpio and according to the Chinese Zodiac he’s a Rabbit! He married “Gavin and Stacey” actress Joanna Page on 6th December, 2003.

It was way back in 1997 that James first appeared on our screens in Emmy Award nominated (for “Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Movie) Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone.

It was the following year, 1998, when we finally saw James on our screens again firstly in Playing the Field (a drama about the on-the-field trials and tribulations and the off-the-field lives, loves and infidelities of 'The Castlefield Blues', an under funded, badly managed ladies football team) and then, Among Giants, a romantic comedy from the writer of "The Full Monty".

1999 started off with James appearing in Plunkett & Macleane followed by The Lakes, in which he appeared in 14 episodes of the series, which gave many of his adoring female fans some thoroughly thudtastic moments!

From that moment on it’s been nothing but onwards and upwards for James Thornton with very little time off our screens. He had reoccurring appearances on shows such as, Red Cap (he played SSgt. Philip 'Hippie' Roper), No Angels (his character was Marcus), Dalziel and Pascoe (Hugh Shadwell), Holby Blue (he played PC Jake Loughton – thud! Oh, how we all love a man in uniform!) and of course he was in Between The Sheets (alongside Richard Armitage) playing Simon Delany. James will play another policeman in Breathe which is currently in post-production.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank James for his doodling talent and agreeing to help Team Armitage to continue to raise vital funds and awareness for Cancer Research UK.

Thanks James!

You can buy James’ doodles on several products from the Team Armitage Celebrity Doodle Store. Tom Riley's doodles (last week's featured doodler!) are still on sale too! All monies raised from the sale of these goods will be donated to Cancer Research UK (via a cheque made payable to the charity).

For a complete list of James’ work please visit IMDB.