James Murray was born on the 22nd January 1975, in Manchester, England. He is an actor who debuted in the entertainment industry in 1998 by landing the role of Sandy Hunter in the TV soap opera “Coronation Street” originally aired on ITV. Since then, he has created many characters for television and cinema production. James Murray has been accumulating his net worth being active in the industry for more than 18 years.
How much is the net worth of the actor? It has been estimated that the overall size of James Murray’s net worth is equal to $2 million, as of the data given in 2016, accumulated largely from his acting career.
James Murray Net Worth $2 Million
Murray was raised in Manchester, and was interested in acting from his early years, first appearing on the screens being only four years old. He landed the role in the television series “Shoestring” in 1979, however, it was the only role of this actor child. As an adult actor, he pursued his career from 1998, and after his debut in the soap opera, he landed a role in the feature film “All The King’s Men” (1999) directed by Julian Jarrold. In 2000, he was in the main cast of the television drama series “North Square” created and written by Peter Moffat. The role of Jonny Boy in the previously mentioned series was followed by roles in the small budget films “Phoenix Blue” (2001), “Nailing Vienna” (2002) and “Sons and Lovers” (2003). Moreover, James landed a recurring role in the drama series “Cutting It” (2004 – 2005) created by Debbie Horsfield. His net worth was rising steadily.
In 2005 and 2006, Murray created the two characters of Dick Dewy and Charles Burnaby respectively in television films “Under the Greenwood Tree” and “Agatha Christie’s Marple: The Sittaford Mystery”. Then, Murray was offered a main role in the science fiction television program “Primeval” (2007 – 2008) created by Tim Haines and Adrian Hodges. In 2008, he landed the role of Frank Davis in the film entitled “It’s Alive”. Afterwards, he appeared only in television series including “Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire” (2009), “CHAOS” (2011), “New Tricks” (2012), “Death in Paradise” (2013), ”Midsomer Murders”(2013), “Defiance” (2014) and “Cucumber” (2015). Currently, he appears as a regular actor in the television series “Suspects” (2016). All the above mentioned roles have added sums to the total size of James Murray net worth and popularity.
Finally, in the personal life of the actor, James married actress Sarah Parish in 2007 after a long relationship. In mid-2008, their first daughter was born, unfortunately premature and died being eight months old because of the congenital heart disease. James alongside his wife are raising funds to improve the Children’s Intensive Care unit at Southampton General Hospital in which their daughter was hospitalized. In the end of 2009, their son was born.
It is worth saying that the great grandfather of Murray, named Richard Hollins Murray, is the inventor of the reflecting lens (1927).
