James Baxter (actor)
James William Baxter (born 3 August 1990) is an English stage and TV actor best known for his role as Jake Doland in the ITV soap Emmerdale.
Early and personal life
Baxter was born and brought up in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear and educated at Farringdon Community Sports College. He attended weekly classes at NADA (the Northern Academy Of Dramatic Arts) held at the city's Royalty Theatre. Whilst there he appeared in various productions including Some Like It Hot and the pantomime Aladdin (Christmas 2006).
In 2012, he married Australian-born Dominique Sonia Paul in London.
Career
Stage
In the Fiona Evans stage play Scarborough at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival, his performance as a teenager embarking upon an illicit affair with his PE Teacher won him a best-actor nomination for a Festival Fringe Award, and favourable reviews
He has played in the North East musical Fine Fine Fine based on a story by Denise Robertson.
Baxter created the role of Bruce Blakemore in Silk Road by Alex Oates at Assembly Studios as part of the Edinburgh Festival 2014.