Theo James - ALWAYS THE GENTLEMAN

THE ENGLISH ACTOR IS MAKING HIS MARK AS A NEW BRAND OF LEADING MAN

- Naomi Toy

Since his Emmy-nominated performance in The White Lotus as Cameron Sullivan, the alpha male we hated ourselves for loving, Theo James has had to spend some time clearing up some misconceptions about himself. The first is that he's not American. So convincing was his accent in the hit series, and in many of the other credits he's amassed, it is almost jarring to hear the real voice of the British-born actor, who is blessed with good looks from his Greek heritage. The second, and perhaps most important, is that he is not, as he puts it, a "t--t".

James, born Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis, is a man in demand these days. In the past decade, his career has been gathering momentum, but as his The White Lotus co-stars have also found, a role in the Mike Whitehelmed black comedy is a "gift".