One of the biggest shows of the late 1990s was Steve Coogan’s I’m Alan Partridge, which launched an entire franchise and cemented the star as one of Britain’s best character actors.
The popular sitcomran for two seasons, one in 1997 and the second in 2002. Appearing in five episodes of the first season was actor James Lance, who played Ben, a waiter at the Linton Travel Tavern where Alan resided.
The role helped James achieve national fame, with the actor later appearing in the likes of 2point4 Children, Smack the Pony, The Book Group, Teachers, Absolute Power, Sensitive Skin and Ted Lasso, playing reporter Trent Crimm in the latter series.
Since 2016, the 51-year-old actor has been married to TV presenter Kate Quilton, and two years after their wedding, the couple welcomed their son.
Read on for all you need to know about the actor’s famous wife…
James’ wife Kate Quilton
The actor is married to TV presenter Kate Quilton, who has hosted Food Unwrapped on Channel 4 since 2012. The star has also fronted various consumer-related programmes like The Shopper’s Guide to Saving Money, How to Be Healthy and Food Prices: How High Will They Go?.
James and Kate first met at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2010, and speaking to the Daily Record in 2018, Kate admitted that it was love at first sight. “I walked into Brooks Bar and that was it,” she told the publication. “I was very lucky I saw him and I kind of knew in an instant I was probably going to have his babies. It was one of those magical moments where you think, ‘Gosh’ and your life changes in an instant.”
She joked: “Jimmy, my husband, often says to me, ‘Actors make the absolute best dads because they can be around a lot. You select your work on a project basis’. Hopefully we’ll have the luxury of both being around and he’ll be there to help with childcare more than if he was in a nine-to-five job. It’s going to be a team effort.”
Parenthood is incredibly important to James, and previously speaking to Noble Man Magazine, he said: “My first highest value is to be a present, loving father. My Dad wasn’t around as much as I would have wished when I was a boy. Our values are often created by voids in our early life. When my wife gave birth to our son we’d say, ‘It’s like an angel has moved into our home.’
© Instagram“Nothing is more essential to us than surrounding him with love and laughter wherever we are. This is my greatest joy and a politically radical act for social change. For a forest to be green, each tree must be green. We are all children of the universe. Peace flows through everything and everyone. Sometimes it’s hard to spot, but it is there.”
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