Rawlins has appeared in over 30 films including
Lars von Trier's
Breaking the Waves and
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself. He has a pivotal role in the
Harry Potter film series as
Harry Potter's father
James Potter. Onstage, he has appeared in
Her Naked Skin (2008,
National Theatre). He played Richard Collingsworth in the
1989 TV serial version of
The Ginger Tree, opposite
Samantha Bond. He also starred in
The Woman in Black which was made for television and aired at Christmas 1989. Since 2014, he has volunteered at
East Riding Theatre in the
East Riding of Yorkshire, becoming artistic director in 2017. ==Filmography==