Paul Terry ( actor ) - wikipedia Paul Terry ( actor ) Paul Terry ( 1985 - 11 - 07 ) 7 November 1985 ( age 32 ) Watford, Hertfordshire, England Occupation Former child actor Years active 1996 -- 2000 Known for James and the Giant Peach Microsoap Paul Christopher James Terry ( born 7 November 1985 ) is an English former child actor. He is best known for in starring as James in the 1996 film adaptation of Roald Dahl 's James and the Giant Peach. He also starred in the four seasons of the children 's sitcom Microsoap ( 1998 -- 2000 ). Contents 1 Early life 2 Performing career 3 Later career 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links Early Life Terry was born in and grew up in Watford, Hertfordshire, north of London, and persuaded his parents to let him attend acting classes when he was five years old. He made his stage debut the following year in a regional production of Turgenev 's A Month in the Country. In 1994 his father heard about the auditions for a screen adaptation of Roald Dahl 's popular children 's novel James and the Giant Peach, and thought his son would be perfect : `` Like James '', he said, `` Paul can act like a little boy lost. '' Performing career Director Henry Selick ( The Nightmare Before Christmas ) chose Terry out of hundreds of child actors to play the part of James in James and the Giant Peach. The role required live acting as well as animation voice - work and singing. The live - action sequences were filmed in San Francisco, and the shoot took six weeks. For his role in the film, which included singing one solo song and two ensembles on the soundtrack, Terry was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Voiceover. Terry later starred in the 26 episodes of the children 's sitcom Microsoap, co-produced by the BBC and the Disney Channel, from September 1998 through February 2000. The program aired in the UK, in the U.S., and internationally. Terry gave up acting after the series ended. In the 2000s he was the bass guitar player for the indie band Glassapple. The group gigged in the London area, toured in the U.S., and in 2005 released a 3 - track EP. Later career Terry received a master 's degree in civil engineering from Cardiff University, and his employment has included BAE Systems. As of 2017 he is a mathemathics teacher and novelist, and lives in County Durham in northeast England. Filmography James and the Giant Peach ( 1996, as James ) Microsoap ( 1998 -- 2000, 26 episodes, as Joe ) References Jump up ^ `` Paul Terry '' in England & Wales Births 1837 - 2006. GenesReunited.co.uk. ^ Jump up to : `` Life 's a Peach : As Disney 's Orphaned James, Paul Terry Finds Life 's a Peach ''. People. May 20, 1996 ; Vol. 45 No. 20. Jump up ^ James and the Giant Peach -- Soundtrack. Internet Movie Database. Jump up ^ Eighteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards, 1995 - 1996 Archived 4 March 2011 at WebCite. Young Artist Awards. YoungArtistAwards.org. Jump up ^ Paul Terry -- Awards. Internet Movie Database. ^ Jump up to : `` What Ever Happened To... the boy from James and the Giant Peach ? ''. Showbiz Geek. November 16, 2013. Jump up ^ Glassapple at MySpace via GlassappleMusic.com ( archived August 2008 at the Internet Archive ). Jump up ^ Glassapple ( EP ) at AllMusic. Jump up ^ `` See Through '' ( video ) by Glassapple at ARTISTdirect. ^ Jump up to : Our Staff : Mr Paul Terry, Teacher of Mathematics. DiscoverySchool.org.uk. External links Paul Terry on IMDb Official site VIAF : 2175261 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Terry_(actor)&oldid=836304509 '' Categories : English male child actors English male film actors English male television actors Alumni of Cardiff University People from Watford Living people 1985 births Hidden categories : Webarchive template webcite links Use dmy dates from December 2014 Use British English from December 2014 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 13 April 2018, at 22 : 31. About Wikipedia

Question: who plays james in james and the giant peach
Answer: Paul Christopher James Terry