James Dreyfus

James Dreyfus (born 9 October 1968People Pill) played John Harrison in The Sarah Jane Adventures television story The Man Who Never Was.
Dreyfus later played in an early incarnation in several Big Finish stories and the Most Exalted High Persian in The Cats of New Cairo.
== Controversy ==
On October 4th 2018, The Times published a letter against Stonewall's backing of trans-inclusive changes to the Gender Recognition Act, for which Dreyfus was one of the seventeen signatories. Dreyfus later denied being transphobic on Twitter.https://twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/1050131518612475904
Following appeals to Big Finish to make a statement regarding Dreyfus,https://twitter.com/sisterhood_karn/status/1154370176323850240 in July 2019 Katy Manninghttps://twitter.com/ManningOfficial/status/1154379236540657664 and John Dorney expressed their support for trans rightshttps://twitter.com/MrJohnDorney/status/1154351926819115008 and Elliot Chapman indicated that he would donate to Mermaids, a trans-supportive charity, the equivalent of his fee for The Home Guard, in which he co-starred with Dreyfus.https://twitter.com/E11iotChapman/status/1154161551886213120
In the wake of this, Big Finish released a general Equality & Diversity statement, acknowledging the fan concerns about certain individuals and emphasising their commitment to "never want[ing] Big Finish to be a company that people felt uncomfortable working with, or to produce content that people would feel uncomfortable listening to". Dreyfus tweeted Big Finish, claiming that the reports of the transphobic remarks were "misinformation, fiction and downright lies."https://twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/1154343854545473536
In April 2020, Dreyfus criticised a quote from trans writer Juno Dawson, in which she said that "a lot of gay men [were] gay men as a consolation prize because they couldn't be women". Dreyfus was accused of taking the quote out of context and weaponising it against trans people.https://twitter.com/robholley/status/1252890118077251585 
Following the announcement of Masterful in May 2020, Dreyfus claimed in August to have been "erased from history".https://twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/1298194166388789248 Though later claiming not to have received any proper contact or work from Big Finish following the middle of 2019,GB News interview with James Dreyfus, October 2021 Dreyfus had previously stated at the end of 2019 to "still [be] working with Big Finish."https://web.archive.org/web/20191215054339/https://twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/1205603426966671365 Despite both these accounts, Dreyfus's last recording had actually been for The Fourth Doctor Adventures - Solo during May, June & July of 2017.https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-fourth-doctor-adventures-series-11-solo-2100https://twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/933791717815455744 
In early 2021, the Daily Mail reported on further transphobic comments that Dreyfus had made during a Zoom meeting, including the assertion that trans activists criticising J.K. Rowling were "misogynistic guys in skirts".https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9254979/Actor-James-Dreyfus-slam-trans-activists-misogynistic-guys-skirts.html Dreyfus responded with a long Twitter statement, denying being transphobichttps://twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/1355219625768845321 despite liking of tweets claiming that many trans women are "deluded men".https://twitter.com/doublehelix/status/1355252618394796034 By July, Dreyfus was openly clashing on Twitter with Doctor Who fans who were raising the "misogynistic guys in skirts" quote in discussions, and claiming that the quote was false.https://twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/1416105950457569285 
Dreyfus's name was removed from the front covers of The Home Guard and The Psychic Circus. In October 2021, Dreyfus tweeted that Big Finish were removing the name and image,https://twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/1370818545903357952 although the image remained on the aforementioned covers and the credit was still on the cover of Solo and Blood of the Time Lords. Dreyfus also claimed to have been "erased" for publicly asking Stonewall for a "respectful debate" despite Blood of the Time Lords still being released. When approached by The Sun for comment, Big Finish clarified that Dreyfus would be appearing in said story.https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/16466827/james-dreyfus-doctor-who-bbc/ 
In October 2022, Dreyfus gave an interview to The Spectator regarding "cancellation" from Doctor Who.
On 19 October, Dreyfus tweeted a screenshot of this wiki page, stating that it was "inaccurate" and "devoid of examples",https://twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/1582949406118416384 despite the content in question solely consisting of statements that Dreyfus or others made, all cited to the source of these statements. The next day Dreyfus compared the response following this tweet, in regards to how Doctor Who-related articles described Dreyfus, to when "[Big Finish] put out that disingenuous tweet suggesting [Dreyfus] was transphobic."https://twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/1583154891932913670
== Personal life ==
Dreyfus is gay,https://twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/1488588646211100674 does not personally identify as "'cis'", and "[chooses] not to use 'pronouns'."https://twitter.com/DreyfusJames/status/1355219625768845321
== Credits ==
As 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* The Psychic Circus
==== The Fourth Doctor Adventures ====
* Blood of the Time Lords
==== The First Doctor Adventures ====
* The Destination Wars
==== The Early Adventures ====
* The Home Guard
Other Roles
=== Television ===
==== The Sarah Jane Adventures ====
* The Man Who Never Was - John Harrison
=== Audio ===
==== Tales from New Earth ====
* The Cats of New Cairo - Most Exalted High Persian
== External links ==
== Footnotes ==
Category:SJA guest actors
Category:Actors who portrayed the Master
Category:Laurence Olivier Award winners
Category:Tales from New Earth voice actors
Category:The First Doctor Adventures voice actors
Category:The Early Adventures voice actors
Category:Main Range voice actors
Category:Fourth Doctor Adventures voice actors