James Lance
James Frederick Grenville Lance (born 29 September 1974) is an English actor, best known for his appearances in a number of British comedy series and the British-set, American comedy series "Ted Lasso". Early life. Lance was born in Southampton and grew up in Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, he attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School. Career. Lance's appearances in comedy series include "Top Buzzer", "I'm Alan Partridge", "Absolute Power", "Spaced", "Absolutely Fabulous", "Smack the Pony", "The Book Group", "2point4 Children", "Rescue Me", "Doc Martin", "People Like Us", "No Heroics", "Toast of London", "Saxondale" and, most recently , as the recurring character Trent Crimm, a sportswriter at "The Independent", on the award winning Apple TV+ series "Ted Lasso". Drama appearances have included "Teachers", "Boy Meets Girl", "The Impressionists", "Sensitive Skin", "Marple", "Being Human", "Midsomer Murders", "Moving Wallpaper" and "Black Mirror". Lance has also appeared in the films "Late Night Shopping", "The Search for John Gissing", "Marie Antoinette", "Bronson" and "Bel Ami". Lance voiced several UK TV commercials for brands such as Maybelline, Wrigley's Extra, the AA. and Moneysupermarket.com. Lance appeared on stage as Miles at the "Trafalgar Studios" in May 2009 in Marcus Markou's play "Ordinary  Dreams; Or How to Survive a Meltdown with Flair". He portrayed Eric Idle at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival in a play called "Pythonesque" by writer Roy Smiles. Personal life. In 2016, Lance married Kate Quilton. The couple have a son, born in 2018.