James Duke appeared on Coronation Street in June 2015 as Newton & Ridley's Finance Director Paddy Vincent.
With an acting career spanning over two decades, his other credits include roles in The Bill, Grange Hill, Oktober, EastEnders, Fun at the Funeral Parlour, The Way We Live Now, Phoenix Nights, Holby City, Miranda, Doctors, Breathless, the short film Cheese Makes You Dream and the 2010 feature film The Shouting Men.
On stage he has appeared in productions of Remember This, Waiting for Godot, The Lady in the Van, Travels With My Aunt, The Dispute, Jamaica Inn, Donkeys' Years, The Critic, Dry Rot, Great Expectations, The Winterling, Seeing the Lights and Playing for Time. He also appeared alongside Coronation Street actor Les Dennis in the Alan Bleasdale play Down the Dock Road.