James Dominic Frain (born 14 March 1968) is an English stage and screen actor. He is known for his role in the Showtime series The Tudors, in which he appeared as Thomas Cromwell from 2007 to 2009. Other starring roles include that of vampire Franklin Mott in season three of the HBO drama True Blood, Chief Magistrate Grard de Villefort in The Count of Monte Cristo, Bassianus in Titus, and Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, in the BBC drama serial The White Queen (2013).