The Inbetweeners star James Buckley reveals he ‘doesn’t have much drive’ to be an actor after his staggering fortune from Cameo videos was revealed
James Buckley has admitted he doesn’t have ‘much drive’ to become an actor as he opened up about his career.
The 37-year-old actor, who found fame in the late 2000s E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners with the character Jay Cartwright, revealed he is not ‘desperate’ to take on new roles.
Instead, during an appearance on James Martin’s Saturday Kitchen on ITV, James explained that his ‘favorite thing to do is being at home’.
He said, “There’s a movie coming out sometime next year. It’s called Mother’s Pride, I just did that with Martin Clunes, which was a lot of fun.
‘But I’m not desperate to become an actor. To be honest, I don’t have much drive. My favorite thing to do is be at home. That’s where all my favorite people and all my stuff are.’
James has also appeared in the sitcom White Gold and starred in the West End production of 2:22 A Ghost Story in 2024.
James Buckley has admitted he ‘doesn’t have much drive’ to become an actor as he opened up about his career on Sunday
The 37-year-old actor, who found fame in the late 2000s E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners with the character Jay Cartwright, revealed he is not ‘desperate’ to take on new roles; pictured L-R James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas, Simon Bird in 2011
He is now married to model Clair Meek, with whom he shares son Harrison, 11, and nine-year-old Jude.
The couple present their own YouTube series, At Home With the Buckleys, and James is said to have made more than £1 million through celebrity greeting website Cameo.
James added, “When we go on vacation, I get bored after the first day there because, well, I have my video games and stuff at home… When I’m on vacation, I just want to spend a week at home with nothing to do.” That would be my perfect vacation!’
The Finders Keepers actor previously revealed that the main motivation he would have to return to his role in The Inbetweeners would be financial.
He told Headliners: “It’s no secret that this would be the most profitable thing I could go into right now.
“I have children, I have a family, I have bills, and sometimes you have to take that into account, just like something practical, a boring, boring provider of a family business.
‘All those things I think about and what’s great is that I know if four of us guys get together – and (writers) Iain Morris and Damon Beesley – and we all have a chat and we say, ‘Shall we go again ?’ I know it would get the green light straight away.”
It comes after The Masked Singer viewers said they are ‘100% certain’ that Teeth’s secret identity is in fact James.
James said: “I’ve got a film coming out sometime next year, but I’m not desperate to be an actor. To be honest, I don’t have much drive. My favorite thing to do is be at home. It’s got all my favorite people there, it’s got all my stuff there’
James is married to model Clair Meek (pictured), with whom he shares son Harrison (11) and nine-year-old Jude
It comes after The Masked Singer viewers said they are ‘100% sure’ Teeth’s secret identity is in fact James
Viewers of the hit ITV show flooded X with sharing theories about the celebrity faces behind the mask – with many betting on Alan Carr, Rylan Clark, Alex Scott and more.
But eventually many of them came to the conclusion that it could now be James – and some speculated that they were ‘100% sure’ of the theory, writing on the platform:
‘When I look at the lead singer of The Masked, I think Teeth is James Buckley. I’m putting this out there now because I’m often wrong, but I’m so sure LOL’;
‘Is this James Buckley? #theteeth #themaskedsinger’; Teeth are 100% James Buckley #maskedsinger’.