James Callis

James Nicholas Callis is an English actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Gaius Baltar in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series, and Bridget Jones best friend in Bridget Joness Diary and Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason. He joined the cast of the TV Series Eureka, on Syfy, in 2010.

Callis was born in Hampstead and brought up in London, where he attended St. Martins Prep School in Northwood and then Harrow School in northwest London. His parents owned a bedandbreakfast. In a comment to a fansite, Callis repudiated the rumour that he comes from aristocratic roots by saying that he is the descendant of poor immigrants from Russia and Poland.

Source: Wikipedia