James Lomas (born 21st April 1975 in Manchester) is an English actor who portrayed Jake Stone in EastEnders from August 2013 to July 2014, with a one–off return in February 2015.
Before joining Hollyoaks in 2006, he had minor roles in Heartbeat playing Craig Harker in 2005 and in Casualty playing Nathan Simmonds in 2005. His most notable appearance was the Sky One series Dream Team as Alex Dempsey and also appeared in Blue Murder in October 2006.[1] Lomas left Hollyoaks in 2011.[2] Lomas made a full-time return to Hollyoaks in May 2016, before he departed again in November 2017. He made a one-off appearance in May 2018 and again in July 2019, before making a full-time return once again in January 2020 up until September 2024.