Film:
* The Others (2001): As the Ghostly Boy
* The Jacket (2005): As Jack
* The Descent (2005): As Paul
* Zadnji kralj Škotske (2006): Kot feldmaršal Idi Amin
* Otok (2005): Kot McCord
* The Machinist (2004): As Ivan
* Push (2009): As Nick Gant
* Star Trek (2009): As Chief Engineer Olsen
* The Killer Inside Me (2010): As Howard
* Ženska v črnem (2012): As Arthur Kipps
* The Conjuring (2013): As Roger Perron
* The Conjuring 2 (2016): Kot Roger Perron
* Mnogi svetniki iz Newarka (2021): Kot Dickie Moltisanti
* Emily (2022): As William Weightman
Televizija:
* Zakon (1993-2010): As various characters (multiple episodes)
* Tiha priča (1996-2023): Kot različni liki (več epizod)
* Holby City (1999-2022): Kot različni liki (več epizod)
* Delovanje (2012-2021): As DCI Tony Gates
* The Crown (2016-2020): As Lord Snowdon
* The English Game (2020): Kot Arthur Kinnaird
* The Serpent (2021): As Charles Sobhraj
To ni izčrpen seznam, vendar poudarja nekaj najpomembnejših projektov, pri katerih je sodeloval James Ford. Igral je tudi v številnih gledaliških produkcijah in kratkih filmih.