Jim Murray

Jim Murray MBE is an actor who features in The Crown and Masters of the Air. Beyond the screen, Jim is a fierce advocate for Britain’s rivers and the endangered wild Atlantic salmon. A lifelong fly fisherman, Murray founded Activist Anglers in 2023 to empower and educate anglers to protect their local waterways.

He combines his passion for conservation with creativity. His 2024 exhibition Creatures of Light at the Royal Watercolour Society submerged canvases in ten key UK salmon rivers to reflect their habitats using natural pigments, raising awareness and funds for the Atlantic Salmon Trust, where he serves as an ambassador. Jim also hosts the acclaimed podcast The Last Salmon and is instrumental in Project White Hart, a pioneering salmon restoration effort for the Test and Itchen chalkstreams where he lives.