Jim Murray

Jim has been a mainstay in TV and film both sides of the Atlantic for over fifteen years (The Crown, Masters of the Air, McDonald & Dodds, Cucumber, Suspects, Defiance, Chaos, Cutting it, Primeval etc). He also co-runs the Murray Parish Trust which recently raised £5m for a new paediatric ED for the South of England, and leads the Activist Anglers movement.

Living on the River Itchen, Jim has successfully spearheaded several local campaigns to save the Hampshire chalkstreams from pollution and over abstraction. 

Jim’s passion for the water environment comes through in his incredible support for the Atlantic Salmon Trust. In 2019, Jim narrated Henry Williamson’s Salar the Salmon on Amazon Audible and donated the proceeds to us. More recently, Jim was a keynote speaker at our Curzon Cinema event in London in 2022, and in 2023 helped us film Cold Clean Water with his friend, Dominic West, telling the story of Project Deveron.

“Wild Atlantic salmon are a vital indicator for our ecosystem, the canaries of our rivers and oceans. Their future as a species is now at near tipping point and yet very few people are aware of this impending crisis. That needs to change quickly, and awareness is key.” – Jim Murray