From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Anthony Pearson is a British actor who lives in Glasgow. He was born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Pearson is best known for his performance as Bernard Sumner in Anton Corbijn's film Control.[1] He also stars in the 2009 British film New Town Killers, an action thriller for which Pearson performed most of his own stunts. Pearson first appeared on TV... show more