== Tidlige liv ==
Corden blev født i [[Hillingdon]], Greater London, og er søn af Margrethe og Malcolm Corden. Hans far var musiker i [[Royal Air Force]] band, og hans mor var socialrådgiver.<ref name="thirdsector">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Communications/article/1180208/sharon-kelly-osbourne-give-backing-fashion-targets-breast-cancer-2013|title=Sharon and Kelly Osbourne give their backing to Fashion Targets Breast Cancer 2013|date=30. april 2013|publisher=Thirdsector.co.uk|access-date=28. december 2014}}</ref> Han voksede op i Hazlemere, [[Buckinghamshire]]<ref name="stannit"><cite class="citation web">[http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/575072.0 "It's all down to confidence"]. </cite></ref>, og gik i skole på Park Middle School og Holmer Green Upper School.<ref name="attentionplease">{{Cite book|date=29. september 2011|author=James Corden|isbn=978-1-8460-5935-3|title=May I Have your Attention Please?|url=https://archive.org/details/mayihaveyouratte0000cord|publisher=Century}}</ref> Han har en ældre søster, Andrea Henry, og en yngre søster, Ruth Corden.<ref name="femail"><cite class="citation news">[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1067573/James-Corden-The-day-father-went-to-war.html "The day my father went to war"]. </cite></ref> Han er opvokset med [[Frelsens Hær]]-kirken, men betragter ikke længere sig selv som kristen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/james-corden-admits-turning-back-8648732|title=James Corden admits 'turning his back on Christian upbringing' after doubting his beliefs|date=17. august 2016|work=Daily Mirror|access-date=21. september 2016}}</ref>
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