James Marsden
Age: 41
Number of Roles: 60
Biggest Films: X-Men Franchise
Awards:
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards – Best Supporting Actor in Science Fiction – X-Men (2000)
Debut Role: Ambush in Waco: In the Line of Duty (93)
Early Career: In the year of 1993 James made his first appearance on screen in a TV movie called ‘Ambush in Waco: In the Line of Duty’ after this he made a string of television guest appearance along with another television movie ‘Search and Rescue’. In 1994 James got his first film role in ‘No Dessert, Dad, Till You Mow the Lawn’.
No Dessert, Dad, Until You Mow The Lawn
Second Noah Cast
Television Roles:
- Saved by the Bell: The New Class (93)
- The Nanny (93) 2 Episodes
- Joe’s Life (93)
- Boogies Dine (94)
- Blossom (95)
- Party of Five (95)
- Touched By An Angel (95)
- Second Noah (96-97) 22 Episodes
- Extreme Ghostbusters (97)
- The Outer Limits (98)
- Ally McBeal (2001-02) 13 Episodes
- Modern Family (2011)
- 30 Rock (2012-13) 14 Episodes
- Wander Over Yonder (2014)
Gossip Cast with Norman Reedus and Lena Heady
aaCareer: This led to bigger television roles and a starring role in ‘Second Noah’. In 1998 his first major film came along with ‘Disturbing Behaviour’, following this up with ‘Gossip’ alongside Lena Heady, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson and Joshua Jackson.
Breakout Role: In 2000 the biggest role came along for him, not only a role that pushed him away from the teenage role but entering into a franchise with ‘X-Men’.
Sugar and Spice
Superman Returns
Career: This role didn’t help shake the teenager role leaving him to follow up the success of X-Men with teen comedy ‘Sugar and Spice’ and comedy adventure ‘Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road’. James returned to his role in X-Men for both sequels and had a supporting part in romantic tearjerker ‘The Notebook’. After finishing the trilogy of X-Men James jumped shipped to forgettable superhero film ‘Superman Returns’. James tried his hands at romantic comedies with Disney’s ‘Enchanted’ and ’27 Dresses’, before going fully mature in ‘The Box’.
The Box
Recent Years: Since 2010 James has got himself into to remakes ‘Death at a Funeral’ and ‘Straw Dogs’. Trying his hand at more supporting roles he did make a return to the X-Men franchise is ‘X-Men: Days of Futures Past’.
Next Big Role: The biggest role upcoming would be ‘Westworld’.
My Favourite Role: Cyclops – X-Men
My Least Favourite Role: Oscar- Death at a Funeral
Films I Want to See That I Haven’t Seen: Gossip, Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road, 2 Guns
