James Paul Marsden was born on September 18,1973 and is an American actor.
39 Facts About James Marsden
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James Marsden began his acting career guest starring in the television shows Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Touched by an Angel, and Party of Five.
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James Marsden has portrayed John F Kennedy in the drama The Butler and has starred in the comedy films Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
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James Marsden starred in the science fiction series Westworld from 2016 to 2022, and the black comedy series Dead to Me from 2019 to 2022.
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James Marsden has played guest roles in the sitcoms Modern Family and 30 Rock, and starred as a fictionalized version of himself in the mockumentary series Jury Duty.
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James Marsden has four siblings: two younger sisters and two brothers.
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James Marsden attended Hefner Middle School and Putnam City North High School, in Oklahoma City, and later went on to attend Oklahoma State University, where he studied broadcast journalism.
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James Marsden was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
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James Marsden left after one and a half years, opting instead to move to Los Angeles in order to pursue his acting career.
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James Marsden got his first job in a series of episodes of The Nanny as Eddie, Margaret Sheffield's boyfriend.
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James Marsden then starred in the Canadian television series Boogies Diner, which aired for one season.
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James Marsden later starred in the ABC show Second Noah.
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James Marsden lost out to Edward Norton for a role in Primal Fear and auditioned for the lead role in 54, which then went to Ryan Phillippe.
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James Marsden starred in the films Disturbing Behavior opposite Katie Holmes and Gossip opposite Kate Hudson.
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James Marsden appeared in the television series Ally McBeal as one of the main cast members during the first half of season 5, where he sang.
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James Marsden starred in a 1998 episode of "The Outer Limits".
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James Marsden's character is prominent in the comics; his screen time in the films is reduced in the sequels.
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Singer had dropped out of the third X-Men film to direct Superman and James Marsden was cast as Lois Lane's fiance, Richard White.
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In 2014 James Marsden reprised his role of Cyclops in a brief cameo for X-Men: Days of Future Past, as did other actors from the first film including Anna Paquin and Famke Janssen.
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In 2004, Marsden co-starred with Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, James Garner, and Gena Rowlands in the romantic drama The Notebook as Lon Hammond, Jr.
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In 2007, James Marsden played Corny Collins in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Hairspray, based on the 1988 John Waters film of the same name.
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James Marsden sang one song as a duet with Adams at the beginning of the film and a duet with Idina Menzel that was cut from the film.
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James Marsden received a Teen Choice Awards nomination for Choice Movie Actor in a Comedy for his roles in Enchanted and 27 Dresses.
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In 2009, James Marsden played the male lead in the film The Box, based on the 1970 short story "Button, Button" by author Richard Matheson, which was earlier made into an episode of The Twilight Zone.
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James Marsden starred opposite Cameron Diaz and reunited with Superman Returns co-star Frank Langella.
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In 2010, James Marsden was cast in the comedy Death at a Funeral, a remake of the 2007 British film of the same name, along with Chris Rock, Luke Wilson, Danny Glover, and Columbus Short.
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James Marsden made an appearance on Modern Family in January 2011, playing a squatter.
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Later in 2011, James Marsden played the lead in Straw Dogs, a remake of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film; James Marsden portrayed the character played by Dustin Hoffman in the original.
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In 2012 and 2013, James Marsden appeared in a recurring role in the sixth and seventh seasons of 30 Rock, playing Criss Chros, the boyfriend of the series' main character Liz Lemon.
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James Marsden played Jack Lime, a rival reporter to Will Ferrell's Ron Burgundy, in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.
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James Marsden performed as the sentient android Teddy Flood in three seasons of HBO's Westworld.
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James Marsden appeared as Judy Hale's former boyfriend and lawyer Steve Wood in the Netflix dark comedy series Dead to Me.
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James Marsden later starred in a separate role in the same series as Ben Wood from the second season onward.
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James Marsden starred in the FX miniseries Mrs America as Phil Crane.
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In 2021, James Marsden provided the voice of Hitch Trailblazer in the Netflix animated film My Little Pony: A New Generation.
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James Marsden reprised his role of Tom Wachowski in the 2022 sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
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James Marsden reprised the role of Edward in the sequel to Enchanted, titled Disenchanted, which was released on Disney+ in November 2022.
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James Marsden married Mary Elizabeth "Lisa" Linde, daughter of Dennis Linde, on July 22,2000.
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James Marsden has a son, born in 2012, with his former girlfriend Rose Costa.