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James Wilder

James Wilder

Birthday: 1968-08-05 | Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

James Wilder (born August 5, 1968) is an American film and television actor. He's best known for his roles as Adam Louder on the Fox soap opera Models Inc., Christopher Searls on the ABC TV drama Equal Justice,  and Nick Lewis on NBC's 1993 remake of Route 66. At the age of 14, he was living in his mother's native Paris, regaling audiences with his one man show at such legendary venues as the Moulin Rouge and Lido and later on Broadway. While there, he performed with the Nouveau Cirque De Paris, the precursor to Cirque du Soleil, before making his way to LA where he lived for several years in his customized van. It wasn't long before he nabbed a role in the Broadway hit "Sugar Babies" while studying at the famed NY Actors Studio, at which he was later inducted as a member. Upon returning to LA, TV and film roles rolled in. Some were great, highlighting his scope, others not so much. From his breakout role as the troubled addict son of Ed Asner in the ABC Circle Theater presentation Cracked Up to his heralded star turn in the Emmy-award winning legal drama Equal Justice (with Sarah Jessica Parker) and evocative characterization of a drug-dealing seducer on Melrose Place. In 1997, he dated actress Kirstie Alley. The two met on the set of Nevada and soon were engaged, but split after four years.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2014
3 Holes and a Smoking Gun

as    Bobby Blue Day

2007
McBride: Dogged

as    Michael Whyte

2006
The Perfect Marriage

as    Brent Richter

2003
Mind Games

as    Brian Reeves

2001
Burning Down the House

as    Arnie Green

2001
Heart of Stone

as    Steve Sterns

2001
Face Value

as    Tim Gates

2001
Touched by a Killer

as    Tyler Nash

1999
Flypaper

as    Jerry

1998
The Last Don II

as    Billy D'Angelo

1998
The Last Don II

as    Billy D'Angelo

1998
Ivory Tower

as    Jarvis Cone

1998
Charades

as    Quinn

1998
Kisses in the Dark

as    Stanley (The Coriolis Effect)

1997
Nevada

as    Rip

1997
Allie & Me

as    Rodney Alexander

1997
Our Mother's Murder

as    Scott Douglas

1996
A Face to Die For

as    Alec Dalton

1996
To Love, Honor and Deceive

as    Detective Jim Sanders

1995
Tollbooth

as    Vic

1994
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story

as    Jeff Gillooly

1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil

as    Robert Berndt

1994
The Coriolis Effect

as    Stanley

1993
Night Owl

as    Harry

1993
Route 66

as    Nick Lewis

1992
Prey of the Chameleon

as    J.D.

1992
Grass Roots

as    Jerry Lomax

1991
Scorchers

as    Dolan

1990
Equal Justice

as    Christopher Searls

1988
State Park

as    Truckie