James Wilder
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2014 · Three Holes, Two Brads, and a Smoking Gun as Bobby Blue Day
- 2007 · McBride: Dogged as Michael Whyte
- 2006 · The Perfect Marriage as Brent Richter
- 2001 · Face Value as Tim Gates
- 2001 · Heart of Stone as Steve Sterns
- 2001 · Perfume as Billy
- 2001 · Burning Down the House as Arnie Green
- 2001 · Touched by a Killer as Tyler Nash
- 1999 · Flypaper as Jerry
- 1998 · Charades as Quinn
- 1998 · Kisses in the Dark as Stanley (The Coriolis Effect)
- 1998 · The Last Don II as Billy D'Angelo
- 1998 · Ivory Tower as Jarvis Cone
- 1997 · Allie & Me as Rodney Alexander
- 1997 · Veronica's Closet as Hunter
- 1997 · Our Mother's Murder as Scott Douglas
- 1997 · Nevada as Rip
- 1996 · To Love, Honor and Deceive as Detective Jim Sanders
- 1996 · A Face to Die For as Alec Dalton
- 1996 · La Vengeance à double face as Alec Dalton
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Raymond Dalton
- 1994 · Tollbooth as Vic
- 1994 · Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story as Jeff Gillooly
- 1994 · The Coriolis Effect as Stanley
- 1994 · Confessions: Two Faces of Evil as Robert Berndt
- 1993 · Night Owl as Harry
- 1993 · Route 66 as Nick Lewis
- 1992 · Melrose Place as Reed Carter
- 1992 · Grass Roots as Jerry Lomax
- 1992 · Prey of the Chameleon as J.D.
- 1991 · Scorchers as Dolan
- 1990 · Equal Justice as Christopher Searls
- 1988 · Murder One as Carl Isaacs
- 1988 · State Park as Truckie
- 1987 · Zombie High as Barry
- 1987 · Cracked Up as John Owens
- 1987 · Nightforce as Mack
- 1984 · Delta Pi as Shawn
- Future · Shades of Love: Midnight Magic as Anthony Palmer