James Wilder
Born: 1968-08-05 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2021
- PROBE: Case Files ... (Writer)
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
- Perfume as Billy
- Face Value as Tim Gates
- Heart of Stone as Steve Sterns
- Touched by a Killer as Tyler Nash
- Burning Down the House as Arnie Green
1999
- Flypaper as Jerry
1998
- The Last Don II as Billy D'Angelo
- Kisses in the Dark as Stanley (The Coriolis Effect)
- Ivory Tower as Jarvis Cone
- Charades as Quinn
1997
- Veronica's Closet as Hunter
- Nevada as Rip
- Our Mother's Murder as Scott Douglas
- Allie & Me as Rodney Alexander
1996
- A Face to Die For as Alec Dalton
- To Love, Honor and Deceive as Detective Jim Sanders
1995
- The Outer Limits as Raymond Dalton
1994
- Tollbooth as Vic
- Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story as Jeff Gillooly
- The Coriolis Effect as Stanley
- Confessions: Two Faces of Evil as Robert Berndt
1992
- Melrose Place as Reed Carter
- Grass Roots as Jerry Lomax
- Prey of the Chameleon as J.D.
1991
- Scorchers as Dolan
1990
- Equal Justice as Christopher Searls
1988
- State Park as Truckie
- Murder One as Carl Isaacs
- Shades of Love: Midnight Magic as Anthony Palmer
1987
- Zombie High as Barry
- Nightforce as Mack
- Cracked Up as John Owens
1984
- Delta Pi as Shawn