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Biography

James Marsden was born September 18, 1973 in Stillwater, Oklahoma and is best known for playing "Cyclops" in the X-Men movies as well as…more

Born

9/18/1973, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

Birth Name

James Paul Marsden

Gender

Male

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Role
- Vietnam in HD
  Arthur Wiknik
- Teen Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 Teen Choice Awards 2008
    8/4/08
- Ally McBeal
  Glenn Foy
  - S 5: Ep 13 Woman
    2/18/02
  - S 5: Ep 12 The New Day
    2/11/02
  - S 5: Ep 11 A Kick in the Head
    2/4/02
  - S 5: Ep 10 One Hundred Tears
    1/21/02
  - S 5: Ep 9 Blowin' in the Wind
    1/14/02
  - + 8 More Credits
- Second Noah
  Ricky Beckett
  - S 2: Ep 9 Diving In
    6/8/97
  - S 2: Ep 8 Desperately Seeking Mickey
    6/1/97
  - S 2: Ep 7 Heart Matters
    5/25/97
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Choice
    10/19/96
  - S 2: Ep 5 Slings and Arrows
    10/12/96
  - + 16 More Credits
- Boogies Diner
  Jason
  - — Scenes From The Class Struggle At Boogie's Diner
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Wrong Man
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- 30 Rock
  Criss Chros
  - S 6: Ep 21 The Return of Avery Jessup
    5/10/12
  - S 6: Ep 12 St. Patrick's Day
    3/15/12
  - S 6: Ep 9 Leap Day
    2/23/12
  - S 6: Ep 7 Hey, Baby, What's Wrong? (Part 2)
    2/9/12
  - S 6: Ep 6 Hey, Baby, What's Wrong? (Part 1)
    2/9/12
  - + 1 More Credits
- 30 Rock
  Chris Chros
  - S 6: Ep 3 Idiots Are People Three!
    1/26/12
Guest Star (20)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 24: Ep 10 September 16, 2011
    9/16/11
  - S 23: Ep 132 March 30, 2011
    3/30/11
  - S 22: Ep 43 November 6, 2009
    11/6/09
  - S 21: Ep 33 October 15, 2008
    10/15/08
  - S 20: Ep 84 January 10, 2008
    1/10/08
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 13 James Marsden/Wolfgang Puck
    9/7/11
  - S 6: Ep 134 James Marsden/Charlyne Yi
    4/13/10
  - S 3: Ep 181 Julie Chen/James Marsden/Sara Bareilles
    7/11/07
  - S 2: Ep 166 Jack Black/James Marsden/Sonya Kitchell
    6/22/06
- Chelsea Lately
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 49 James Marsden
    4/4/11
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 181 Episode #4.181
    4/4/11
- Modern Family
  Barry
  - S 2: Ep 11 Slow Down Your Neighbors
    1/5/11
- Robot Chicken
  Doug Goldstein, Jason Chambers, Lion
  - S 4: Ep 19 Especially the Animal Keith Crofford!
    9/20/09
- VH1's Top 20 Countdown
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 2 January 12, 2008
    1/12/08
- e-Talk Daily
  Self
  - S 3: Ep 124 July 16, 2007
    7/16/07
- HBO First Look
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 9 Superman Returns: The Journey Continues
    6/19/06
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 198 Julie Delpy, Shane Hamman, James Marsden, and Yes
    6/25/04
  - S 5: Ep 175 James Marsden, Alex Kingston, and John Caparulo
    5/7/03
  - S 4: Ep 71 James Marsden, Leah Remini, and Dashboard Confessional
    10/11/01
- The Sharon Osbourne Show
  Himself
  - — 5/24/04
    5/24/04
- The View
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 159 May 2, 203
    3/2/03
- The Outer Limits
  Brav
  - S 4: Ep 8 Rite of Passage
    3/13/98
- Extreme Ghostbusters
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 18 Ghost Apocalyptic Future
    10/1/97
- Touched By an Angel
  Jake
  - S 2: Ep 5 Angels on the Air
    10/21/95
- Party of Five
  Griffin Holbrook
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Ides of March
    3/15/95
- Blossom
  Josh
  - S 5: Ep 17 The Date
    2/27/95
- The Nanny
  Eddie
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Nuchslep
    11/24/93
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot (a.k.a. The Nanny)
    11/3/93
- Saved by the Bell: The New Class
  Chad Westerfield
  - S 1: Ep 7 Homecoming King
    10/23/93
- Bram & Alice
  Arnold Cooper
  - S 1: Ep 8 Scribbling Rivalry

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- While preparing for his role as TV show host Corny Collins in Hairspray, James watched old videos of Frank Sinatra. He says he wanted to model himself in part after Sinatra while portraying this character.
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- James worked with his X-Men costar Rebecca Romijn again in the movie The Alibi.
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- Right before shooting a particularly emotional scene for X-Men: The Last Stand, James was talking about his kids with a crew member, and started to tear up, so the tears in the movie are real.
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- James:(On celebrating the new year) I am definitely not the guy who drives to Vegas and stands in the middle of the street drunk with beads around his neck. I'm the guy that's with his family in the backyard holding sparklers.
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- James: (On whether he is happy with his career) Yes, because I have a life. I'm 32, I have two kids and a wife, and that's important to me. Obviously, I want to be working on things I'm inspired by but superstardom is not interesting to me. The only thing I like about [celebrity] is having the power to choose what I'm going to do. I'm not to that point yet-while I have some ability to carve out which scripts I want to go after-but I am doing work that I really believe in.
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- James: (About his family) They've taught me that I can lead a richer life by living for someone that's not me. For much of my life, I felt like I was just going through the motions. It was like, 'When am I gonna be who I am, so I can start living?' And then it happened: My son was born, my daughter was born, and suddenly, it feels like you're really living. I decided I was going to stop thinking about things so much. I got this push from behind - it was like, 'Just do something. Just go. Do it. Live.'
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