James Wilder

James Wilder

Born 1968-08-05 (age 57) Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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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.

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Known For

Perfume
Perfume

2001

as Billy

Nightforce
Nightforce

1987

as Mack

Face Value
Face Value

2001

as Tim Gates

Scorchers
Scorchers

1991

as Dolan

State Park
State Park

1988

as Truckie

Flypaper
Flypaper

1999

as Jerry

Touched by a Killer
Touched by a Killer

2001

as Tyler Nash

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The Coriolis Effect

1994

as Stanley

Mind Games
Mind Games

2003

as Brian Reeves

Our Mother's Murder
Our Mother's Murder

1997

as Scott Douglas

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story

1994

as Jeff Gillooly

Nevada
Nevada

1997

as Rip

Grass Roots
Grass Roots

1992

as Jerry Lomax

Charades
Charades

1998

as Quinn

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Tollbooth

1994

as Vic

Zombie High
Zombie High

1987

as Barry

Heart of Stone
Heart of Stone

2001

as Steve Sterns

Prey of the Chameleon
Ivory Tower
Ivory Tower

1998

as Jarvis Cone

A Face to Die For
A Face to Die For

1996

as Alec Dalton