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James Wilder
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…
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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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2021
PROBE: Case Files
Movie Writer
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2014
3 Holes and a Smoking Gun
Movie Bobby Blue Day
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2007
McBride: Dogged
Movie Michael Whyte
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2006
The Perfect Marriage
Movie Brent Richter
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2003
Mind Games
Movie Brian Reeves
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2001
Face Value
Movie Tim Gates
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2001
Heart of Stone
Movie Steve Sterns
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2001
Perfume
Movie Billy
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2001
Burning Down the House
Movie Arnie Green
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2001
Touched by a Killer
Movie Tyler Nash
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1999
Flypaper
Movie Jerry
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1998
Charades
Movie Quinn
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1998
Kisses in the Dark
Movie Stanley (The Coriolis Effect)
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1998
The Last Don II
TV show Billy D'Angelo
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1998
Ivory Tower
Movie Jarvis Cone
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1997
Allie & Me
Movie Rodney Alexander
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1997
Veronica's Closet
TV show Hunter
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1997
Our Mother's Murder
Movie Scott Douglas
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1997
Nevada
Movie Rip
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1996
To Love, Honor and Deceive
Movie Detective Jim Sanders
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1996
A Face to Die For
Movie Alec Dalton
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1995
The Outer Limits
TV show Raymond Dalton
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1994
Tollbooth
Movie Vic
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1994
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Movie Jeff Gillooly
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1994
The Coriolis Effect
Movie Stanley
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1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Movie Robert Berndt
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1993
Night Owl
Movie Harry
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1993
Route 66
TV show Nick Lewis
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1992
Melrose Place
TV show Reed Carter
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1992
Grass Roots
Movie Jerry Lomax
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1992
Prey of the Chameleon
Movie J.D.
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1991
Scorchers
Movie Dolan
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1990
Equal Justice
TV show Christopher Searls
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1988
Shades of Love: Midnight Magic
Movie Anthony Palmer
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1988
Murder One
Movie Carl Isaacs
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1988
State Park
Movie Truckie
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1987
Zombie High
Movie Barry
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1987
Cracked Up
Movie John Owens
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1987
Nightforce
Movie Mack
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1984
Delta Pi
Movie Shawn
