James Marsden

James Paul Marsden (born September 18, 1973) is an American television and film actor. He began his acting career guest starring in the television shows Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993), Touched by an Angel (1995), and Party of Five (1995). Marsden gained fame for his portrayal of Cyclops in the X-Men film series (2000–2014) and for his roles in the films The Notebook (2004), Superman Returns (2006), Hairspray (2007), Enchanted (2007), 27 Dresses (2008), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). He portrayed John F. Kennedy in the drama film The Butler (2013) and Tom Wachowski in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), and is reprising the role in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024). Marsden starred in the science fiction series Westworld from 2016 to 2022 and in the black comedy series Dead to Me from 2019 to 2022, for which he received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award in 2023. He played guest roles in the sitcoms Modern Family (2011) and 30 Rock (2012–2013). He starred as a fictionalised version of himself in the mockumentary series Jury Duty (2023), for which he received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Marsden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, 1973-09-18

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1993	In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco	Steven Willis	51
2	1994	Search and Rescue		55
3	1994	No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn	Tyler Cochran	60
4	1995	919 Fifth Avenue	Will	0
5	1996	Public Enemies	Doc Barker	39
6	1996	Gone in a Heartbeat	Michael Haller	60
7	1997	Campfire Tales	Eddie (segment "The Hook")	58
8	1997	On the Edge of Innocence	Jake Walker	50
9	1997	Bella Mafia	Luka	68
10	1998	Disturbing Behavior	Steve Clark	57
11	2000	Gossip	Derrick Webb	58
12	2000	X-Men: The Mutant Watch	Self - 'Cyclops'	70
13	2000	X-Men	Cyclops	70
14	2001	Sugar & Spice	Jack Bartlett	64
15	2001	Zoolander	John Wilkes Booth	62
16	2001	Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes	Cyclops (archive footage)	70
17	2002	Interstate 60	Neal Oliver	74
18	2003	Evolution X - The Making of X-Men		70
19	2003	X-Men: Premieres Around the World	Self	59
20	2003	X2	Scott Summers / Cyclops	70
21	2003	The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2		80
22	2003	X2 Global Webcast Highlights	Self	49
23	2004	The 24th Day	Dan	65
24	2004	The Notebook	Lon Hammond	79
25	2005	Heights	Jonathan	66
26	2006	The Alibi	Wendell Hatch	57
27	2006	10th & Wolf	Tommy	59
28	2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	Scott Summers / Cyclops	64
29	2006	Superman Returns	Richard White	58
30	2006	Requiem for Krypton: Making 'Superman Returns'	Self	73
31	2007	Hairspray	Corny Collins	67
32	2007	Enchanted	Prince Edward	68
33	2008	27 Dresses	Kevin Doyle	64
34	2008	Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure	Prince Edward (voice)	35
35	2008	Sex Drive	Rex Lafferty	64
36	2009	The Box	Arthur Lewis	56
37	2010	Death at a Funeral	Oscar	58
38	2010	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Diggs (voice)	52
39	2011	Hop	Fred	58
40	2011	Straw Dogs	David Sumner	59
41	2012	Bachelorette	Trevor Graham	54
42	2012	Small Apartments	Bernard Franklin	59
43	2012	Robot & Frank	Hunter	69
44	2013	As Cool as I Am	Chuck Diamond	59
45	2013	2 Guns	Quince	65
46	2013	The Butler	John F. Kennedy	73
47	2013	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	Jack Lime	61
48	2014	Walk of Shame	Gordon	60
49	2014	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Scott Summers	75
50	2014	Welcome to Me	Rich Ruskin	58
51	2014	The Loft	Chris Vanowen	64
52	2014	The Best of Me	Dawson Cole	75
53	2015	Accidental Love	Scott	43
54	2015	Into the Grizzly Maze	Rowan	54
55	2015	Unfinished Business	Jim Spinch	55
56	2015	The D Train	Oliver Lawless	49
57	2017	The Female Brain	Adam	56
58	2017	Tour de Pharmacy	Rex Honeycut	68
59	2017	Shock and Awe	Warren Strobel	64
60	2018	Henchmen	Hank (voice)	67
61	2020	Sonic the Hedgehog	Tom Wachowski	73
62	2020	30 Rock: A One-Time Special	Criss Cross (voice)	56
63	2020	Born of a Dream	F.A. Jones	0
64	2021	The Boss Baby: Family Business	Tim Templeton (voice)	74
65	2021	My Little Pony: A New Generation	Hitch Trailblazer (voice)	77
66	2022	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Tom Wachowski	75
67	2022	Disenchanted	Prince Edward	67
68	2023	PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie	Hank (voice)	70
69	2024	Knox Goes Away	Miles Knox	70
70	2024	Unfrosted	Jack Lalanne	53
71	2024	Sonic the Hedgehog 3	Tom	77
72		Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice		0
73	2027	Sonic the Hedgehog 4	Tom Wachowski	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark		54
2	1993	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Chad Westerfield	58
3	1993	The Nanny	Eddie	81
4	1994	Party of Five	Griffin Holbrook (as Jimmy Marsden)	70
5	1994	Boogies Diner	Jason	0
6	1994	Touched by an Angel	Jake	72
7	1995	The Outer Limits	Brav	77
8	1996	Second Noah	Ricky Beckett	60
9	1997	The View	Self	45
10	1997	Ally McBeal	Glenn Foy	66
11	1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Self - Guest	42
12	2001	Critics Choice Awards	Self - Presenter	55
13	2002	Top Gear	Self	75
14	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
15	2006	30 Rock	Criss	74
16	2009	Party Down	Jack Botty	74
17	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	48
18	2009	Modern Family	Barry	79
19	2011	Vietnam in HD	Arthur Wiknik	77
20	2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Self	61
21	2013	Wander Over Yonder	Sir Brad Starlight (voice)	75
22	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		58
23	2014	Running Wild with Bear Grylls	Self	68
24	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self	54
25	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest	54
26	2015	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Self	67
27	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert		65
28	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	65
29	2016	Westworld	Theodore 'Teddy' Flood	80
30	2017	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Self	59
31	2019	Dead to Me	Ben Wood	72
32	2019	Dead to Me	Steve Wood	72
33	2019	Dead to Me	Steve Wood / Ben Wood	72
34	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		63
35	2019	Green Eggs and Ham	Bo (voice)	80
36	2020	Mrs. America	Phil Crane	74
37	2020	The Stand	Stu Redman	69
38	2023	Jury Duty	James Marsden	76
39	2024	Knuckles	Tom Wachowski (archive footage) (uncredited)	74
40	2025	Paradise	President Cal Bradford	77
41	2025	No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski	Self	60