
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
August 5, 1968 (age 57)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
James Marcel
James Wilder
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.
Known For

TV
Melrose Place
Reed Carter
1992

TV
The Outer Limits
Raymond Dalton
1995

TV
Veronica's Closet
Hunter
1997

TV
Equal Justice
Christopher Searls
1990

Film
Perfume
Billy
2001

TV
The Last Don II
Billy D'Angelo
1998

Film
Flypaper
Jerry
1999

Film
Face Value
Tim Gates
2001

Film
Nevada
Rip
1997

Film
Nightforce
Mack
1987

Film
Mind Games
Brian Reeves
2003

Film
Grass Roots
Jerry Lomax
1992

Film
Ivory Tower
Jarvis Cone
1998

Film
Allie & Me
Rodney Alexander
1997

TV
Route 66
Nick Lewis
1993

Film
Murder One
Carl Isaacs
1988

Film
Zombie High
Barry
1987

Film
State Park
Truckie
1988

Film
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Robert Berndt
1994

Film
Scorchers
Dolan
1991
Filmography
2014Film3 Holes and a Smoking Gunas Bobby Blue Day2007FilmMcBride: Doggedas Michael Whyte2006FilmThe Perfect Marriageas Brent Richter2003FilmMind Gamesas Brian Reeves2001FilmFace Valueas Tim Gates2001FilmHeart of Stoneas Steve Sterns2001FilmPerfumeas Billy2001FilmBurning Down the Houseas Arnie Green2001FilmTouched by a Killeras Tyler Nash1999FilmFlypaperas Jerry1998FilmCharadesas Quinn1998FilmKisses in the Darkas Stanley (The Coriolis Effect)1998TVThe Last Don IIas Billy D'Angelo1998FilmIvory Toweras Jarvis Cone1997FilmAllie & Meas Rodney Alexander1997TVVeronica's Closetas Hunter1997FilmOur Mother's Murderas Scott Douglas1997FilmNevadaas Rip1996FilmTo Love, Honor and Deceiveas Detective Jim Sanders1996FilmA Face to Die Foras Alec Dalton1996FilmLa Vengeance à double faceas Alec Dalton1995TVThe Outer Limitsas Raymond Dalton1994FilmTollboothas Vic1994FilmTonya & Nancy: The Inside Storyas Jeff Gillooly1994FilmThe Coriolis Effectas Stanley1994FilmConfessions: Two Faces of Evilas Robert Berndt1993FilmNight Owlas Harry1993TVRoute 66as Nick Lewis1992TVMelrose Placeas Reed Carter1992FilmGrass Rootsas Jerry Lomax1992FilmPrey of the Chameleonas J.D.1991FilmScorchersas Dolan1990TVEqual Justiceas Christopher Searls1988FilmShades of Love: Midnight Magicas Anthony Palmer1988FilmMurder Oneas Carl Isaacs1988FilmState Parkas Truckie1987FilmZombie Highas Barry1987FilmCracked Upas John Owens1987FilmNightforceas Mack1984FilmDelta Pias Shawn