James Wilder
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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
Filmography
3 Holes and a Smoking Gun
Movie · as Bobby Blue Day
McBride: Dogged
Movie · as Michael Whyte
The Perfect Marriage
Movie · as Brent Richter
Mind Games
Movie · as Brian Reeves
Burning Down the House
Movie · as Arnie Green
Face Value
Movie · as Tim Gates
Touched by a Killer
Movie · as Tyler Nash
Heart of Stone
Movie · as Steve Sterns
Perfume
Movie · as Billy
Flypaper
Movie · as Jerry
Charades
Movie · as Quinn
Kisses in the Dark
Movie · as Stanley (The Coriolis Effect)
Ivory Tower
Movie · as Jarvis Cone
The Last Don II
TV · as Billy D'Angelo · 2 eps
Allie & Me
Movie · as Rodney Alexander
Our Mother's Murder
Movie · as Scott Douglas
Nevada
Movie · as Rip
Veronica's Closet
TV · as Hunter · 4 eps
A Face to Die For
Movie · as Alec Dalton
To Love, Honor and Deceive
Movie · as Detective Jim Sanders
The Outer Limits
TV · as Raymond Dalton · 1 ep
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Movie · as Robert Berndt
The Coriolis Effect
Movie · as Stanley
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Movie · as Jeff Gillooly
Tollbooth
Movie · as Vic
Night Owl
Movie · as Harry
Route 66
TV · as Nick Lewis · 4 eps
Prey of the Chameleon
Movie · as J.D.
Grass Roots
Movie · as Jerry Lomax
Melrose Place
TV · as Reed Carter · 7 eps
Scorchers
Movie · as Dolan
Equal Justice
TV · as Christopher Searls · 27 eps
State Park
Movie · as Truckie
Murder One
Movie · as Carl Isaacs
Shades of Love: Midnight Magic
Movie · as Anthony Palmer
Zombie High
Movie · as Barry
Nightforce
Movie · as Mack
Cracked Up
Movie · as John Owens
Delta Pi
Movie · as Shawn