
Acting
James Wilder
Also Known As: James Marcel
Birth Date
August 5, 1968
(58 years old)
Place of Birth
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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Melrose Place
Reed Carter
1992 • 7 episodes

The Outer Limits
Raymond Dalton
1995 • 1 episode

Veronica's Closet
Hunter
1997 • 4 episodes

Equal Justice
Christopher Searls
1990 • 27 episodes

The Last Don II
Billy D'Angelo
1998 • 2 episodes

Perfume
Billy
2001

Allie & Me
Rodney Alexander
1997

Scorchers
Dolan
1991

Grass Roots
Jerry Lomax
1992

Zombie High
Barry
1987

Nightforce
Mack
1987

Mind Games
Brian Reeves
2003

Face Value
Tim Gates
2001

Delta Pi
Shawn
1984

Flypaper
Jerry
1999

Nevada
Rip
1997

Prey of the Chameleon
J.D.
1992

State Park
Truckie
1988

Route 66
Nick Lewis
1993 • 4 episodes

Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Robert Berndt
1994