James Dumont (actor)
| James Dumont | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 August 1965 Chicago, Illinois and New York City, New York[1] |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California[1] |
| Occupation | Actor, Producer[2] |
| Years active | 1980–present |
James Dumont is an actor and producer[1] who has been in a multitude of feature films and television shows.[1] He has acted in notable films such as Trumbo (2015) as J. Parnell Thomas,[2] Jurassic World (2015) as Hal Osterly, Little Boy (2015), Get on Up (2014), Catch Hell (2014), Dallas Buyers Club (2013) as Rayon's father, The Butler (2013) as Chief of Staff Sherman Adams, Ocean's Thirteen (2007), and War of the Worlds. On the small screen, he has acted in television shows such as Halt and Catch Fire[3], American Horror Story as Foster, Ravenswood as Scudder, the HBO series Treme, and TNT's Men of a Certain Age.
Early life
DuMont was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, then attended Boston University,[1] then left for New York City.[1] He worked regularly in theater, discovered Buddhism (of which he still is a practitioner) and made his Broadway debut in Six Degrees of Separation (where he was nude).[1] After Six Degrees of Separation, DuMont performed with Mary Louise Parker, Brooke Smith, and Sam Robards in Throwing Your Voice, a role which he received a rave review from the New York Times.[1]
Career
After Throwing Your Voice, DuMont moved to Los Angeles, where he has producing credits in award winning plays and booked television acting gigs on the The George Carlin Show,[1] Lois and Clark, Grey's Anatomy, Mad Men, Rizzoli and Isles, Harry's Law, and Desperate Housewives. In film, he starred early in Speed,[2] S.W.A.T., Catch Me If You Can, War of the Worlds, Seabiscuit, and Ocean's 13.
TV career
He has acted in a countless amount of popular TV series such as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,[3] Home Improvement, Ugly Betty, TNT's Men of a Certain Age, Mad Men, Rizzoli & Isles, Treme and American Horror Story.
He got his start as a desk clerk on Law & Order.[3] He would then star in another legal drama in 1994's Sweet Justice'[3]'. Next, he appeared on the The George Carlin Show (1995) as a cop,[3] The Client (1995) as Orderly, Can't Hurry Love (1995) as Leo-Bookie Priest, Fallen Angels (1995) as a cop, NYPD Blue (1996) also an officer, and Tracey Takes On... (1996) as Tracey Show AD.
Since then he has taken many roles in TV shows including Joan of Arcadia,[3] Bones, Three Rivers, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, The Cape, and Nashville.
Producing career
DuMont produced shorts and features.[1] A short film by him, The Confession, won 20 of 25[1] international film festivals. DuMont co-produced Statistics, which won him the Audience Award at the Silverlake Film Festival.[1] He co-produced the Cellar Door[2] and producer for the The Cellar Door 2: Preymates.[2] He was associate producer of the Savage Beast.[2] He also acted in and produced the critically favored stage production Serious Games & Morphic Resonance.[1] Currently, he is making feature films with producing partners in New York City, Los Angeles, and Louisiana.[1]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers | Kid Dancing in the Street[2] | |
| 1983 | Listen to Your Heart | High School Kid | TV Movie |
| 1983 | Class | Mr. Simons | |
| 1991 | In a Shade Between Two Trees | Ernie | |
| 1992 | Time Expired | Bobby | Short |
| 1992 | 52nd St. Serenade | Poet | |
| 1993 | Combination Platter | James | |
| 1993 | Park Tragedy | Cliff | |
| 1994 | Speed | Workman | |
| 1997 | The Peacemaker | Young Sniper | |
| 1997 | Bombshell | Dr. Braunmann | |
| 1998 | The Confession | Confessor | Short, producer |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | Lt. Griffin (Ruminant Procurement) | TV Movie |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Man #1 in Airport Bar | |
| 1998 | Erasable You | Ron | |
| 1998 | Winchell | Reporter # 1 | TV Movie |
| 1998 | In Quiet Night | Mike | |
| 1999 | Bellyfruit | Lou | |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball | Reporter | |
| 2002 | Gotta Kick It Up! | Alex | TV Movie |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | FBI Agent | as Himself |
| 2003 | Sweet Potato Queens | Angry Customer | TV Movie |
| 2003 | Seabiscuit | Reporter Lewis | |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | Gus | |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | Larry | |
| 2005 | Dating Games People Play | Vacuum Salesman | |
| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Compassionate Man - Bookstore | |
| 2005 | Lincoln's Eyes | Short | |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Father | |
| 2006 | Statistics | Gas Can Guy | Associate Producer/co-producer |
| 2007 | Pandemic | Phil Duin | TV Movie |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Security Supervisor | |
| 2007 | The Cellar Door | Herman | Co-producer |
| 2008 | Fast Girl | Chew Chief | |
| 2008 | Necessary Evil | Officer # 1 | |
| 2009 | Drool | Mr. Wilder | |
| 2009 | The Open Road | Clerk | Uncredited |
| 2010 | Journey to Promethea | Aarden / Human Arden | as himself; TV Movie |
| 2010 | Chameleon | B.R.P.D. Cop A | |
| 2010 | Enemies Among Us | Governor Chip Majors | |
| 2010 | Knucklehead | Announcer | |
| 2011 | Seconds Apart | Hardesty | |
| 2011 | Flypaper | Detective | |
| 2011 | Scorn | Leonard | Short |
| 2011 | The Chaperone | The Chaperone | |
| 2011 | Xtinction: Predator X | Deputy Tom | |
| 2011 | Inside Out | Carlo Geneva | |
| 2011 | Hide | Ben | TV Movie |
| 2011 | Snatched | Earl | |
| 2012 | Speed Demons | ||
| 2012 | Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning | Dr. Timothy Brady | |
| 2012 | The Baytown Outlaws | Special Agent Simmons | |
| 2012 | Rock Jocks | Rich | |
| 2013 | The Butler | Chief of Staff Sherman Adams | |
| 2013 | Dallas Buyers Club | Rayon's Father | |
| 2014 | Barefoot | Dave Walachowski | |
| 2014 | Get on Up | Corporal Dooley | |
| 2014 | When the Game Stands Tall | Stanford Recruiter | |
| 2014 | Catch Hell | Tony Cunningham | |
| 2014 | Hello, My Name is Frank | Dad in Park | |
| 2015 | Laugh Along the Way | Dr. Floor | Short |
| 2015 | Little Boy | Harvey | |
| 2015 | Jurassic World | Hal Osterly | |
| 2015 | I Saw the Light | WB Nolin | |
| 2015 | Trumbo | J. Parnell Thomas | |
| The Cellar Door 2: Preymates | Herman | Producer | |
| Mind Puppets | Andrew | Post-production | |
| 2016 | Midnight Special | Base Commander | |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Patrick O'Bryan | post-production |
| 2016 | Patriots Day | Filming | |
| 2017 | Heart, Baby | Harvey Bloom | filming |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Law & Order | Desk-Clerk[3] | |
| 1994 | Sweet Justice | Marwood | |
| 1995 | The George Carlin Show | Cop # 1 | |
| 1995 | The Client | Orderly | |
| 1995 | Can't Hurry Love | Leo-Bookie Priest | |
| 1995 | Fallen Angels | Short White Cop | |
| 1996 | NYPD Blue | Uniform Officer | |
| 1996 | Tracey Takes On... | Tracey Show AD | |
| 1996 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Ralph | |
| 1997 | General Hospital | Sonny's Henchmen | |
| 1997 | Home Improvement | Gus | |
| 1998 | Arli$$ | Darryl Knopf | |
| 2000 | Then Came You | Pat | |
| 2000 | The West Wing | Major Thompson | |
| 2000 | Becker | Mr. Rigney | |
| 2001 | Titus | Rudy | |
| 2001 | That's Life | Bobby | |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Will Harrell | |
| 2003 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mr. Haddick | |
| 2004 | ER | Clemens | |
| 2005 | Joan of Arcadia | Steve Pinkus | |
| 2005 | Close to Home | Dave Simon | |
| 2006 | House M.D. | George | |
| 2007 | Numb3rs | Phil Duin | |
| 2007 | Ugly Betty | Prison Driver | |
| 2009 | Bones | Len | |
| 2009 | Three Rivers | Detective Philip Lombardi | |
| 2009-10 | Grey's Anatomy | Sheldon Morris | |
| 2010 | Hung | Lindo | |
| 2010 | Desperate Housewives | Online Customer | |
| 2011 | The Cape | Engineer | |
| 2011 | United States of Tara | World Weary Businessman | |
| 2011 | Men of a Certain Age | Bill | |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Paul Vinson | |
| 2012 | Mad Men | Walt Jarvis | |
| 2012 | Rizzoli & Isles | Phil Taylor | |
| 2013 | Nashville | Bobby Delmont | |
| 2013 | Bonnie & Clyde | Bank Manager | TV Mini-series |
| 2010-2013 | Treme | Captain Richard LaFouchette | |
| 2014 | Ravenswood | Scudder | |
| 2014 | Wild Card | Cotonio | |
| 2014 | American Horror Story | Foster / Dr. Morrison | |
| 2015 | Hell and Catch Fire | Eugene Bowdich | |
| 2015 | Zoo | Dr. Humbolt Swinney | |
Other
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cool Dog | Derek[3] | video |
Trivia
He is the nephew of American engineer, scientist, and inventor, Allen B. DuMont,[2] who founded DuMont Television Network, the first television network to be licensed.