James LeGros

James LeGros
LeGros at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	April 27, 1962 Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present

James LeGros (born April 27, 1962) is an American actor.

Personal life

LeGros was born in Minneapolis. His mother was a teacher and his father was a real estate broker.^[1] He was raised in Redlands, California, and attended the Professional Conservatory at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California, as well as the University of California, Irvine.^[2] LeGros is the son-in-law of actor Robert Loggia.

Career

James LeGros appeared as Rick in Gus Van Sant's 1989 Drugstore Cowboy. One of his best-known roles was in Living in Oblivion (directed by Tom DiCillo, also starring Steve Buscemi and Catherine Keener). LeGros played Chad Palomino, a male acting diva with endless 'a-list' star demands for a 'b-movie' director and crew. LeGros appeared on Showtime's Sleeper Cell (as Special Agent Ray Fuller) and on Law & Order. He was also a cast member on the television series Ally McBeal and guest-starred on Roseanne, Punky Brewster, The Outer Limits, and Friends. He portrayed Dr. Dan Harris on the NBC series Mercy.^[3] LeGros portrayed Peter Gray in the upcoming Dark Sky thriller Bitter Feast.^[4]

He is the first actor to appear on TV as Deputy United States Marshall Raylan Givens in the TV film Pronto, based on a book by Elmore Leonard. LeGros also appeared on the TV series Justified (which centers on the character Raylan Givens) as antagonist Wade Messer.

Filmography

Michael Shulman and James LeGros on the set of Sherman's Way

Solarbabies (1986) Real Men (1987) Near Dark (1987) Fatal Beauty (1987) *batteries not included (1987) Phantasm II (1988) Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Point Break (1991) The Rapture (1991) Singles (1992) Where the Day Takes You (1992)       My New Gun (1992) Guncrazy (1992) Leather Jackets (1992) Bad Girls (1994) Floundering (1994) Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) Safe (1995) Living in Oblivion (1995) Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995) Panther (1995) The Low Life (1995)

Wishful Thinking (1997) Pronto (1997) Infinity (1996) The Myth of Fingerprints (1997) Psycho (1998) L.A. Without a Map (1998) Thursday (1998) Enemy of the State (1998) Jump (1999) Drop Back Ten (2000) Common Ground (2000) If You Only Knew (2000) Scotland, PA (2001) Lovely & Amazing (2001) Friends (2002) November (2004) Catch That Kid (2004) Sexual Life (2005) Trust the Man (2005)

The Last Winter (2006) Zodiac (2007) Vantage Point (2008) Sherman's Way (2008) Visioneers (2008) Welcome to Academia (2009) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010) Bitter Feast (2010) Mildred Pierce (2011) Justified (2011–12, 2014) Grey's Anatomy (2012) House M.D. (2012) Girls (2012) Night Moves (2013) The Good Wife (2013) A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013) The Young Kieslowski (2014) Big Muddy (2014) Constantine (2014) Person of Interest (2014) Battle Creek (2015) Point Break (2015 film) (2015) Certain Women (2016)

References

Notes

1. James LeGros Biography (1962-)
2. "James LeGros". www.angelfire.com. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
3. "Have a Snack With Dark Sky's 'Bitter Feast'". BloodyDisgusting.
4. "Bitter Feast Trailer Served Up Hot and Fresh". DreadCentral.

External links

• James LeGros at the Internet Movie Database