James DuMont
| James DuMont | |
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| Born |
August 12, 1965 Chicago |
James DuMont (born August 12, 1965) is an American character actor and producer.
DuMont's career includes a lead performance in the political thriller Enemies Among Us, opposite Eric Roberts and Billy Zane. DuMont has appeared in many TV series, such as Numb3rs, House, and more recently, American Horror Story: Coven, Bonnie & Clyde, Nashville, and Treme.[1] Film roles include Catch Me If You Can, S.W.A.T., Speed, Get on Up, The Butler, Ocean's Thirteen, War of the Worlds, Along Came Polly, and Dallas Buyers Club, in which he played the father of Rayon (played by Jared Leto). DuMont told Cindy Elavsky, "It's a really powerful scene we share. Jared does powerful work in this; as soon as we finished our scene, I tweeted that Jared would get an Oscar nomination for this role."[1]
Selected filmography
- Necessary Evil as Officer #1 (2008)
- American Horror Story as Foster / Dr. Morrison (2013–2014) (5 episodes)
- Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon's Father (2013)
- Get on Up as Corporal Dooley (2014)
- When the Game Stands Tall as Stanford Recruiter (2014)
- Midnight Special as Base Commander (2015)[2]
- I Saw the Light as WB Nolan (2015)[3]
- Jurassic World (2015)[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elavksy, Cindy (January 5, 2014). "Celebrity Extra". King Features. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003069/
- ↑ Beville Dunkerley (16 October 2014). "Hank Williams Movie Casts Four New Roles". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ debi Moore (16 October 2014). "Hank Williams Movie Casts Four New Roles". Dread Central. Retrieved 28 October 2014.