James Dumont (actor)

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 (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

Television

Other

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.

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