James grew up in New York state, and attended UPENN and Yale before living and working as an actor in NYC, where he quickly began working in Off Broadway theater, TV, film, commercials, and audiobooks.

For 2 seasons he played CSU Detective Adrian Sung on Law & Order: SVU, and has worked opposite artists such as Kate Winslet, Jim Carey, and Tilda Swinton in international studio films including The Amazing Spiderman, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Labor Day, and We Need To Talk About Kevin.

Regionally some of the wonderful theaters he has worked at are the Chautauqua Theater Company, The Guthrie Theater, and the Philadelphia Theater Company.

Of his dozen plus narrated audiobooks, some of his favorite titles include “Prayer of the Dragon” and “Death and Resurrection” which can be found at audible.com.

As an upcoming writer and filmmaker, his latest short The Swap has already been accepted into festivals. He received an MFA in Acting at Yale School of Drama, where he got a Dexter Wood Luke Memorial Prize.