James Wilder

James Wilder

Born: August 5, 1968
in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
James Wilder (born August 5, 1968) is an American film and television actor. He's best known for his roles as Adam Louder on the Fox soap opera Models Inc., Christopher Searls on the ABC TV drama Equal Justice,  and Nick Lewis on NBC's 1993 remake of Route 66.

At the age of 14, he was living in his mother's native Paris, regaling audiences with his one man show at such legendary venues as the Moulin Rouge and Lido and later on Broadway. While there, he performed with the Nouveau Cirque De Paris, the precursor to Cirque du Soleil, before making his way to LA where he lived for several years in his customized van.

It wasn't long before he nabbed a role in the Broadway hit "Sugar Babies" while studying at the famed NY Actors Studio, at which he was later inducted as a member. Upon returning to LA, TV and film roles rolled in. Some were great, highlighting his scope, others not so much. From his breakout role as the troubled addict son of Ed Asner in the ABC Circle Theater presentation Cracked Up to his heralded star turn in the Emmy-award winning legal drama Equal Justice (with Sarah Jessica Parker) and evocative characterization of a drug-dealing seducer on Melrose Place.

In 1997, he dated actress Kirstie Alley. The two met on the set of Nevada and soon were engaged, but split after four years.

Movies for James Wilder...

Three Holes, Two Brads, and a Smoking Gun
Title: Three Holes, Two Brads, and a Smoking Gun
Character: Bobby Blue Day
Released: October 24, 2014
Type: Movie
An ex-Hollywood screenwriter now teaching an evening class in New York finds himself in a battle of wits with a devious screenwriter student.
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McBride: Dogged
Title: McBride: Dogged
Character: Michael Whyte
Released: March 16, 2007
Type: Movie
The annual LA Kennel Club Dog Show gets treated to an unexpected surprise when a backstage murder incriminates the winning canines' handler.
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The Perfect Marriage
Title: The Perfect Marriage
Character: Brent Richter
Released: May 22, 2006
Type: Movie
A conman persuades his married lover to murder her husband for the inheritance, only for his reckless spending and infidelity to drive her away.
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Face Value
Title: Face Value
Character: Tim Gates
Released: December 1, 2001
Type: Movie
To help out a friend, and to enjoy a glamorous and fast-paced life for awhile, a guy assumes the identity of his busy and mysterious friend...and ends up being pursued by murderous drug dealers.
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Heart of Stone
Title: Heart of Stone
Character: Steve Sterns
Released: September 26, 2001
Type: Movie
A psychological thriller about a married women who has an affair with a charming young man and gets involved in a series of murders not knowing if the killer is her lover or her husband or someone else.
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Perfume
Title: Perfume
Character: Billy
Released: April 8, 2001
Type: Movie
A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild modeling show in New York City.
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Burning Down the House
Title: Burning Down the House
Character: Arnie Green
Released: February 7, 2001
Type: Movie
A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay, because once the rumor mill gets wind of his plans, everyone suddenly wants a slice of his new project's pie.
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Touched by a Killer
Title: Touched by a Killer
Character: Tyler Nash
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Crime - When reporter Nicki Barrington investigates a man on death row for the murder of a young woman, she discovers the evidence was circumstantial and has his conviction overturned. After she falls in love with him, she is nagged by doubts of his innocence. - Isabella Hofmann, James Wilder, Erin Gray
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Charades
Title: Charades
Character: Quinn
Released: December 17, 1998
Type: Movie
Barry is a down-and-out-guy who takes a job at the shipping department of Technoworks, a high-tech Yuppie company. He gets invited to the house of his boss Quinn, for a weekend afternoon barbecue with some of his boss's friends. The party gets weird, Barry plays a demented version of charades while standing on the picnic table, and the next door neighbor starts screaming racial slurs over the fence. When Jude, the widow of the ex-owner of Technoworks arrives, the plot thickens. Clues to past crimes are revealed, and the real reason for the party is discovered. But not before Barry beats the hell out of a tow-truck driver, screws the boss's wife and wreaks havok with the neighbor. And as the title suggests, before the day is over, we will discover who is the Felon, or perhaps the people at party are all, one way or another, Felons.
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Kisses in the Dark
Title: Kisses in the Dark
Character: Stanley
Released: June 23, 1998
Type: Movie
Four independent short films comprise this quirky anthology. "Coriolis Effect" (1994) is an offbeat love story involving storm chasers. In the Oscar-nominated "Solly's Diner" (1979), a homeless man (Larry Hankin, who also directs) witnesses a holdup. "Looping" (1991) satirizes independent moviemaking. And the dialogue-free "Joe" (1997) features David Aaron Baker as a psychiatric patient searching for enlightenment.
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Title: The Last Don II
Character: Billy D'Angelo
Released: May 3, 1998
Type: TV
As the elder don dies, his young heir moves into the position. He quickly proves to be as ruthless as he tries to discover who has launched a plot to overthrow his rule and may be infiltrating other families. In a left over plot line, his aunt discovers that the young don had her son murdered first setting her off in a plot to kill him. Then when she is stopped she is driven into the arms of a conflicted priest. Meanwhile, an undercover FBI agent moves into the family home as a teacher for the don's handicapped daughter.
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Flypaper
Title: Flypaper
Character: Jerry
Released: February 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Greed, lust and fate bring together a motley collection of oddballs and lowlifes for some rather sticky situations in Hoch's twisted neo-noir debut. Three separate but interconnected stories, all set on a deceptively sunny day in California and centered around one million dollars in cash, inspire Hoch's quirky characters to commit acts both devious and depraved in an attempt to make the big score.
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Ivory Tower
Title: Ivory Tower
Character: Jarvis Cone
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
In the cutthroat environment of the computer industry, a young executive's passion, determination and integrity are put to the test.
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Allie & Me
Title: Allie & Me
Character: Rodney Alexander
Released: October 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Beverly Hills wife Michelle catches her husband in bed with her best friend Allie, who works at Michelle's favorite beauty salon. Shortly thereafter, Michelle and Allie embark on a life of crime, robbing the homes of the salon's wealthy patrons.
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Our Mother's Murder
Title: Our Mother's Murder
Character: Scott Douglas
Released: July 16, 1997
Type: Movie
Fact-based true crime story about the murder of publishing heiress Anne Scripps Douglas who, in 1989, married a young hunk who eventually killed her.
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Nevada
Title: Nevada
Character: Rip
Released: March 31, 1997
Type: Movie
Chrysty walks through the desert carrying nothing and heading nowhere. She enters a very small town called Silver City. The local community of women is intrigued by the sudden arrival of an attractive stranger and they find out that Chrysty left a husband and three kids behind. One of the women, McGill, calls Chrysty's husband, West to tell him where his wife is and he comes to town.
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To Love, Honor and Deceive
Title: To Love, Honor and Deceive
Character: Detective Jim Sanders
Released: December 15, 1996
Type: Movie
Sydney Carpenter is a devoted mother to her young son, and is now accustomed to the puzzling existence of her mysterious, non-communicative husband, Matthew. When her husband and son are suddenly lost at sea after a boating accident, Sydney's comfortable existence is shattered. Although overwhelmed by her grief, Sydney cannot ignore the strange pieces from her husband's past that continue to make their way into the present.
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A Face to Die For
Title: A Face to Die For
Character: Alec Dalton
Released: March 11, 1996
Type: Movie
A scarred, unattractive young woman is conned into helping with a robbery of her employer. As a result, she is sent to prison, gets plastic surgery, and returns to seek revenge on those who wronged her.
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La Vengeance à double face
Title: La Vengeance à double face
Character: Alec Dalton
Released: March 11, 1996
Type: Movie
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Raymond Dalton
Released: March 26, 1995
Type: TV
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
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Tollbooth
Title: Tollbooth
Character: Vic
Released: November 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A young woman’s dreams of love are trapped in an empty life of broken promises and futile hopes, as she desperately awaits the return of her long-missing father. In order to win her heart, a local tollbooth operator sets out to find him. One fateful evening at the tollbooth, in a feverish collision between reality and dreams, their lives change, enabling them to start anew.
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Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Title: Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Character: Jeff Gillooly
Released: April 30, 1994
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, rivals for the USA Olympic Ice Skating team. When Kerrigan is savagely attacked, people begin to wonder if the intense rivalry between the two was motivation for someone.
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The Coriolis Effect
Title: The Coriolis Effect
Character: Stanley
Released: March 26, 1994
Type: Movie
A story about sex, love and severe weather! What would make anyone want to place themselves in the path of a tornado? It's the same kind of daredevil insanity that drives us all to think we can fall in love and actually get away with it.
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Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Title: Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Character: Robert Berndt
Released: January 17, 1994
Type: Movie
Two men being questioned in a police station on Christmas Eve both confess to the murder of a cop. With both stories seeming plausible, an investigator is called in to determine which suspect is telling the truth - and why the other one is lying. Crime drama, starring James Earl Jones and Jason Bateman.
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Night Owl
Title: Night Owl
Character: Harry
Released: August 19, 1993
Type: Movie
New York: Every night the mysterious "Night Owl" goes on the air with her moody radio show. She seems to have an inexplicable influence on some men; several of Julie's friends commit suicide while listening to her voice. She fears for her husband Harry, who becomes more and more distant from her.
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Title: Route 66
Character: Nick Lewis
Released: June 8, 1993
Type: TV
Route 66 is a short-lived sequel to the 1960 television series of the same name. It aired on NBC in 1993 and was cancelled after only four episodes.
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Title: Melrose Place
Character: Reed Carter
Released: July 8, 1992
Type: TV
Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.
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Grass Roots
Title: Grass Roots
Character: Jerry Lomax
Released: February 24, 1992
Type: Movie
This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an ambitious Georgia lawyer running for the U.S. Senate at the same time he is forced by a local judge to defend a young man in a murder trial. On top of this, he becomes the target of an assassin hired by a white-supremacist organization.
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Prey of the Chameleon
Title: Prey of the Chameleon
Character: J.D.
Released: February 7, 1992
Type: Movie
J.D. returns to his hometown many years after leaving Carrie at the altar. After their unhappy reunion, J.D. heads to California, only to soon fall for a woman he helps with her broken down car. Little does he know that this woman is a serial killer who takes on the identity of each of her victims.
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Scorchers
Title: Scorchers
Character: Dolan
Released: July 7, 1991
Type: Movie
Bayou La Teche, Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid and Dolan. The trouble comes on the wedding night when Splendid is determined to maintain her innocence. On the other side of town Splendids' cousin has her own problems. Her man has been sleeping with Thais, the town hooker. She heads to the Tiger Cafe with gun in hand to get back her man.
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Title: Equal Justice
Character: Christopher Searls
Released: March 27, 1990
Type: TV
Equal Justice was a television legal drama broadcast in the United States by ABC from March 27, 1990 to July 3, 1991. This series details on the lives of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The series stars George DiCenzo, Cotter Smith, Kathleen Lloyd, Jane Kaczmarek, Sarah Jessica Parker, Barry Miller, Joe Morton, James Wilder, Jon Tenney and Debrah Farentino. Despite earning critical acclaim, the show received low ratings throughout its run and was cancelled after only two seasons.
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Murder One
Title: Murder One
Character: Carl Isaacs
Released: September 23, 1988
Type: Movie
This crime drama is based on the true story of Billy Isaacs. Freshly escaped from prison, Isaac is picked up by his brothers, and the entire dysfunctional brood embarks on a crime spree that takes them through a dozen states, claiming the lives of six innocent people .
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State Park
Title: State Park
Character: Truckie
Released: June 2, 1988
Type: Movie
A business man plans to dump toxic waste on a state park, but it doesn't go according to plan.
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Zombie High
Title: Zombie High
Character: Barry
Released: October 2, 1987
Type: Movie
A woman goes to previously all-male boarding school on a scholarship. She begins to separate herself from her boyfriend in order to devote more time to her new environment...
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Cracked Up
Title: Cracked Up
Character: John Owens
Released: May 26, 1987
Type: Movie
17-year-old track star, John Owens, has never used any drug stronger than pot, until he meets an older woman who introduces him to crack cocaine. He quickly becomes addicted but is able to hide his problem from all except his best friend, Chris.
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Nightforce
Title: Nightforce
Character: Mack
Released: May 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Carla is devastated when her friend is kidnapped by a Mexican cartel. After going to her father, a U.S. Senator, she gets her friends, and arms, to cross the border for a rescue mission.
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Delta Pi
Title: Delta Pi
Character: Shawn
Released: April 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A sorority house mother enters her girls in a mud-wrestling contest.
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Shades of Love: Midnight Magic
Title: Shades of Love: Midnight Magic
Character: Anthony Palmer
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Mary Calhoun (Jennifer Dale) gives advice to the lovelorn on her open line radio program. With a successful radio show and a published book behind her, she is offered a chance to work in television. Mary returns to Alma, the town where she studied, to arrive at her decision. In the university studio she meets Anthony Palmer (James Wilder), a student fifteen years her junior, with whom she becomes romantically involved.