James LeGros

James LeGros
LeGros at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	(1962-04-27) April 27, 1962 (age 56) Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present
Spouse(s)	Kristina Loggia (m. 1992)
Children	2

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

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  1 Early life
  


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  2 Career
  


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  3 Personal life
  


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  4 Filmography
  
  
  
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    4.1 Film
    
  
  
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    4.2 Television
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

Early 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 late 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 Dark Sky thriller Bitter Feast.^[4]

He is the first actor to appear on TV as Deputy United States Marshal 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.

Personal life

LeGros married to actress/photographer Kristina Loggia in 1992 and together they have two sons.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Ladies Club	Jesse	film debut; credited as James LeGros
1986	Solarbabies	Metron
1987	Near Dark	Teenage Cowboy
1987	Real Men	Buddy MacGruder
1987	Fatal Beauty	Zack Jaeger
1987	*batteries not included	Goon #2	credited as James LeGros
1988	Phantasm II	Mike	also known as "Phantasm II: Workprint"
1989	Drugstore Cowboy	Rick
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	Platoon - Vietnam
1990	Hollywood Heartbreak	Carl
1991	Blood and Concrete	Lance
1991	Point Break	Roach
1991	The Rapture	Tommy
1991	Where the Day Takes You	Crasher
1992	Nervous Ticks	Rusty
1992	Leather Jackets	Carl
1992	Gun Crazy	Howard
1992	My New Gun	Skippy
1992	Singles	Andy
1994	Floundering	John
1994	Bad Girls	William Tucker
1994	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Deems Taylor
1994	Don't Do It	Dodger
1995	Living in Oblivion	Chad Palomino	Nominated - Independent Spirit award for Best Supporting Male
1995	Safe	Chris
1995	Destiny Turns on the Radio	Thoreau
1995	Panther	Avakian
1995	The Low Life	Mike, Jr.
1995	Just Looking	Jim
1996	The Destiny of Marty Fine	Grill
1996	Boys	Fenton Ray
1996	Infinity	John Wheeler
1996	Countdown	Lieutenant Michael Killip
1997	The Myth of Fingerprints	Cezanne
1997	Wishful Thinking	Max
1998	The Pass	Hunter
1998	Thursday	Billy Hill
1998	L.A. Without a Map	Takowsky
1998	Life in the Fast Lane	D.J.
1998	Enemy of the State	Jerry Miller
1998	Psycho	Car Dealer
1999	Jump	Bicker
2000	Drop Back Ten	Peter Barnes
2000	If You Only Knew	Jack
2001	Scotland, Pa.	Joe "Mac" McBeth
2001	Lovely and Amazing	Paul
2001	World Traveler	Jack
2004	November	Hugh
2004	Straight Into Darkness	Soldier
2004	Catch That Kid	Ferrell
2004	Sexual Life	Josh
2005	Trust the Man	Dante
2006	The Last Winter	James Hoffman	Nominated - Gotham award for Best Ensemble Performance
2007	Zodiac	Officer George Bawart
2007	Cough Drop	Paul Dewey	Short film
2008	Vantage Point	Ted Heinkin
2008	Sherman's Way	Palmer
2008	Dry Rain	Stil	Short film
2008	Visioneers	Julieen
2008	Fragments	Dr. Dan Howland	also known as "Winged Creatures"
2009	Welcome to Academia	Revis
2010	Skateland	Clive Burkham
2010	Bitter Feast	Peter Grey	Nominated - Fangoria Chainsaw award for Best Actor
2012	Big Miracle	Karl Hootkin
2013	Redwood Highway	Michael Vaughn
2013	Don't Let Me Go	Chris Madsen
2013	A Birder's Guide to Everything	Donald Portnoy
2013	Night Moves	Feed Factory Clerk
2013	Three Hours Between Planes	Donald Plant	Short film
2014	The Young Kieslowski	Walter Mallard
2014	Big Muddy	Buford Carver
2015	Point Break	FBI Deputy Director #2
2016	Certain Women	Ryan
2016	The People Garden	Director
2016	Stray Bullets	Cody
2017	Dating My Mother	Chester
2018	Nostalgia	Patrick
2018	Support the Girls	Cubby
2018	Wildling	The Wolf Man
2018	Unzipping	Tsiki	Short film; completed
2018	Buck Run	William Templeton	completed
2018	Waterlily Jaguar	Bob	post-production
TBR	Medicine Man	William Rossdale	post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Knight Rider	Trasher	television debut Episode: "The Rotten Apples"; credited as James LeGros
1984	The Ratings Game	Car Attendant	Television Movie; credited as James Legros
1985	Simon & Simon	Punk Boy	Episode: "Slither"
1985	Punky Brewster	Blade	2 episodes
1985	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Freddie Cruz	Episode: "Ace Hits the Big Time"
1993	Class of '96	Lucas Miller	Episode: "When Whitney Met Linda"
1996	Roseanne	Mr. Schlosser	Episode: "Springtime for David"
1996	Marshal Law	Cougar	Television Movie
1997	The Outer Limits	Ben Conklin	Episode: "Dead Man's Switch"
1997	Pronto	Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens	Television Movie
1998	ER	Dr. Max Rocher	recurring role; 3 episodes
1998	L.A. Doctors	Dwight Anthony	Episode: "Under the Radar"
1999	Border Line	Dan Macivers	Television Movie
2000	Common Ground	Amos	Television Movie
2000-2001	Ally McBeal	Mark Albert	recurring role; 28 episodes Nominated - Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2002	Friends	Jim Nelson	Episode: "The One with the Tea Leaves"
2002	Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie	Troy	Television Movie
2002	Damaged Love	Doug Peeno	Television Movie
2003	The Street Lawyer	Barry Nuzzo	Television Movie
2004	Paradise	Matthew Paradise	Television Movie
2005	Law & Order	Dwight Jacobs	Episode: "Red Ball"
2005	Sleeper Cell	Special Agent Raymond "Ray" Fuller	recurring role; 7 episodes
2008	1%	Rabbi	Television Movie
2009-2010	Mercy	Dr. Dan Harris	recurring role; 22 episodes
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Bill Harris	Episode: "Behave"
2011	Mildred Pierce	Wally Burgan	Television Miniseries; 5 episodes
2011-2014	Justified	Wade Messer	recurring role; 6 episodes
2012	Grey's Anatomy	Jerry	Episode: "Flight"
2012	House M.D.	Oliver	Episode: "Everybody Dies"
2012	Girls	Jeff Lavoyt	recurring role; 4 episodes
2013	Revenge	Father Paul Whitley	recurring role; 3 episodes
2013	The Good Wife	Judge Adam Tolkin	Episode: "The Next Month"
2013	The Sixth Gun	Bill John O'Henry	Television Movie
2014	Constantine	Ellis McGee	Episode: "The Darkness Beneath"
2014-2016	Person of Interest	Bruce Moran	recurring role; 3 episodes
2015	Battle Creek	Mitchell Ford	Episode: "Stockholm"
2016	Billions	unknown	Episode: "Boasts and Rails"
2017	Fear the Walking Dead	Eddie	Episode: "Things Bad Begun"
2018	Blue Bloods	Don Voorhees	Episode: "Erasing History"
2018	Castle Rock	Sheriff	Episode: "Harvest"

References

Notes

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   ^ James LeGros Biography (1962-)
   


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   ^ "Have a Snack With Dark Sky's 'Bitter Feast'". BloodyDisgusting.
   


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   ^ "Bitter Feast Trailer Served Up Hot and Fresh". DreadCentral.
   

External links

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  James LeGros on IMDb

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