
James Marsden
Biography
James Paul Marsden (born September 18, 1973) is an American actor. He began his acting career by guest-starring on the television shows Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993), Touched by an Angel (1995), and Party of Five (1995). Marsden gained fame for his portrayal of Cyclops in the X-Men film series from 2000 to 2014, and for his roles in the films The Notebook (2004), Superman Returns (2006), Hairspray (2007), Enchanted (2007), 27 Dresses (2008), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). He portrayed John F. Kennedy in the drama film The Butler (2013) and Tom Wachowski in the Sonic the Hedgehog film series (2020–present).
Marsden starred in the science fiction series Westworld from 2016 to 2022 and in the black comedy series Dead to Me from 2019 to 2022, for which he received a nomination for a Critics' Choice Television Award. He played guest roles in the Modern Family (2011) and 30 Rock (2012–2013) sitcoms. He starred as a fictionalised version of himself in the mockumentary series Jury Duty (2023), for which he received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Marsden has since starred in the thriller series Paradise (2025).
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Acting History
2026
Avengers: Doomsday as Scott Summers / Cyclops
2025Your Friends & Neighbors
2025No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski as Self
2025Paradise as President Cal Bradford
2024Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Tom
2024Unfrosted as Jack Lalanne
2024Knuckles as Tom Wachowski (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024Knox Goes Away as Miles Knox
2023PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie as Hank (voice)
2023Jury Duty as James Marsden
2022Disenchanted as Prince Edward
2022Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as Tom Wachowski
2021My Little Pony: A New Generation as Hitch Trailblazer (voice)
2021The Boss Baby: Family Business as Tim Templeton (voice)
2020The Stand as Stu Redman
2020Born of a Dream as F.A. Jones
202030 Rock: A One-Time Special as Criss Cross (voice)
2020Mrs. America as Phil Crane
2020Sonic the Hedgehog as Tom Wachowski
2019Green Eggs and Ham as Bo (voice)
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Dead to Me as Ben Wood
2019Dead to Me as Steve Wood
2019Dead to Me as Steve Wood / Ben Wood
2018Henchmen as Hank (voice)
2017Shock and Awe as Warren Strobel
2017Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
2017Tour de Pharmacy as Rex Honeycut
2017The Female Brain as Adam
2016Westworld as Theodore 'Teddy' Flood
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015The D Train as Oliver Lawless
2015Welcome to Me as Rich Ruskin
2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2015Unfinished Business as Jim Spinch
2015Into the Grizzly Maze as Rowan
2015Accidental Love as Scott
2014The Best of Me as Dawson Cole
2014The Loft as Chris Vanowen
2014Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
2014X-Men: Days of Future Past as Scott Summers
2014Walk of Shame as Gordon
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as Jack Lime
2013Wander Over Yonder as Sir Brad Starlight (voice)
2013The Butler as John F. Kennedy
20132 Guns as Quince
2013As Cool as I Am as Chuck Diamond
2012Robot & Frank as Hunter
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
2012Small Apartments as Bernard Franklin
2012Bachelorette as Trevor Graham
2011Vietnam in HD as Arthur Wiknik
2011Straw Dogs as David Sumner
2011Hop as Fred
2010Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as Diggs (voice)
2010Death at a Funeral as Oscar
2009The Box as Arthur Lewis
2009Modern Family as Barry
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Party Down as Jack Botty
2008Sex Drive as Rex Lafferty
2008Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure as Prince Edward (voice)
200827 Dresses as Kevin Doyle
2007Enchanted as Prince Edward
2007Hairspray as Corny Collins
2006Requiem for Krypton: Making 'Superman Returns' as Self
200630 Rock as Criss
2006Superman Returns as Richard White
2006X-Men: The Last Stand as Scott Summers / Cyclops
200610th & Wolf as Tommy
2006The Alibi as Wendell Hatch
2005Heights as Jonathan
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004The Notebook as Lon Hammond
2004The 24th Day as Dan
2003The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2'
2003FX2: Visual Effects as Self
2003X2 Global Webcast Highlights as Self
2003X2 as Scott Summers / Cyclops
2003X-Men: Premieres Around the World as Self
2003Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002Top Gear as Self
2002Interstate 60 as Neal Oliver
2001Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Cyclops (archive footage)
2001Zoolander as John Wilkes Booth
2001Sugar & Spice as Jack Bartlett
2001Critics Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
2000X-Men as Cyclops
2000X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Self - 'Cyclops'
2000Gossip as Derrick Webb
1999The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
1998Disturbing Behavior as Steve Clark
1997Bella Mafia as Luka
1997Ally McBeal as Glenn Foy
1997The View as Self
1997On the Edge of Innocence as Jake Walker
1997Campfire Tales as Eddie (segment "The Hook")
1996Gone in a Heartbeat as Michael Haller
1996Public Enemies as Doc Barker
1996Second Noah as Ricky Beckett
1995The Outer Limits as Brav
1995919 Fifth Avenue as Will
1994Touched by an Angel as Jake
1994Boogies Diner as Jason
1994Party of Five as Griffin Holbrook (as Jimmy Marsden)
1994No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn as Tyler Cochran
1994Search and Rescue
1993The Nanny as Eddie
1993Saved by the Bell: The New Class as Chad Westerfield
1993In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco as Steven Willis
1991Step by Step as Doug
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1949The Emmy Awards as Self
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