James Marsden

Acting · Born 1973-09-18 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

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…

Filmography

• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Tom
• Interstate 60 as Neal Oliver
• The Notebook as Lon Hammond
• X-Men as Cyclops
• X2 as Scott Summers / Cyclops
• The Butler as John F. Kennedy
• X-Men: Days of Future Past as Scott Summers
• The Best of Me as Dawson Cole
• X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Self - 'Cyclops'
• Knox Goes Away as Miles Knox

TV

• Modern Family as Barry
• The Nanny as Eddie
• Jury Duty as James Marsden - Juror #14 (Alternate)
• Westworld as Theodore 'Teddy' Flood
• The Outer Limits as Brav
• Paradise as President Cal Bradford
• Your Friends & Neighbors as Owen Ashe
• Step by Step as Doug
• Saved by the Bell: The New Class as Chad Westerfield
• Ally McBeal as Glenn Foy