James Duval
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| James Duval | |
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 James Duval in 2010 filming Naked Angel |
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| Born | September 10, 1972 Detroit, Michigan United States |
| Occupation | Actor Musician |
| Years active | 1993–present |
James Edward Duval (born September 10, 1972) is an American actor, who is most famous for his roles in the Gregg Araki trilogy—Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere—in addition to Frank in Donnie Darko, Blank in May, Miguel in Independence Day and Singh in Go.
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[edit] Personal life
Duval was born in Detroit, Michigan. His family moved to California in 1974. He attended Gladstone High School in Covina (1986–89), as well as Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, and Fair Valley in Covina. Although, as a child, he was trained as a classical pianist, he eventually moved to the guitar. Duval is of mixed ethnic backgrounds; his mother, a native of Saigon, is Vietnamese-French, and his father is Irish-Native American-French. Duval is an avid practitioner of hatha yoga. He also teaches yoga at Earth's Power Yoga studio, Los Angeles in between films.
[edit] Career
Duval has starred in numerous independent films,[1] including the 2009 psychological thriller The Black Waters of Echo's Pond[2] and the mystery crime-thriller film Noirland directed by Ramzi Abed.[3]
He plays guitar and piano, and sings in a band named Gene Wilder (after the actor) with friends and fellow actors Brian McGuire (actor) and Brett Roberts. He formerly played for Antoneus Maximus & The Nuthouze Band who had been playing gigs at local venues in Los Angeles. Their first album in 2004 included guest appearances by such luminaries as Apl.de.Ap, DjMotiv8 and Dante Santiago from The Black Eyed Peas as well as Kid (Chris) from Kid 'n' Play.
[edit] Filmography
- An Ambush of Ghosts (1993) .... Student #1
- Totally Fucked Up (1993) .... Andy
- Mod Fuck Explosion (1994) .... Smack (Biker)
- The Doom Generation (1995) .... Jordan White
- Independence Day (1996) .... Miguel Casse
- A River Made to Drown In (1997) .... Jaime
- Nowhere (1997) .... Dark Smith
- Wild Horses (1998) .... Jimmy
- Stamp and Deliver (1998)
- The Clown at Midnight (1998) .... George Reese
- Alexandria Hotel (1998) .... Romero
- How to Make the Cruelest Month (1998) .... Westy
- SLC Punk! (1998) (as Jimmy Duval) .... John the Mod
- Go (1999) .... Singh
- The Weekend (1999) .... Robert
- This Is How the World Ends (2000) (TV) .... Blue
- Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) .... Freb
- Amerikana (2001) .... Chris
- Donnie Darko (2001) .... Frank
- The Doe Boy (2001) .... Hunter Kirk (won "Best Actor" at the American Indian Film Festival)[4]
- The Tag (2001) .... Viggs
- A Galaxy Far, Far Away (2001) .... Himself
- Comic Book Villains (2002) .... Baz
- May (2002) .... Blank
- Scumrock (2002) .... Drew
- Pledge of Allegiance (2003) .... Ray
- Window Theory (2004) .... Dave Kordelewski
- Frog-g-g! (2004) .... Freb
- Open House (2004) .... Joel Rodman
- Venice Underground (2005) .... Lucious Jackson
- Chasing Ghosts (2005) .... Dmitri Parramatti
- Standing Still (2005) .... Stoner Steve
- The Iron Man (2006) .... Lawyer 2
- Mad Cowgirl (2006) .... Thierry
- Roman (2006) .... Goth Dude (deleted scenes)
- Pancho and Lefty (2006) .... Lefty
- Kush (2007) .... Cyrus
- Numb (2007) .... Caleb
- The Pacific and Eddy (2007) .... Noel
- Luck of the Draw (2007) .... Grady
- The Art of Travel (2008) .... Taylor 'One Ball'
- Pox (2008) .... Himself
- Toxic (2008) .... Brad
- Cornered! (2008) .... Jimmy
- Evilution (2008) .... Asia Mark
- Thirsty (2009) (voice) .... Beverage Announcer
- 2 Dudes & a Dream (2009) .... Phil
- Penance (2009) .... Guy
- The Black Waters of Echo's Pond (2009) .... Rick
- Now Here (2010) .... Luis Ortiz
- Not Another Not Another Movie (2010) .... Miguel
- Everything Will Happen Before You Die (2010) .... Paynie
- Caller ID (2010) .... Miles
- Closing Time (2010) ... Jimmy
- Noirland (2010) .... Tiberius Malloy
- Naked Angel (Post-production) .... Andreas
- Playback (2010) .... Clark
- Kaboom (2010) .... Messiah
- Touchback .... Rodriguez (post-production)
- Spreading Darkness .... Mark Minscourri (post-production)
- Sushi Girl (2012) ... Francis
[edit] References
- ^ Witbrodt, Cathy L. (2004-05-27). "James Duval: staying true to indie roots". YouthQuake magazine. http://www.youthquakemagazine.com/actor_articles/jamesduval.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ^ "New One-Sheet: The Black Waters of Echo's Pond / Theatrical Screening Info". Dreadcentral.com. 2010-03-04. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36248/new-one-sheet-the-black-waters-echos-pond-theatrical-screening-info. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ^ "James Duval Heads to Noirland! First Teaser and Images". Dreadcentral.com. 2010-04-15. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36982/james-duval-heads-noirland-first-teaser-and-images. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001166/awards
[edit] External links
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Detroit, Michigan
- American film actors
- American rock guitarists
- Actors from Michigan
- American musicians of Vietnamese descent
- American actors of Vietnamese descent
- American people of Native American descent
- American people of Vietnamese descent
- American people of French descent
- American people of Irish descent
