James Marsden

Acting

1973-09-18 · Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Marsden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Theaters

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

2027 · Movie

Avengers: Doomsday

2026 · Movie

Jury Duty Presents: Behind the Scenes of Company Retreat

2026 · Series

Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat

2026 · Series

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice

2026 · Movie

Paradise: Official Podcast

2026 · Series

Your Friends & Neighbors

2025 · Series

No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski

2025 · Series

Paradise

2025 · Series

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

2024 · Movie

Unfrosted

2024 · Movie

Knuckles

2024 · Series

Knox Goes Away

2024 · Movie

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

2023 · Movie

Jury Duty

2023 · Series

Disenchanted

2022 · Movie

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

2022 · Movie

My Little Pony: A New Generation

2021 · Movie

Precious Templeton: A Pony Tale

2021 · Movie

The Boss Baby: Family Business

2021 · Movie

The Stand

2020 · Series

Born of a Dream

2020 · Movie

30 Rock: A One-Time Special

2020 · Movie

Mrs. America

2020 · Series

Sonic the Hedgehog

2020 · Movie

Green Eggs and Ham

2019 · Series

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 · Series

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019 · Movie

Dead to Me

2019 · Series

Henchmen

2018 · Movie

Shock and Awe

2017 · Movie

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

2017 · Series

Tour de Pharmacy

2017 · Movie

The Female Brain

2017 · Movie

Westworld

2016 · Series

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Series

The D Train

2015 · Movie

Welcome to Me

2015 · Movie

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

2015 · Series

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015 · Series

Unfinished Business

2015 · Movie

Into the Grizzly Maze

2015 · Movie

Accidental Love

2015 · Movie

The Best of Me

2014 · Movie

The Loft

2014 · Movie

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

2014 · Series

X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014 · Movie

Walk of Shame

2014 · Movie

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Series

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Series

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

2013 · Movie

Wander Over Yonder

2013 · Series

The Butler

2013 · Movie

2 Guns

2013 · Movie

As Cool as I Am

2013 · Movie

Robot & Frank

2012 · Movie

Bachelorette

2012 · Movie

Comedy Bang! Bang!

2012 · Series

Small Apartments

2012 · Movie

Vietnam in HD

2011 · Series

Straw Dogs

2011 · Movie

Hop

2011 · Movie

Conan

2010 · Series

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

2010 · Movie

Death at a Funeral

2010 · Movie

The Box

2009 · Movie

Modern Family

2009 · Series

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Series

Party Down

2009 · Series

Sex Drive

2008 · Movie

Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure

2008 · Movie

27 Dresses

2008 · Movie

Enchanted

2007 · Movie

'Hairspray' Extentions

2007 · Movie

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"

2007 · Movie

It's 'Hairspray'!

2007 · Movie

Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth

2007 · Movie

Hairspray

2007 · Movie

Requiem for Krypton: Making 'Superman Returns'

2006 · Movie

30 Rock

2006 · Series

X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy

2006 · Movie

X3: The Excitement Continues

2006 · Movie

Brett Ratner's X-Diaries

2006 · Movie

Superman Returns

2006 · Movie

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006 · Movie

10th & Wolf

2006 · Movie

The Alibi

2006 · Movie

Heights

2005 · Movie

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005 · Series

The Notebook

2004 · Movie

The 24th Day

2004 · Movie

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

2003 · Movie

X2 Global Webcast Highlights

2003 · Movie

FX2: Visual Effects

2003 · Movie

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

2003 · Movie

X-Men: Premieres Around the World

2003 · Movie

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Series

Top Gear

2002 · Series

Interstate 60

2002 · Movie

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

2001 · Movie

Zoolander

2001 · Movie

Sugar & Spice

2001 · Movie

Critics Choice Awards

2001 · Series

X-Men

2000 · Movie

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

2000 · Movie

Gossip

2000 · Movie

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

1999 · Series

Disturbing Behavior

1998 · Movie

Bella Mafia

1997 · Movie

Ally McBeal

1997 · Series

The View

1997 · Series

On the Edge of Innocence

1997 · Movie

Campfire Tales

1997 · Movie

Gone in a Heartbeat

1996 · Movie

Public Enemies

1996 · Movie

Second Noah

1996 · Series

The Outer Limits

1995 · Series

919 Fifth Avenue

1995 · Movie

Touched by an Angel

1994 · Series

Boogies Diner

1994 · Series

Party of Five

1994 · Series

No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn

1994 · Movie

Search and Rescue

1994 · Movie

The Nanny

1993 · Series

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

1993 · Series

In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco

1993 · Movie

Blossom

1990 · Series

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988 · Series

The Emmy Awards

1949 · Series

Disavowed

Series

An Innocent Girl

Movie