James Roday

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birthname= James David Rodríguez
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location= San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
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yearsactive= 1999 - Present
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James Roday (born April 4, 1976) is an American actor. He is currently starring in the USA Network television series "Psych" as fake psychic Shawn Spencer.

Biography

Born in San Antonio, Texas on April 4,1976, as James David Rodríguez, James Roday attended Taft High School in San Antonio. He studied theatre at New York University's Experimental Theatre Wing, where he earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts. [Robin Roberts, "Psych" 's Two Sleuths Reveal Their Poker Faces," TV Guide, [http://www.tvguide.com/News/psych-roday-hill/070809-02] ] He is also co-artistic director of RED DOG SQUADRON, a Los Angeles theatre company he co-founded with Brad Raider. He is the son of Jim Rodriquez, who works for Boardwalk Auto Group.

Personal Life

He has been dating Psych co-star Maggie Lawson since 2006. The two also starred in the fourth episode of Fear Itself, titled "In Sickness and in Health".

James Roday's favorite comedic actor is Will Ferrell. His favorite episode of Psych is 'Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast'.

Roles

He has acted in various theatrical productions, including "The Three Sisters", "Twelfth Night" as Sebastian, "A Respectable Wedding", "Severity's Mistress", and "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" with his theatre company, RED DOG SQUADRON. He has also starred in the 2003 film "Rolling Kansas" and appeared in the 2005 film adaptation of "The Dukes of Hazzard" as Billy Prickett, and in the 2006 film "Beerfest". Behind the scenes, Roday and writing partners Todd Harthan and James DeMonaco wrote the screenplay for the film "Skinwalkers" and he will direct the film "Gravy", which as of mid-2006 is in pre-production.

Roday's television credits include starring roles on NBC's "Miss Match" in 2003 as "Nick Paine" and 2001's "First Years" as "Edgar 'Egg' Ross". The July 7, 2006 series premiere of USA Network's original series "Psych" (airing following the season premiere of USA's other comedic success, "Monk") was the highest-rated scripted basic cable TV show premiere of 2006 [ [http://www.tv.com/psych/show/59369/story.html?story_id=5278&tag=headlines;title;1 TV.com: Psych premiere sets basic cable mark ] ] . "Psych" returned for a second season on July 13 2007 and a third season on July 18, 2008.

He also can be seen as a groom in an episode of Fear Itself entitled "In Sickness and in Health," in which his bride is played by Psych co-star and real life girlfriend Maggie Lawson.

Awards and Nominations

In 2006, James Roday was nominated for the Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical for Psych by the Satellite Awards. He was also listed as number 62 in People Magazine's "100 Most Beautiful People" issue in 2007.

In 2008, has been nominated for Outstanding Actor In a Drama Television Series for Psych by the NCLR ALMA Awards.

Filmography

References

External links

* [http://www.james-roday.net JAMES RODAY FAN - YOUR JAMES RODAY RESOURCE]
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* [http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/theshow/characterprofiles/shawn/bio.html USA Network biography of James Roday]
* [http://www.reddogsquadron.com RED DOG SQUADRON]