James Bulliard

James Bulliard (born August 23, 1978)cite web | publisher = Internet Movie Database | title = James Bulliard | url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007051/ | accessdate = 2007-02-06] is a Canadian actor.

Born in Bern, Switzerland, he moved to Canada at the age of three and began his career on a radio program called "Not the History of Rock and Roll" at the age of six (for which he received an ACTRA award nomination.) His first role in a feature film occurred in 1993, when he appeared in the movie "Ordinary Magic", starring Glenn Headly and Ryan Reynolds. While attending university at Trinity College at the University of Torontocite web | publisher = Trinity College | title = Trinity College at the University of Toronto | url = http://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/ | accessdate = 2007-04-08] , he won the college's award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Sir John Barrymore in a production of Paul Rudnick's "I Hate Hamlet", as well as serving as the Scribe of Episkopon.cite web | publisher = Episkopon | title = Episkopon | url = http://www.episkopon.com/ | accessdate = 2007-04-08]

Although his work has been concentrated mainly in Canada and has been comprised of guest roles on such series as "Tekwar", "The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo" and "Real Kids, Real Adventures", his first big break occurred in 2001, when he was cast as "Randy" in the so-called "N*Sync movie", "On The Line".

The movie was a relative flop at the box office, but soon after it garnered Bulliard some attention from south of the border, and he was cast as the lead character in the now-defunct 2002 ABC drama "That Was Then". The show lasted only two weeks before being pulled from the network lineup, due to poor ratings (caused in part, no doubt, by the similarity of the plotline to the WB show "Do Over", airing during the same season.)

After the cancellation of "That Was Then", Bulliard picked up a few sparse guest roles on such series as "Mutant X", "Relic Hunter" and "NYPD Blue", but for the most part his career fizzled out after his short-lived success with "That Was Then". In July 2006, he was interviewed by Los Angeles writer Tim Coyne on "The Hollywood Podcast"cite web | publisher = The Hollywood Podcast | title = "Overnight Success Pt 1: That Was Then | url = http://hollywoodpodcast.com/2006/07/overnight-success-pt-1-that-was-then/ | accessdate = 2007-04-08] ; during this interview he narrated the events of his life both before and after the collapse of the show.

He has since left the acting business.

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