James Paul Marsden was born on September 18, 1973, and is an American actor and voice actor.
Marsden began his acting career guest starring in the television shows Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993), Touched by an Angel (1995), Party of Five (1995), and the miniseries Bella Mafia (1997).
He gained prominence in the early 2000s with his portrayal of Scott Summers and Cyclops in the X-Men film series (2000–2014) and starred in Superman Returns (2006).
Other works during this period include The Notebook (2004), 10th & Wolf (2006), and The Alibi (2006).
In 2012, Marsden starred in a range of independent films such as Small Apartments, Bachelorette, and Robot & Frank.
He later returned to television guest-starring in Modern Family (2011), and playing Liz Lemon’s love interest, Criss Chros in 30 Rock (2012–2013) in a supporting role.
In 2013, Marsden portrayed President John F. Kennedy in Lee Daniels’s The Butler, and had a supporting role in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.
He starred as gunslinging sentient android Teddy Flood in the first two seasons of the HBO science fiction series Westworld (2016–2022), a role he reprised in the fourth season.
He also has a role in Netflix’s upcoming film Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story. Marsden is also a singer and former model.
What did James Marsden take in death at a funeral?
In Screen Gem’s comedy Death at a Funeral, Marsden is on an acid trip throughout the entire movie when his character mistakenly takes the hallucinogenic drug thinking it’s valium.