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• Born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, on September 18, 1973, James Paul Marsden is an actor, occasional singer and former model, best known for his roles in films such as “The Notebook”, “Hairspray”, “Enchanted” and, perhaps his most famous appearance, Cyclops in the “X-Men” superhero film series. 
• His career, since 1993, has been involved. 
• As of early 2016, the total size of his net worth is reported to be over $8 million, according to reports, this was achieved by appearances in more than 40 films as well as in many TV shows. 
• James was born to a nutritionist, Kathleen, and to a professor of animal sciences and industry, James Luther Marsden, who was divorced when he was nine years old. 
• The ancestry of James is predominantly English, Scottish, and German, but French is also included. 
• He attended Oklahoma City’s Putnam City North High School and then dropped out of Oklahoma State University’s broadcast journalism studies in his second year to travel to Los Angeles in search of an acting career. 
• He served as a model for the prestigious high-fashion label Versace during the three semesters he spent at university. 
• James debuted as an actor in 1993, with the part of Eddie in the TV series “The Nanny.” 
• Subsequently, in “Boogies Diner,” “Saved by the Bell: The New Class,” “Blossom” and “Party of Five,” he continued to guest-star. 
• His talent and persistence ensured that he played the lead role in the ABC drama series “Second Noah” (1996-1997). 
• James also starred as Glenn Foy in 13 episodes of the “Ally McBeal” TV series, followed by more film appearances, in 1998 opposite Katie Holmes in “Disturbing Behavior” and later in the 2000 movie “Gossip” alongside Kate Hudson. 
• The solid base for his net worth was given by these engagements. 
• The breakthrough of James Marsden came in 2000 with the part of Cyclops in the action-adventure “X-Men” by Marvel, which he reprised in the sequels “X2” (2003) and “X-Men: The Last Stand.” 
• James has starred in numerous films and TV series to talk about his successes, including Disney’s “Enchanted” (2007), “27 Dresses” (2008), which won him two Teen Choice Award nominations in 2007 and 2008, as well as “Superman Returns” (2006), “Death at a Funeral” (2010), “Modern Family” (2011) and “30 Rock” (2012-2013), which added to his net worth. 
• For James Marsden, 2013 was also a good year, joining Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington in “2 Guns” and later winning a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for the role of President John F. Kennedy in Lee Daniels’ “The Butler.” 2016 “Westworld”-Sci-Fi/Western TV series features his most recent acting involvement. 
• When it comes to his personal life, it is known that between 2000 and 2011, when they separated, James Marsden was married to the actress Marry Elizabeth “Lisa” Linde, with whom he had two children, a daughter, and a son. 
• James, from his relationship with Brazilian model Rose Costa, has another child, also a son. 
• He likes different activities, apart from acting, such as singing, playing guitar and piano, and photography. 
• “Modern Family” (2011) and “30 Rock” (2012-2013) $8 million 1973-09-18 2012 Cannes Film Festival A. O. Scott Country Music Academy Awards Actor Angel (TV series) Apocalypse (comics) Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Supporting Actor (2003) Critics’ Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble Disturbing Behavior Enchanted Film former model Gossip Hairs Enchanted Film” 

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• [interview with Men’s Health] You shouldn’t have to give up things that you love in life (to be in good shape). Yeah, you want to look good, but it’s not necessary to look like the statue of David every time you take your shirt off. I’d rather look healthy, have a sound mind, and be comfortable in my own skin.
• When I entered this business I think people looked at me and said, ‘Here’s a young, good-looking guy. He should play the romantic lead.’ So I played the jock, I played those parts, and it was a good thing. But, over time, as I’ve gotten older, I realize I have a lot more fun as an actor when I’m doing other things. The more character-driven the role, the better.
• [2008, on his costume for Enchanted (2007)] It was very uncomfortable, all our costumes were uncomfortable. But the costumes helped my performance. For me as an actor, it easier to play an extreme character like this with the costume and the sword and hair. Wearing the costume gets me into the personality of the character and 90 percent of my work is done once I put it on. The costume transforms you. But the novelty of wearing the costume wore off around Week 2, when I realized I had several more months wearing it, as we were moving into the hot humid days of July in New York and then it did become hard work. We were always having a good time making the film but it was definitely important to have a sense of humor while we were filming. It took ten or fifteen minutes just to get my costume on, I had to really manage my time – especially in terms of bathroom breaks. If you needed to get out of the costume, things would have to stop and shut down for twenty minutes – just to get the suit off.
• (2008) I grew up in Oklahoma, I did always have the blue eyes, but I was pudgy until I was 13 or 14, then I got tall and skinny, but I grew up in an area where girls liked athletic football players and I was never that kind of guy. That was their version of Prince Charming and it was not until fairly recently that I became reasonably happy with my appearance and the way I am. I think it is all psychological, but I was never really comfortable with the way I looked and don’t see myself as handsome…When I was younger I would try to mold myself into an image of what women wanted and now I am interested in being comfortable in my own skin. I think it is important to have confidence in who you are and embrace that, rather than trying to be someone else.
• (2005, on landing Heights (2005)) My agent sent me the script, and they said, you should read this one. They’ll do that, they’ll send me some scripts and say prioritize this one, cause this is really good. And I read it, and it was just one of those scripts that sucks you in and is engrossing and exciting to read, and I just went, “I want to be a part of it”. So I met with (director) Chris Terrio, and we sat in a room for an hour and an half, two hours, and we talked about – it was nice, because normally you go in and you prepare a scene and you read for them and whatever, but he didn’t want to do that, he wanted to talk to you. So I came in and we had a conversation about the script, which I thought was great – very Woody Allen. And I just said, “I want to be a part of this, I don’t know what character but they’re all great, I just want to be a part of this”, and we had a long conversation, and they called and offered it, which was fantastic. And I knew it was a Merchant Ivory production, and I wasn’t expecting to get the role, really, because how do I fit into a Merchant Ivory production? But if you want me to wear a corset, I will.
• (2011, on the challenges of filming Hop (2011)) This was certainly the most difficult technical process that I’ve been through. It’s hard enough to just be a good actor. When you’re on set, there’s everything going against you. There are walkie-talkies going off, the camera is creaking and moving, there are boom mics, and you have to hit your mark and make sure you don’t shadow the other person’s face. It’s a really technical process. It’s difficult because you’re there to bring life to a scene and make it feel natural and normal, when all these other things are going on. And then, you subtract a co-star from that, where you’re actually talking to nobody and you’re looking at little pieces of green tape…I’ve never been more prepared, in my life. I knew that I couldn’t afford to not know my lines and not know where my mark was. I had to know all of Russell Brand’s lines and all of the blocking and choreography for “E.B.”. The rabbit is not going to move around when you’re doing the scene. There’s nothing there. So, during the scene, I have to try to remember my lines and keep it natural, and also remember where the rabbit is going for each line. Technically, it was difficult. Every film has got it’s own challenges, but this was a technical process. When Kaley Cuoco or Gary Cole came in, I was like, “Thank god! We can act together!” On a movie like this, I never went home thinking, “Man, that scene today was awesome. I really felt it. It really came to life”. It was all piecemeal. It was like singing a duet without the other person singing with you. I was like, “I hope whoever is in the editing room with the scissors and the glue makes this all work”.
• (2011) When I was younger – up until I was 19 years old and in college – I was surrounded with people in high school who felt like they knew what they wanted to do with their lives, and that was intimidating to me because I didn’t. I didn’t know what my calling was. I didn’t know what I was here on earth to do. I didn’t know what my passion was until I discovered the dramatic arts in junior high and high school and I realized, “Oh, I like this. This is something I feel like I’m good at.” But, the idea of moving to Hollywood and becoming an actor was really unrealistic…I didn’t want to go get a job or get a degree in business or marketing, or whatever all my friends were getting degrees in. I also realized that it’s a tough thing to make a career out of being an actor, but I thought, “You know what? I’m going to just make this happen. I’m going to move to L.A.” I had really supportive parents. It was great. And, it happened, thank god. To this day, I really can’t think of what I would be doing otherwise. I wasn’t going to do anything unless I was really passionate about it. I’m a little stubborn that way, actually.
• (2011, on career choices) Every time I read a script, I see the movie in my head, and I try to see the best movie in my head because everybody interprets the movie differently. First of all, I think about what I just finished doing. When I finished Straw Dogs (2011), I wanted to do something completely different. This business has been really good to me, in that it has afforded me a lot of opportunities to do very, very different projects. I did the “X-Men” movies, and I did Hairspray (2007). It’s almost confusing for people. They’re like, “Well, where do we put him? What does he do? He’s all over the place”. Actors always talk about that balance in their careers. It’s your livelihood. It’s your job. You get a paycheck. You’re paying a mortgage. There’s that component. And then, the other side of it is about your creative integrity, and the projects you really feel like you want to be a part of and that you feel like you can contribute to creatively. I believe that, if you’re lucky enough to let that captain the ship, then all the other stuff will come along with it. Every movie I do, whether it’s a little indie drama, if it’s a big-budget action movie, or if it’s a romantic comedy, I approach it as, “I want this to be the best of that, that there is.” When I started Hop, I told (producer) Chris Meledandri that I would imagine that a lot of actors might want to step into a movie like this thinking, “Oh, this will be easy. It’s a kid’s movie. I’ll just phone it in.” I said, “I’ve gotta tell you, I feel more of a responsibility to do more work on this than I ever have.” And he said, “That’s exactly right.” To me, it was important that the relationship between Fred and the rabbit felt very real, and like him and another human being. Whatever scripts come to me, I read them and I look at the ones that I feel like I can see myself in. You’ll feel a spark. You’ll be like, “All right, I see this guy. I get this guy. This guy makes me laugh. I know what to do.” When I read Enchanted, I was like, “I know who this guy is. Please let me have this. I’ll kill this role.” Death at a Funeral was the same thing. To me, that was the best role in the movie. I felt really confident about my ability to create that performance. Those are the ones that I go after. And then, within that, I always try to change it up and go from a drama to a comedy to something else. That just keeps it interesting for me.
• (2007, on Hairspray (2007)) I would finish a day on “Hairspray” and I wouldn’t want to go home. I would want to stay there and watch the numbers that I wasn’t in. I know it sounds cheesy but it was a real labor of love. I’m so stage-starved that it comes easily for me. I got along tremendously with the cast and with [director] Adam Shankman, who was certainly in his wheelhouse because he comes from something like 25 years of choreography and he was in his element. We were all having fun because he was – and it was great to see John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer and Christopher Walken just go camp. The movie’s not all camp – they wanted to bring a real tone to it – but, obviously, it’s colorful and has all those fireworks. It rides on the spectacle.
• (2007) I did dress in drag for an audition once-to play Penélope Cruz’s drag queen best friend in Woman on Top (2000). I went to Twentieth Century Fox dressed from head to toe in high heels and a dress. I just went for it. My wife dressed me – I thought I’d throw that in there.
• Early in your career, you feel like there is a formula, a path you have to take. You have to do this movie because this person directed it and you have to be associated with these people. In some ways, I have thrown that out. I decided I should go after the roles I like, that I am inspired by and then if I am having a good time, chances are that people will like watching you. (Interview, November, 2011)
• My wife, kids and I still fly coach — not first-class. I think I have a certain responsibility to let my children know I am not special because of what I do, but who I am as a person.
• (On starting out in L.A. and his fame level now) A little job here, a little job there, and after six months in L.A., I was paying for my rent and my meals. Very slowly, the tiniest of snowballs snowballed from there. At some point, the snowball got to be a nice size, and I wanted it to stay that way. That’s sort of now. I don’t want it to keep rolling. Or rather, I want it to keep rolling, but I don’t want it to keep getting bigger.
• If expectations are low, you can only impress people. But if expectations are there for you to be the leading guy, and you’ve been paid X amount of money, you’re on a tightrope and all of a sudden you’re looking down. If it was up to me now, I would just stay on the up-and-coming list until I’m like 90.
• If you’re lucky enough to pick what you do, that’s the greatest career you can have. Ultimately, that’s my goal: to have choices. – Interview with Men’s Health, May 2007.
• If you’re an attractive guy, everyone thinks you’re successful just because of the way you look. I hate that.

James Marsden Important Facts

• He starred in two musicals in 2007: Hairspray (2007) and Enchanted (2007).
• His ancestry is mostly English and German, with some Scottish, and distant French.
• Third child, son William Luca Costa-Marsden, born 14 December 2012. Mother is model Rose Costa.
• Son-in-law of Dennis Linde.
• Is commonly confused as being the brother of actor Jason Marsden. Although the two are not related, they are actually good friends and their respective wives have been friends since they were six.
• Also has two brothers, Jeff and Robbie.
• Has worked 4 times with actress Rebecca Romijn: X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), Lies & Alibis (2006), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
• Daughter, Mary James Marsden, born on 10 August 2005.
• An accomplished singer.
• He wore lifts for most of his scenes in the X-Men movies, because his character Cyclops is supposed to be 6′ 3″ compared to a 5′ 3″ Wolverine. In actuality, Marsden is under 6 feet tall, slightly shorter than Famke Janssen (as his love interest, (Jean Grey) and approximately 4 inches inches shorter than Hugh Jackman (who played Wolverine).
• His father is a Distinguished Professor of Animal Sciences & Industry at Kansas State University.
• Joined the Delta Tau Delta fraternity while at Oklahoma State.
• Graduated from Putnam City North High School (located in Oklahoma City) class of 1991.
• Turned down the lead role in 54 (1998). Ryan Phillippe later got the role.
• Lost out to Edward Norton for a role in Primal Fear (1996).
• In 1991, while vacationing with his family in Hawaii, he met actor Kirk Cameron and his actress sister Candace Cameron Bure; the Camerons invited Marsden to visit in L.A. and thus began his career.
• Son Jack was born on February 1, 2001, in Los Angeles weighing 7 lbs., 14 oz.
• Attended Oklahoma State University
• He has two sisters: Jennifer – age 24 and Elizabeth – age 12, as at 2004. Jennifer lives in Studio City, California and Elizabeth in Manhattan, Kansas.

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