James Marsden

James Marsden is my favorite kind of actor: the reliable craftsman the industry quietly leans on. Coming out of Stillwater, Oklahoma, through 1990s television guest spots, he built a career on being almost too handsome for the parts he gets, the decent man who loses the girl, and then subverting that with genuine comic timing and a legitimate singing voice. Two Emmy nominations confirm what attentive viewers already knew. I find his lack of a defining trophy almost beside the point; longevity through versatility is its own award. Whenever he appears on screen, I relax, because the scene is in safe hands.

Name (English)

James Marsden

Name (Japanese)

ジェームズ・マースデン

Reading

じぇーむず・まーすでん

Born

September 18, 1973 (age 52)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

Origin

Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States

Occupation

film actor / actor / singer / voice actor / television actor

High school

Putnam City North High School

University

Oklahoma State University

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/james_marsden/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Oklahoma
• film actor
• actor
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.