Michael Raymond-James

What strikes me about Michael Raymond-James is how he kept reinventing the kind of guy he plays. I first noticed him as the volatile RenE in True Blood's debut season, and then he turned up as Baelfire on Once Upon a Time and a mobster in Godfather of Harlem. That's a Detroit-born actor who, born Weverstad on Christmas Eve 1977, seems happiest in morally messy roles rather than clean heroes. Terriers gave him a cult following too. I tend to remember his face before his name, which to me is the mark of a working character actor doing his job well.

Name (English)

Michael Raymond-James

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・レイモンド＝ジェームズ

Reading

まいける・れいもんど＝じぇーむず

Born

December 24, 1977 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

Origin

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Occupation

association football player / stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

High school

Clarkston High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Raymond-James
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q589827

Tags

• Michigan
• association football player
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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