Ep. 15 James Dumont (Part 1) - Booking TV & Film

JUN 22, 202151 MIN
The Actor's Process Podcast

Ep. 15 James Dumont (Part 1) - Booking TV & Film

JUN 22, 202151 MIN

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<p>Noted for his finely crafted and nuanced performances, actor James &nbsp;DuMont is one of the busiest actors in both film and television.<br> <br> DuMont just wrapped his 75th Feature film Safety for Disney &amp; his 70th performance on television in Blue Bloods on CBS.<br> <br> Mr. &nbsp;DuMont has amassed a glowing array of memorable characters in both film &nbsp;&amp; television such as Track Suit Charle in the Netflix feature &nbsp;Spenser Confidential which was watched by over 75 Million households &nbsp;&amp; is James' 3rd collaboration is both Director, Peter Berg &amp; &nbsp;Mark Wahlberg having worked with them on CBS Films' Patriots Day and &nbsp;Lionsgates' Deepwater Horizon.<br> <br> James has added to his growing &nbsp;gallery of historical characters on film most recently with Senator &nbsp;McClellan on Apple TV's The Banker starring Samuel L. Jackson &amp; &nbsp;Anthony Mackie, J. Parnell Thomas in Trumbo opposite Oscar nominee, &nbsp;Bryan Cranston &amp; Sherman Adams opposite the late Oscar winner, Robin &nbsp;Williams' in Lee Daniels' The Butler.<br> <br> Recent Mini Series work &nbsp;include Amazons' The Underground Railroad from Oscar winning director, &nbsp;Barry Jenkins, recurring on NBC's Law &amp; Order: True Crime: The &nbsp;Menendez Murders &amp; Lifetime/History Channels' Bonnie and Clyde.<br> <br> James &nbsp;is a Recurring Guest Star on HBO's The Righteous Gemstones opposite &nbsp;creator &amp; star, Danny McBride, going into it's 2nd Season in 2021. &nbsp;His most recent guest star roles on television include CBS' Magnum PI &nbsp;&amp; The Good Fight, NBC's Timeless, Netflix cult hit Stranger Things, &nbsp;Fox series 24: Legacy and CBS' CSI: New Orleans.<br> <br> James DuMont is &nbsp;best know for Focus Features' Dallas Buyers Club opposite Oscar winner, &nbsp;Jared Leto where he played his father, Sony Classic Pictures Hank &nbsp;Williams bio-pic I Saw The Light &amp; Universals' blockbuster Jurassic &nbsp;World. Other recent films include: TriStar Pictures' When The Game &nbsp;Stands Tall, James Brown bio-pic from Universal Get On Up &amp; indie &nbsp;features The Hammer, Landline &amp; Catch Hell starring Ryan Phillippe, &nbsp;which is also his directorial debut.<br> <br> On the small screen, DuMont &nbsp;has had many notable recurring roles on such shows as the F/X series &nbsp;American Horror Story-Freak Show &amp; Coven and the AMC series Halt and &nbsp;Catch Fire &amp; Mad Men. Other recurring roles include Captain Richard &nbsp;La Fouchette for four seasons on David Simon's critically-acclaimed HBO &nbsp;series, Treme, working opposite Oscar-winner, Melissa Leo and opposite &nbsp;Golden Globe nominee, Ray Romano on the TNT series Men Of A Certain Age.</p>