Biography
In the 1990s, James LeGros built a career that paralleled the track of independent cinema, becoming a go-to actor for both lead and supporting parts in some of the signature indie films of the decade. LeGros stuck his foot in Hollywood's door in the mid-1980s, his blond, square-jawed countenance often netting him one-off television jobs as young toughs or other sundry low-lifes. After landing his first feature with the notorious sci-fi bomb …
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Career Milestones
2006 | Cast as Dante, a sensitive singer-songwriter in Bart Freundlich's "Trust the Man" | |
2005 | Starred opposite Courteney Cox in the drama "November"; premiered at Sundance | |
2004 | Cast in the film "Catch that Kid" | |
2001 | Co-starred in "Lovely and Amazing", directed by Nicole Holofcener; also screened at Toronto; released theatrically in 2002 | |
2001 | Made cameo appearance in "World Traveller", reteaming with director Bart Freundlich; screened at Toronto; shown at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival before its theatrical release | |
2001 | Portrayed the slacker owner of a fast food restaurant encouraged by his ambitious wife to kill a rival in "Scotland, PA."; screened at Sundance; released theatrically in 2002 | |
2000 | Joined cast of "Ally McBeal" (Fox) playing attorney Mark Albert; left after only one season | |
2000 | Cast as a gay man having doubts about marrying his lover in the Harvey Fierstein penned segment ("Andy & Amos") of "Common Ground" (Showtime) | |
2000 | Starred in the Sundance-screened "Drop Back Ten", playing a magazine writer investigating a celebrity; third collaboration with Stacy Cochran | |
1998 | Reteamed with Gus Van Sant to play the car salesman in the director's shot-by-shot remake of "Psycho" | |
1998 | Played Will Smith's associate in "Enemy of the State" | |
1998 | Played recurring role on the NBC medical drama "ER" as rival in love to Noah Wyle's Dr Carter | |
1997 | Co-starred with Julianne Moore in "The Myth of Fingerprints"; first onscreen teaming with Noah Wyle | |
1996 | Acted in Cochran's "Boys" | |
1995 | Supported Julianne Moore in Todd Haynes' "Safe" | |
1995 | Offered an amusing turn as a Brad Pitt-like actor in Tom DiCillo's "Living in Oblivion" | |
1994 | Had a tour de force as a man suffering from insomnia in contemporary L.A. in the Sundance-screened "Floundering" | |
1992 | Initial collaboration with director Stacy Cochran, "My New Gun" | |
1991 | Reteamed with Bigelow on "Point Blank" | |
1989 | Had featured role in Gus Van Sant's "Drugstore Cowboy" | |
1988 | Debut as a leading man in "Phantasm II" | |
1987 | First collaboration with Kathryn Bigelow in "Near Dark" | |
1986 | Had featured role in "Solarbabies" | |
1985 | TV movie debut, "Kicks" | |
1984 | Acting debut in "The Ratings Game", directed by Danny DeVito | |
| Served an apprenticeship at South Coast Repertory | ||
| Raised in Redlands, California | ||
Awards
2001 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Ally McBeal |
1996 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male in Living in Oblivion |