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James Russell(XIX)

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James Russell
An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll.
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James Russell was born September 3, 1983 in Aberdeen Scotland. He is an American-Irish actor best known for his role of Brahms Heelshire in The Boy (2016). James studied acting at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts and is a Graduate of Rutgers Acting Conservatory. He lives in Brooklyn New York.
BornSeptember 3, 1983
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    Brian Berdan, Richard S. Wright, William Brent Bell, Matt Berenson, Diana Hardcastle, Roy Lee, Gary Lucchesi, Bear McCreary, Jim Norton, Daniel Pearl, Tom Rosenberg, Matthew Walker, Jim Wedaa, John Willett, Stephanie Lemelin, Rupert Evans, Lauren Cohan, James Russell, Stacey Menear, Ben Robson, Jett Klyne, and Lily Pater in The Boy (2016)
    The Boy
    6.0
    • Brahms Heelshire
    • 2016
    Jeremy Sisto, Alana De La Garza, Missy Peregrym, John Boyd, and Zeeko Zaki in FBI (2018)
    FBI
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Eddie Lyman
    Christopher Meloni in Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
    Law & Order: Organized Crime
    7.7
    TV Series
    • ADA Polson
    Ioan Gruffudd in Forever (2014)
    Forever
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Mr. Keely

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    • Jeremy Sisto, Alana De La Garza, Missy Peregrym, John Boyd, and Zeeko Zaki in FBI (2018)
      FBI
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Eddie Lyman
      • 2023
    • Christopher Meloni in Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
      Law & Order: Organized Crime
      7.7
      TV Series
      • ADA Polson
      • 2022
    • Roger Clark in Red Dead Redemption II (2018)
      Red Dead Redemption II
      9.7
      Video Game
      • O'Driscolls (voice)
      • 2018
    • Freelance (2018)
      Freelance
      9.4
      Short
      • Lance
      • 2018
    • Unforgettable (2011)
      Unforgettable
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Hooligan #1
      • 2016
    • Brian Berdan, Richard S. Wright, William Brent Bell, Matt Berenson, Diana Hardcastle, Roy Lee, Gary Lucchesi, Bear McCreary, Jim Norton, Daniel Pearl, Tom Rosenberg, Matthew Walker, Jim Wedaa, John Willett, Stephanie Lemelin, Rupert Evans, Lauren Cohan, James Russell, Stacey Menear, Ben Robson, Jett Klyne, and Lily Pater in The Boy (2016)
      The Boy
      6.0
      • Brahms Heelshire
      • 2016
    • Ioan Gruffudd in Forever (2014)
      Forever
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Mr. Keely
      • 2014
    • Meagan Good in Deception (2013)
      Deception
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Pierced Freak
      • 2013
    • Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, Donnie Wahlberg, and Will Estes in Blue Bloods (2010)
      Blue Bloods
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Desk Clerk
      • 2011

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      • 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
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      • September 3, 1983

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      He is an accomplished tennis player. As a youth and teenager he played junior tennis in the USA and internationally.

      James has worked extensively in the New York theater scene as well as internationally at The Lyric Theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England.

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