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James Roday Rodriguez

American actor (born )

"James D. Rodriguez" redirects here. For other uses, see James Rodríguez (disambiguation).

James Roday Rodriguez

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Born

James David Rodriguez


() April 4, (age&#;48)

San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

Other&#;namesJames Roday
(professional name –)
James Roday Rodriguez
(changed legal name)
Alma&#;materNew York University (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • screenwriter
Years&#;active–present
PartnerMaggie Lawson (–)

James Roday Rodriguez (born James David Rodriguez; April 4, ) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter.

He is best known for portraying Shawn Spencer, a hyper-observant consultant detective and fake psychic, in USA Network series Psych and the subsequent Psych film series, also writing and producing for Psych. He also starred in A Million Little Things which debuted in , playing Javier "Gary" Mendez.

Dule hill biography: Rodriguez dated his Psych co-star Maggie Lawson from to , coinciding with the series run. At the age of 22, he selected the professional name James Roday. In , Rodriguez returned to his most famous role as he starred in and executive produced Psych: The Movie , which he also co-wrote with Psych ' s series creator Steve Franks. Awards and nominations [ edit ].

Early life

Rodriguez was born in San Antonio, Texas, as James David Rodriguez.[1] He attended Taft High School in San Antonio.[2] His father, James "Jim" Rodriguez, is of Mexican descent, and his mother, Deborah Collins, is of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Rodriguez's father is a retired Air Force master sergeant.[3][4]

At New York University's Experimental Theatre Wing, Rodriguez studied theatre and earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts.[5]

Career

At the age of 22, he selected the professional name James Roday.

In a July interview, Rodriguez explained the decision was mainly driven by producers and casting directors feeling his appearance clashed with his Latino family name. The characters he read for up until that point were not written with a Latino background in mind. In order to book his first job, he legally changed his middle name, David, to Roday (from an Anton Chekhov play), and omitted Rodriguez from his screen name.

In the same interview, he stated regret that he "sold out [his] heritage in about 15 seconds." In , he announced that going forward he would use his full legal name of James Roday Rodriguez.[6]

Rodriguez started his acting career starring in various theatrical productions, including Three Sisters, A Respectable Wedding, and Severity's Mistress.

He took on leading roles in Sexual Perversity in Chicago and Extinction which he produced with his theatre company Red Dog Squadron. For RDS he also directed the play Greedy, and wrote and directed the one-act play Sustenance.

Big screen and television

His big screen debut was in the film Coming Soon alongside Gaby Hoffmann and Bonnie Root.

Other early film credits include the film Rolling Kansas and the film adaptation of The Dukes of Hazzard.

James roday biography actor Retrieved July 15, Shoot the Moon [ 23 ]. External links [ edit ]. The Dukes of Hazzard.

Behind the scenes, he and writing partners Todd Harthan and James DeMonaco wrote the screenplay for the film Skinwalkers. The team also worked on an unused script for the film adaptation of the video game Driver.

Rodriguez's television credits include starring roles in 's First Years and NBC's Miss Match in

Psych franchise

His big break came on July 7, , with the series premiere of USA Network's original series Psych.

Airing following the season premiere of USA's other comedic success, Monk, it was the highest-rated scripted basic cable TV show premiere of [7]Psych ran for eight seasons until

In , Rodriguez returned to his most famous role as he starred in and executive produced Psych: The Movie, which he also co-wrote with Psych's series creator Steve Franks.

It aired on USA Network in December

A sequel, Psych 2: Lassie Come Home was officially announced on February 14, It was filmed in Vancouver in March and April of that year and debuted July 15, on NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock.[8][9]Lassie Come Home was the first project that featured his full legal name, James Roday Rodriguez.

He once again served as co-writer and executive producer.

Psych 3: This Is Gus was filmed in June and released on Peacock on November 18, [10] As of May , a fourth Psych movie is rumored to be in the making.[11]

Post Psych

After Psych the series ended, Rodriguez starred in various pilots and independent films, most notably Pushing Dead by independent filmmaker Tom E.

Brown, which accumulated a number of awards at film festivals in the US and elsewhere.[12]

At the same time, Rodriguez began focusing on his work behind the camera as a director, writer and producer. He has since directed episodes for Battle Creek, Rush Hour, Rosewood, Blood Drive and The Resident and developed, wrote, and directed the pilots Shoot The Moon for USA and Quest For Truth for E!.

Rodriguez directed his first feature film, Gravy, in , co-written by him and Todd Harthan. He co-wrote (once again with Todd Harthan) and directed his second film Treehouse as part of Hulu's monthly horror movie anthology Into The Dark, which aired in March

Rodriguez returned to theater in December , when he starred in the New York production of White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour.[13]

Rodriguez branched out into voice acting in the animated feature Night of the Animated Dead, an adaptation of George A.

Romero's Night of the Living Dead. In , Rodriguez directed two episodes of the LeBron James-produced series The Crossover for Disney+, which premiered on April 5,

In , Rodriguez produced the world premiere of Laurence Davis's play Masters of Puppets for the Legacy Theatre in Branford, Connecticut.

The play starred Amanda Detmer, Kurt Fuller, Dana Ashbrook, and The Resident's Michael Hogan.[14] He also became a member of the theater's board of trustees.[15]

More recently, Rodriguez starred as Gary Mendez on ABC's dramedy A Million Little Things.[16] He co-wrote the series' final episode, "One Big Thing", with series creator DJ Nash.

Personal life

Rodriguez is the co-artistic director of Red Dog Squadron, a non-profit Los Angeles theater company he co-founded with Brad Raider.[17][18] In , Rodriguez and, at the time, Black Dahlia artistic director Matt Shakman bought the El Centro Theatre and started a long process of renovations with the intent of reopening it under its original name Circle Theatre. In a newsletter from August , Raider and Rodriguez announced that they had to resell the theatre in early [19]

Rodriguez dated his Psych co-star Maggie Lawson from to , coinciding with the series run.[20][21]

Filmography

Actor

Director

Writer

Awards and nominations

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