James Austin Kerr | |
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| Born | June 19, 1992 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Education | Edmond North High School |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Known for | Queen of the South , Awake , 13 Minutes , Dauntless: The Battle of Midway |
James Austin Kerr (born June 19, 1992) is an American actor. [1] An Edmond North High School graduate, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting and modeling. [1] He has appeared in film and television projects including the series Queen of the South and the films Awake (2019), 13 Minutes (2021), and Dauntless: The Battle of Midway (2019). [1]
Kerr was born in Oklahoma City and attended Edmond North High School in Edmond, Oklahoma. [1] [2] Although he performed in a school production of Oklahoma! in the fifth grade, he did not pursue acting again until his late teens. [1] He has described taking an acting class in Norman, Oklahoma, taught by casting director and actor Chris Freihofer, as a turning point in his decision to pursue the profession. [1]
After relocating to Los Angeles, Kerr worked as a model while continuing acting training. In a 2023 profile, he described booking modeling work for brands including Target and TJ Maxx while auditioning for roles. [1]
Kerr has been credited in a range of film and television productions. He appeared alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the 2019 thriller Awake and had a role in the World War II film Dauntless: The Battle of Midway . [1] His television credits include appearances on series such as NCIS , The Mentalist , and Criminal Minds . [1]
In 2019, Kerr was named a Young Oklahoma Creativity Ambassador by Creative Oklahoma, an organization appointed by Governor Kevin Stitt to recognize creative contributors to the state. [3] [4]
In 2025, an okcFriday article about a screening of the independent Oklahoma film You People (2018) (which won Best Oklahoma Film at the deadCenter Film Festival) noted Kerr's role in the production. [5] [6] The article also noted additional screen credits including the feature film Reagan , as well as the television series Johnson and Sistas . [5]