James Duval | |
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 Duval in 2011 | |
| Born | James Edward Duval September 10, 1972 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
James Edward Duval (born September 10, 1972) [1] is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Independence Day (1996), Donnie Darko (2001), [2] and the films of Gregg Araki. [3]
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Duval has starred in numerous independent films, [1] including the 2009 psychological thriller The Black Waters of Echo's Pond and the mystery crime-thriller film Noirland. [4] [5]
Born in Detroit in 1972 [1] to a Franco-Vietnamese mother from Saigon [1] and a father with Irish and Native American ancestry, [1] Duval's family moved to Los Angeles when he was 2 years old. [1] He grew up around the Greater Los Angeles area, going to elementary school in Redondo Beach before graduating from Gladstone High School in Covina in 1989. [1] During his early career, while he was acting in Gregg Araki's Teenage Apocalypse films, he identified with their themes of nihilism, social alienation and not fitting in. [6] [7] He said, "I was 18 and living that, searching for myself who I was, where I belonged. I was really confused. Working with Gregg gave me something to move towards. ... there were things I was feeling—that I wasn’t liked, that there were things I couldn’t do to fit in. I was attracted to alternative music and feeling what they were singing about, even though I hadn’t really lived. I was so distraught. I was only 18–19. Everything weighed on that on a daily basis. It was so intense, and almost overwhelming." [6]
In a 1997 interview promoting Araki's Nowhere , Duval discussed the racism he experienced in his youth [8] and his frustration with being asked about his sexuality as a result of playing queer roles. He also mentioned that he was dating his Nowhere co-star Sarah Lassez. [8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | An Ambush of Ghosts | Student #1 | |
| Totally F***ed Up | Andy | ||
| 1995 | The Doom Generation | Jordan White | |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Miguel Casse | |
| 1997 | River Made to Drown In | Jaime | |
| Nowhere | Dark Smith | ||
| 1998 | Wild Horses | Jimmy | |
| Stamp and Deliver | |||
| The Clown at Midnight | George Reese | ||
| Alexandria Hotel | Romero | ||
| How to Make the Cruelest Month | Westy | ||
| SLC Punk! | John the Mod | Credited as Jimmy Duval | |
| 1999 | Go | Singh | |
| The Weekend | Robert | ||
| 2000 | This Is How the World Ends | Blue | TV show |
| Gone in 60 Seconds | Freb | ||
| 2001 | Amerikana | Chris | |
| Donnie Darko | Frank Anderson | ||
| The Doe Boy | Hunter Kirk | Won "Best Actor" at the American Indian Film Festival [9] | |
| The Tag | Viggs | ||
| A Galaxy Far, Far Away | Himself | ||
| 2002 | Comic Book Villains | Baz | |
| May | Blank | ||
| Scumrock | Drew | ||
| 2003 | Pledge of Allegiance | Ray | |
| 2004 | Window Theory | Dave Kordelewski | |
| Frog-g-g! | Freb | ||
| Open House | Joel Rodman | ||
| 2005 | Venice Underground | Lucious Jackson | |
| Chasing Ghosts | Dmitri Parramatti | ||
| Standing Still | Stoner Steve | ||
| 2006 | The Iron Man | Lawyer 2 | |
| Mad Cowgirl | Thierry | ||
| Pancho and Lefty | Lefty | ||
| 2007 | Kush | Cyrus | |
| Numb | Caleb | Short film | |
| The Pacific and Eddy | Noel | ||
| Luck of the Draw | Grady | ||
| 2008 | The Art of Travel | Taylor "One Ball" | |
| Pox | Himself | ||
| Toxic | Brad | ||
| Cornered! | Jimmy | ||
| Evilution | Asia Mark | ||
| 2009 | Thirsty | Beverage Announcer | Voice role |
| 2 Dudes & a Dream | Phil | ||
| Penance | Guy | ||
| The Black Waters of Echo's Pond | Rick | ||
| 2010 | Now Here | Luis Ortiz | |
| Everything Will Happen Before You Die | Paynie | ||
| Caller ID | Miles | ||
| Closing Time | Jimmy | ||
| Noirland | Tiberius Malloy | ||
| Playback | Clark | ||
| Kaboom | Messiah | ||
| 2011 | Naked Angel | Andreas | |
| Alyce Kills | Vince | ||
| Not Another Not Another Movie | Himself | ||
| 2012 | Delirium | Burell [10] | |
| Touchback | Rodriguez | ||
| 2013 | Look at Me | Frank | |
| Blue Dream | Robert Harmon | ||
| 2014 | Hercules Reborn | Horace | |
| 2015 | Punk's Dead | John The Mod | |
| The Sparrows | Hector Sanchez | ||
| Tales of Halloween | Dante | ||
| 2016 | American Romance | Stewart Miles | |
| 2017 | The Abduction of Jennifer Grayson | Jeremy | |
| Spreading Darkness | Mark Minscourri | ||
| 2018 | BoJack Horseman | Studio Grip | Episode: "The Dog Days Are Over" |
| 2019 | Now Apocalypse | Homeless man | Recurring |
| 2022 | Without Ward | Helmholtz W. Gault | |
| I, Challenger | Sid |
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