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A filmmaker, playwright, poet, actor, singer/songwriter and yoga teacher, James Morrison was born in Utah and is a product of Alaska. He served his theatrical apprenticeship with the Alaska Repertory Theatre in the late '70s and spent a year studying in New York before settling on the West Coast in 1980. Since then, he has appeared at some of America's foremost theatres including the McCarter Theatre, the La Jolla Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, LA TheatreWorks and The Old Globe with such renowned directors as Robert Egan, Emily Mann, Des McAnuff, Jack O'Brien, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jose Quintero, Martin Jarvis, Don Amendolia, and Harry Mastrogeorge, his acting teacher since 1982.
He is a SAG Award nominee (24 - Best Ensemble) the recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performance and three Drama-Logue Awards. In 1985 he appeared in the London premiere of Emily Mann's Still Life at the West End's Donmar Warehouse and the Riverside Studios after a stint in The Edinburgh Festival at the Traverse Theatre where the production received a Fringe First Award.
His radio credits include L.A.TheatreWorks productions of Pressure - as General Eisenhower, The Rainmaker as Starbuck with the cast of the Broadway revival, Ruby McCollum in which he stars as William Bradford Huie, Judgement at Nuremberg - starring as Chief Justice Dan Haywood, the U.S. tour of In the Heat of the Night and Julius Caesar.
Morrison's short film, Parking (1996), which he wrote and directed, was produced by his wife, Riad Galayini. Parking screened at twenty film festivals world wide including New York's New Directors/New Films presented by Lincoln Center at the Museum of Modern Art, Slamdance (audience choice award for best short), Austin's South By Southwest Festival, the Central Florida Film Festival (third place narrative film award), the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, the Montreal World Festival, The Festival of U.S. Shorts in Brisbane, Australia, Ireland's Cork International Film Festival, and the Northampton Film Festival where it received the Best Short of the Festival Award. Parking also ran on Sundance Channel for 18 months.
With Ms. Galayini, he co-wrote and co-produced her directorial debut, Nude Descending (1997), which received The George Melies Award at the 1998 Taos Talking Picture Festival and has screened at the Nashville Independent Festival and Short Cuts in Paris. In 2000, Nude Descending was selected for special recognition by the Hitchcock International Director's Series presented by the American Cinematheque.
Their latest film, the documentary, Showing Up (2014), is a feature-length conversation about the actor's audition.
Most recently, James developed and performed his one-man play, Leave Your Fears Here at the Ojai Playwrights Conference. The play went on to premiere at the Great Barrington Public Theatre in Massachusetts. Morrison's plays have also been produced and/or developed at the Sundance Institute, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Playwrights' Center of Minneapolis, L.A. TheatreWorks, The MET Theatre, Two Parts Theatre Company, The Classical Theatre Lab, City Theatre in Miami, The Road Theatre, The Mojo Ensemble, The Wooden O, The Philadelphia Fringe Festival and the Salt Lake Acting Company where he has directed several plays including those by Sam Shepard, John Robinson, Larry Shue and Beth Henley.
As a singer/songwriter his albums, Son to the Boy and I Broke Free are available on iTunes CD Baby, Amazon and all digital outlets.
James was a Lecture Fellow at Bournemouth University School of Media in England and received his certification to teach Hatha Yoga from Ganga White and Tracey Rich at the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara where he sits on the Board of Trustees. He taught regular classes at the YogaWorks Center for Yoga in Los Angeles for 10 years.
James and Riad live North of Los Angeles and their son, Seamus, a recent graduate of UCSB and received his master's degree from Pepperdine University.- Actor
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Morrison James - Australian Actor and Voice Actor. Husband - Father - Artist - Story Teller - ACTOR! Dreamer of Dreams! His Mantra: "I don't need people to 'like' my page, just love my work!" He began his love of music, singing and acting in junior school at the age of 8 where he wrote, directed and starred in various school dramas. Through secondary school, he was involved in the school choirs and school bands in which he was the lead guitarist. He joined his local community theatre in his young teens. He was involved in various amateur theatrical productions up until his early twenties. During this time, he gained valuable experience in acting, singing, dancing, lighting, production, theatrical music and stage crew. Performed as a professional wrestler 1992-2002 for the Australasian Wrestling Federation in Sydney and Melbourne Australia. He broke away from acting in his early twenties to pursue the ultimate training: marriage, raising a family, running his own business and gaining real life experience. The love of acting had never left him, the burning for it called him back in 2013, since then Morrison has thrown himself back into his life long love of acting. Morrison's first ever acting in front of camera was December 2013 and January 2014, he performed in two roles for "The Dalfram Dispute 1938: Pig Iron Bob" (2015) a drama/documentary about the water front disputes in Australia 1939. The film was nominated and became a finalist in the 15th Screen Producers of Australia Awards in the Feature Film /Feature Documentary Production Category. Morrison spent the greater part of late 2013 and 2014 in the United States to gain top professional acting coaching. At the end of 2014, he graduated with a degree in Acting for Film and Television from New York Film Academy (N.Y.F.A). Los Angeles, California. While in the United States, Morrison worked with some of the best acting coaches in Los Angeles. During his time in the United States, Morrison completed some privately funded and independent release short films due for release late 2016 early 2017. Since returning home to Australia at the end of 2014, Morrison has been busy pursuing opportunities to further himself and continue his acting. He has since completed filming on multiple Feature Films, ADR for Feature Films, Multiple Short Films, Network Television Series and Various Voice Acting Roles. Morrison has also continued with further training by attending intense course's at: Maura Fay, Screen wise Acting School, AMAW - Sydney, AMAW - Los Angeles. After auditioning and being accepted into the world class N.I.D.A - National Institute of Dramatic Art - Sydney Australia. Morrison Graduated at the end of 2015 with Diploma in Advanced Screen Acting Ensemble Extended., 2015. Morrison is filming 2 new Feature Films and a Major Network Television Mini-Series. At the end of 2016, through Morrison's talent, extreme hard work ethic and professionalism. He obtained the ultimate tool sort after by Australian Actor's - The U.S-01 VISA. He is also in pre-production 7 new Feature Films. He has just returned from the U.S at the end of 2017 where he was cast as co-lead in U.S Feature Film "Death's Sonata" - Playing Dr. William Fredrickson. 2018 Morrison worked in Germany where he again was co-lead in Thriller Feature Film "SIN". Morrison resides in Sydney, Australia Morrison's versatility can be seen in the mixture of Dramatic and Comedic Public Reels.- Music Artist
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James Morrison was born on 13 August 1984 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is a music artist and actor, known for 27 Dresses (2008), He's Just Not That Into You (2009) and Made of Honor (2008). He was previously married to Gill Catchpole.- Actor
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James Morrison was born on 11 November 1962 in Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor and writer, known for Abominable (2006), Hey Dad..! (1987) and Beyond El Rocco (1990).- Additional Crew
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- James Morrison was born on 15 November 1888 in Mattoon, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Captain Blood (1924), The Sex Lure (1916) and The Count of Luxembourg (1926). He died on 15 November 1974 in New York City, New York, USA.
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- Tommy James Morrison Jr. is known for Death Dream (2012).
- James Morrison is known for Machine Gun McCain (1969).
- Bleair James Morrison is known for Strange Colours (2017).
- Morrison James is known for Taylor'd Vision: Doctor Who (2018).
- James Morrison is known for Sentirsidire - Quello che i genitori non vorrebbero mai (2010).
- James Morrison is known for The Day Hitler Died (2016).
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James Craig Morrison is known for The Siege (1998).- James Morrison is known for The Siege of Robin Hood (2022).
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James Morrison-Collalto is known for Crime Beat (2020).- Visual Effects
James L. Morrison is known for Green Lantern (2011).- Editorial Department
James Morrison is known for Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018).- Transportation Department
James Morrison is known for The First Purge (2018).