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James Wirt(I)

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James Wirt
James Wirt was raised in Houston, worked on an oil rig during the summers before moving to New York where he began his training at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He starred opposite Julie Stiles in the off-Broadway play PHOENIX at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Also, acted in John Strasberg's Accidental Repertory Theatre Company. James' theatrical highlights include: , Staged reading of Collateral Damage opposite Academy Award Winner William Hurt, Let's Kill Grandma This Christmas, Adams' Apples, Saturn Return, Closer, The Acting Lesson, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, All's Well That Ends Well and Troilus and Cressida. James garnered critical acclaim during the Toronto International Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival for his gripping turn as an artist, in Billy Bates.
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Known for

Billy Bates (2013)
Billy Bates
7.0
  • Billy Bates
  • 2013
Let's Kill Grandpa This Christmas (2017)
Let's Kill Grandpa This Christmas
4.2
  • Carl
  • 2017
Motive
Short
  • Pete
  • 2012
Abracadabra (2009)
Abracadabra
6.9
Short
  • Jason
  • 2009

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Actor

  • Motive
    • Completed
  • No Justice for the Wicked
    • Post-production
  • Hard Work (2020)
    Hard Work
  • Virginia Armitage Rowe, Doug Friedman, Judy Krause, John Strasberg, and Cheryl E. Grant in Adams' Apples (2019)
    Adams' Apples
  • Michael J. Bevan and Nathan Chang in Woof (2019)
    Woof
  • James Wirt in Head Shot (2018)
    Head Shot
  • Shifting Past (2017)
    Shifting Past
  • Let's Kill Grandpa This Christmas (2017)
    Let's Kill Grandpa This Christmas
  • Chris Shenkle and Malene Emelia Sylte in C.P.You (2017)
    C.P.You
  • George Deihl Jr., Brian Gianci, Alfredo Diaz, Kevin O'Donnell, James Wirt, Alaina Gianci, Douglas Taurel, Michael Keith Davis, Nicholas Dullea, Mark Noonan, Chris Shenkle, and Courtney Desman in We'll Test It on Humans (2016)
    We'll Test It on Humans
  • Nocturnal Attorney
  • William Sadler, John Cullum, Colin Cunningham, Jillian Taylor, Leticia Jimenez, and Miles Doleac in The Historian (2014)
    The Historian
    • (uncredited)
  • Billy Bates (2013)
    Billy Bates
  • Encountered
  • The Order of Things (2012)
    The Order of Things
  • Kiss Me, I'm English
  • Abracadabra (2009)
    Abracadabra

Writer

  • No Justice for the Wicked
    • Post-production

Producer

  • Let's Kill Grandpa This Christmas (2017)
    Let's Kill Grandpa This Christmas
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    James was almost shot by police officers while rehearsing a NYU short film in Brooklyn. The NYPD thought he was about to execute the actor in the street.

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