Ep. 15 James Dumont (Part 1) - Booking TV & Film

Noted for his finely crafted and nuanced performances, actor
James  DuMont is one of the busiest actors in both film and
television.

DuMont just wrapped his 75th Feature film Safety for Disney &
his 70th performance on television in Blue Bloods on CBS.

Mr.  DuMont has amassed a glowing array of memorable
characters in both film  & television such as Track Suit
Charle in the Netflix feature  Spenser Confidential which
was watched by over 75 Million households  & is James'
3rd collaboration is both Director, Peter Berg &  Mark
Wahlberg having worked with them on CBS Films' Patriots Day and
 Lionsgates' Deepwater Horizon.

James has added to his growing  gallery of historical
characters on film most recently with Senator  McClellan on
Apple TV's The Banker starring Samuel L. Jackson &
 Anthony Mackie, J. Parnell Thomas in Trumbo opposite Oscar
nominee,  Bryan Cranston & Sherman Adams opposite the
late Oscar winner, Robin  Williams' in Lee Daniels' The
Butler.

Recent Mini Series work  include Amazons' The Underground
Railroad from Oscar winning director,  Barry Jenkins,
recurring on NBC's Law & Order: True Crime: The
 Menendez Murders & Lifetime/History Channels' Bonnie
and Clyde.

James  is a Recurring Guest Star on HBO's The Righteous
Gemstones opposite  creator & star, Danny McBride, going
into it's 2nd Season in 2021.  His most recent guest star
roles on television include CBS' Magnum PI  & The Good
Fight, NBC's Timeless, Netflix cult hit Stranger Things,
 Fox series 24: Legacy and CBS' CSI: New Orleans.

James DuMont is  best know for Focus Features' Dallas Buyers
Club opposite Oscar winner,  Jared Leto where he played his
father, Sony Classic Pictures Hank  Williams bio-pic I Saw
The Light & Universals' blockbuster Jurassic  World.
Other recent films include: TriStar Pictures' When The Game
 Stands Tall, James Brown bio-pic from Universal Get On Up
& indie  features The Hammer, Landline & Catch Hell
starring Ryan Phillippe,  which is also his directorial
debut.

On the small screen, DuMont  has had many notable recurring
roles on such shows as the F/X series  American Horror
Story-Freak Show & Coven and the AMC series Halt and
 Catch Fire & Mad Men. Other recurring roles include
Captain Richard  La Fouchette for four seasons on David
Simon's critically-acclaimed HBO  series, Treme, working
opposite Oscar-winner, Melissa Leo and opposite  Golden
Globe nominee, Ray Romano on the TNT series Men Of A Certain Age.