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James Cameron
Born: Aug 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '80s-??s Major Genres: Science Fiction, Action
Career Highlights: The Terminator, Aliens, True Lies
First Major Screen Credit: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
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James Dean
Born: Feb 08, 1931 in Marion, Indiana
Died: Sep 30, 1955 in Paso Robles, CA (near)
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s, '80s Major Genres: Drama, Film, TV & Radio
Career Highlights: East of Eden, Giant, Rebel Without a Cause
First Major Screen Credit: Studio One: Sentence of Death (1953)
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James Mason
Born: May 15, 1909 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Died: Jul 27, 1984 in Lausanne, Switzerland
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director, Active: '30s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: North by Northwest, Georgy Girl, A Star Is Born
First Major Screen Credit: The Secret of Stamboul (1936)
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James Stewart
Born: May 20, 1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania
Died: Jul 02, 1997
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'90s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Anatomy of a Murder, Vertigo, Harvey
First Major Screen Credit: After the Thin Man (1936)
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James Cagney
Born: Jul 17, 1899 in New York City, New York
Died: Mar 30, 1986 in Stanfordville, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '30s-'50s, '80s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: White Heat, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Man of a Thousand Faces
First Major Screen Credit: The Doorway to Hell (1930)
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James Whale
Born: Jul 22, 1893 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Died: May 29, 1957 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Director Active: '30s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man
First Major Screen Credit: Journey's End (1930)
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James Coburn, Jr.
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James Spader
Born: Feb 07, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation: Actor Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
Career Highlights: sex, lies, and videotape, Stargate, Less Than Zero
First Major Screen Credit: The New Kids (1985)
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James Horner
Born: Aug 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
Career Highlights: Aliens, Thunderheart, Once Around
First Major Screen Credit: The Lady in Red (1979)
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James Woods
Born: Apr 18, 1947 in Vernal, Utah
Occupation: Actor, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Virgin Suicides, My Name Is Bill W., Videodrome
First Major Screen Credit: The Visitors (1972)
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Edward James Olmos
Born: Feb 24, 1947 in East Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Culture & Society
Career Highlights: Blade Runner, Stand and Deliver, Selena
First Major Screen Credit: Wolfen (1981)
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James Toback
Born: Nov 23, 1944 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Writer, Director, Actor, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
Career Highlights: Bugsy, Two Girls and a Guy, Fingers
First Major Screen Credit: The Gambler (1974)
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James L. Brooks
Born: May 09, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York
Occupation: Writer, Director, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: Terms of Endearment, Say Anything..., Jerry Maguire
First Major Screen Credit: The March of Time: The Enterprise In Action (1965)
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James Caan
Born: Mar 26, 1939 in Bronx, New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Godfather, Bottle Rocket, Misery
First Major Screen Credit: Lady in a Cage (1964)
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James Bridges
Born: Feb 03, 1936 in Paris, Arkansas
Died: Jun 06, 1993 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Writer, Director, Actor, Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Colossus: The Forbin Project, Urban Cowboy, The China Syndrome
First Major Screen Credit: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: A Tangled Web (1963)
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James Earl Jones
Born: Jan 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi
Occupation: Actor Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Empire Strikes Back, Conan the Barbarian, The Lion King
First Major Screen Credit: Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
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James Coburn
Born: Aug 31, 1928 in Laurel, Nebraska
Died: Nov 18, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '50s-2000s Major Genres: Western, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Last of Sheila, The Loved One, The Magnificent Seven
First Major Screen Credit: The Ten Commandments (1956)
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James Ivory
Born: Jun 07, 1928 in Berkeley, California
Occupation: Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Howards End, A Room With a View, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
First Major Screen Credit: The Sword and the Flute (1959)
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James Garner
Born: Apr 07, 1928 in Norman, Oklahoma
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '50s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Victor/Victoria, Barbarians at the Gate, My Name Is Bill W.
First Major Screen Credit: Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)
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James Clavell
Born: Oct 10, 1924 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: Sep 06, 1994
Occupation: Writer, Director, Active: '50s-'60s, '80s Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
Career Highlights: Shogun, The Fly, To Sir, With Love
First Major Screen Credit: The Fly (1958)