James Jurdi

{{Short description|American actor, screenwriter, and film producer}}

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James Jurdi is an American actor, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for his roles in the films Pocket Listing, Danger One, and Reaper.

Early life

James Jurdi was born in Los Angeles, California and is of Lebanese-American descent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Arts-and-Ent/Culture/2014/Dec-02/279543-meet-hollywoods-lebanese-heartthrob.ashx|title=Meet Hollywood's Lebanese heartthrob |website=www.dailystar.com.lb}} He attended UCLA, where he studied cinema, playwriting, and performance arts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Danger-One-Opens-in-Select-Theaters-Nationwide-September-14-20180812|title=Danger One Opens in Select Theaters Nationwide September 14|website=BroadwayWorld.com}}

Career

As a television actor, Jurdi has appeared in roles in The Bold and The Beautiful, Melrose Place,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/in-conversation-with-the-hollywood-actor-james-jurdi-1.304868|title=In conversation with the Hollywood actor James Jurdi|website=The National|date=19 November 2014}} and General Hospital. Jurdi co-wrote the 2014 supernatural horror-thriller feature film Reaper;{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/danny-trejo-vinnie-jones-reaper-1200568545/|title=Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones Starring In 'Reaper' (EXCLUSIVE)|first1=Dave|last1=McNary|date=July 26, 2013}} he also co-produced and played a role in the film. In 2015 he then wrote{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/11/pocket-listing-theatrical-release-2016-rob-lowe-burt-reynolds-1201848696/|title=Orion Pictures Picks up 'Pocket Listing' For Limited Theatrical Release|first1=Anita|last1=Busch|date=November 4, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-pocket-listing-review-20161128-story.html|title=Review: 'Pocket Listing' can't make the sale with its strange design and poor taste|date=December 1, 2016|website=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/pocket-listing-954731|title='Pocket Listing': Film Review|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=9 December 2016}} and acted in the role of Jack Woodman in the crime-thriller film Pocket Listing.{{Cite web|url=http://laconfidentialmag.com/james-jurdi-on-danger-one|title=Actor James Jurdi on Starring in 'Danger One' & the Art of Filmmaking|website=laconfidentialmag.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://stepfeed.com/james-jurdi-up-close-and-personal-7535|title=James Jurdi Up Close and Personal|first=Jasmina|last=Najjar|date=December 15, 2014|website=StepFeed}} Jurdi then acted in the 2018 film Danger One, a movie he also co-produced.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/dermot-mulroney-melora-walters-hard-luck-love-song-1202882056/|title=Film News Roundup: Dermot Mulroney, Melora Walters Join 'Hard Luck Love Song'|first1=Dave|last1=McNary|date=July 24, 2018}} In the film, he plays a paramedic that keeps a share of a million dollars that he and his partner find on a dying man they have been called to save. Jurdi is the cofounder of Mythmaker Productions.{{Cite web|url=http://www.prestigemag.co/2014/12/heres-james/|title=Here's James!|date=December 11, 2014|website=Prestige Magazine}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male screenwriters

Category:Male actors from Los Angeles

Category:American male soap opera actors

Category:American company founders

Category:21st-century American male actors

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:21st-century American screenwriters

Category:Screenwriters from California

Category:Film producers from California

Category:American people of Lebanese descent