James, Brian d'Arcy (Brian Darcy James)

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James, Brian d'Arcy (Brian Darcy James)

PERSONAL

Raised in Saginaw, MI; father, a lawyer; mother's name, Mary (a seller of children's books); nephew of Brian Kelly (an actor); married Jennifer Prescott; children: Gracie. Education: Northwestern University, B.S., theatre, 1990.

Addresses:

Agent—The Gersh Agency, 232 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Thruline Entertainment, 9250 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 100, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Actor. Gas Light Revue (summer stock company), Michigan, member of the company for two years.

Awards, Honors:

Drama League Award and Friends of New York Theatre Award, c. 1997, FANY Award, featured actor in a musical, Friends of New York Theatre Award, 1998, for Titanic; Drama League Award and Drama Desk Award nomination, best actor in a musical, 2000, for The Wild Party; Obie Award, Village Voice, Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding solo performance, and Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, 2001, Backstage West Garland Award and LA Weekly Theater Award, solo performance, 2003, for The Good Thief; Drama League Honor, Outer Critics Award nomination and Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding featured actor in a musical, Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best featured actor in a musical, 2002, for Sweet Smell of Success; Drama League Award nomination, 2008, for Next to Normal.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Mickey, Blood Brothers, Broadway production, c. 1993-94.

Floyd Collins (musical), Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1994.

Captain, principal, and Hudson, Carousel (musical), Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1994-95.

Davey Boyd, Public Enemy, Irish Arts Center, New York City, 1994-95.

Frederick Barrett, Titanic (musical), Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1997-98.

Freddy, Chess (benefit performance), John Houseman Theatre, New York City, 1998.

Kelly, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1998.

The Velvet Vise (six one-act plays), Red Line Theatre, New York Performance Works, New York City, 1999.

Burrs, The Wild Party (musical), Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, New York City, 2000.

Sweet Smell of Success (workshop), c. 2000.

Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens (benefit performance), Haft Auditorium, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, 2001.

Genesius Guild's Annual Valentine's Cabaret & New Songwriter Evening, The Players Club, New York City, 2001.

The Good Thief (solo show), Keen Company, Culture Project, Jose Quintero Theatre, then 45 Bleecker Theatre, both New York City, 2001.

Reporter, Flight, Melting Pot Theatre Company, New York City, 2005.

Brendan, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Atlantic Theatre Company, New York City, 2006.

Dan, Next to Normal, Second Stage Theatre, New York City, 2008.

Port Authority, Atlantic Theatre Company, 2008.

Appeared as a preacher, Violet (workshop performance), Lincoln Center Theatre and Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City. Also appeared in Ancestral Voices, Lincoln Center Theatre; Hair, Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL; Lend Me a Tenor, Players Theatre, Columbus, OH; Follies, Houston, TX; and in workshop performances of Big Time, Complications, Harmony, and Time and Again.

Major Tours:

Toured as Frederick Barrett, Titanic (musical), U.S. cities; as Davey Boyd, Public Enemy, Dublin, Ireland, and Los Angeles; and in Les Miserables (musical), U.S. cities.

Film Appearances:

Victoria Pool, 1996.

Sax and Violins, 1997.

Exiled, Gaelic Artists, 1999.

(As Brian Darcy James) voice of Frank Wild, The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (also known as The Endurance and Verschollen im packeis-das antarktis abenteuer des Sir Ernest Shackleton), 2000.

Lloyd, G, Sony, 2002.

Andrew, Neurotica, Three Forks, 2004.

Irish Eddie, Ghost Town, Paramount, 2008.

Also appeared in the films Call of the Wylie, Neurotica, and Tina and Lance.

Television Appearances; Series:

Mark/Ned Ashton, The City, CTV and PBS, beginning in 1997.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Al Michaels, Monday Night Mayhem, TNT, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Kennedy Center Honors, 1997.

"The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty," Great Performances, PBS, 1999.

The 56th Annual Tony Awards, CBS and PBS, 2002.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Howie, CBS, 1992.

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1997, 2002.

Great Day America, c. 1998.

Gary, "In the Details," The Education of Max Bickford, 2001.

Bary Sheppard, "Do It Yourself," The Education of Max Bickford, 2001.

Veternarian, "Discovery," Rescue Me (also known as Rescue Me: FDNY), 2006.

Also appeared in episodes of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC; Late Night with David Letterman, NBC.

Radio Appearances:

Appeared in the radio broadcast Dumbcake, National Public Radio.

RECORDINGS

Albums:

Floyd Collins (original cast recording), Nonesuch, 1996.

Titanic (original Broadway cast recording), RCA Victor, 1997.

Kelly (original Broadway cast recording), 1998.

Far from the Madding Crowd/Dusky Sally/The Awakening, 2000.

The Wild Party (original cast recording), RCA Victor, 2000.

Other albums include Carousel (original cast recording); The Civil War; Myths and Hymns; The Only Broadway CD You'll Ever Need, RCA Victor; Songs of Stephen Schwartz (also known as A Stephen Schwartz Compilation), Verabande; and Violet.