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James Paul Marsden was born on September 18th, 1973 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. His father, a professor of animal studies and industry at Kansas State University.[1], and his mother, a nutritionist, divorced when he was nine years old.[2] Marsden has four siblings, two younger sisters, Jennifer Marsden, 28 and Elizabeth Marsden, 16 and two brothers, Jeff Marsden and Robert Marsden, 32. He attended Putnam City North High School, in Oklahoma City and later went on to attend Oklahoma State University where he studied broadcast journalism. However, Marsden left after one and a half years, opting instead to move out to Los Angeles in order to pursue his acting career.

Career

Marsden got his first job on the pilot episode of The Nanny as Eddie, Margaret Sheffield's boyfriend. He then went on to star in the Canadian television series Boogies Diner, which aired for one season. With the end of that series, he guest starred on other television shows such as Saved by the Bell and Party of Five. He later starred in the ABC show Second Noah. He lost out to Edward Norton for a role in Primal Fear (1996) and turned down the lead role in 54 (1998), which later went to Ryan Phillippe. He then went on to star in Disturbing Behavior starring opposite Katie Holmes and Gossip opposite Kate Hudson.

Marsden then played Cyclops in the X-Men films. His X-Men character Cyclops' lessened screen time in the third film is because of scheduling conflicts with his prior commitment to Bryan Singer's Superman Returns, in which he plays Lois Lane's love interest, Richard White. He also appeared in the television series Ally McBeal, as one of the main cast members during the first half of season 5, where he also showcased his singing abilities (episodes 501-503,506-508) . Marsden later played Lon Hammond Jr. in the romantic movie The Notebook, which was based on a Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name. The Alibi was released in 2006, but only in Europe as of late. An American release date is still to be determined.

In 2007, Marsden played Corny Collins in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical based on the 1988 John Waters movie Hairspray alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Queen Latifah and John Travolta. There he also made his musical debut by singing two of the film's songs The Nicest Kids In Town and (It's) Hairspray. Both Hairspray and the film's soundtrack were critically-acclaimed. His next role was in the Disney hybrid animated/live action film Enchanted, playing Prince Edward with co-stars Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon, Idina Menzel and Patrick Dempsey.

Following his successes in 2007's Hairspray and Enchanted, Marsden played the male lead in the 2008 romantic comedy 27 Dresses opposite star Katherine Heigl, which scored well in the U.S. box office.

Marsden will also be playing the male lead once again in the upcoming horror film, based on the 1970 short story "Button, Button" by author Richard Matheson,The Box opposite Cameron Diaz

Trivia

He has two sisters: Jennifer - age 24 and Elizabeth - age 12, as at 2004. Jennifer lives in Studio City, California and Elizabeth in Manhattan, Kansas.

Attended Oklahoma State University

Son Jack was born on February 1, 2001, in Los Angeles weighing 7 lbs., 14 oz.

In 1991, while vacationing with his family in Hawaii, he met actor Kirk Cameron and his actress sister Candace Cameron Bure; the Camerons invited Marsden to visit in L.A. and thus began his career.

Lost out to Edward Norton for a role in Primal Fear (1996).

Turned down the lead role in 54 (1998). Ryan Phillippe later got the role.

Graduated from Putnam City North High School (located in Oklahoma City) class of 1991.

Joined the Delta Tau Delta fraternity while at Oklahoma State.

His father is a Distinguished Professor of Animal Sciences & Industry at Kansas State University.

He wore lifts for most of his scenes in the X-Men movies, because his character Cyclops is supposed to be 6' 3" compared to a 5' 3" Wolverine. In actuality, Marsden is under 6 feet tall, slightly shorter than Famke Janssen (as his love interest, (Jean Grey) and approximately 4 inches inches shorter than Hugh Jackman (who played Wolverine).

An accomplished singer.

Daughter, Mary James Marsden, born on 10 August 2005.

Is the only actor from the X-Men films who not only stayed on in the third film, after the departure of director Bryan Singer, but also worked with Singer on his subsequent project, Superman Returns (2006).

Has worked 4 times with actress Rebecca Romijn: X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), The Alibi (2006), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).

Also has two brothers, Jeff and Robbie.

Is commonly confused as being the brother of actor Jason Marsden. Although the two are not related, they are actually good friends and their respective wives have been friends since they were six.

Filmography

... aka X-Men 3 (Singapore: English title) (USA: working title) ... aka X3 (International: English title: informal short title) (USA: promotional abbreviation)

... aka Lies & Alibis (USA) ... aka Lies and Alibis (USA)

- Crime Wave/Odd Ball (2003) TV episode (voice) .... Chester

  • X2(2003) .... Scott Summers / Cyclops

... aka X-Men 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA: working title) ... aka X-2 (USA: poster title) ... aka X-Men 2: X-Men United (USA: promotional title) ... aka X2: X-Men United (USA: promotional title)

... aka I-60 (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka Interstate 60 (USA: short title)

- Woman (2002) TV episode .... Glenn Foy - The New Day (2002) TV episode .... Glenn Foy - A Kick in the Head (2002) TV episode .... Glenn Foy - One Hundred Tears (2002) TV episode .... Glenn Foy - Blowin' in the Wind (2002) TV episode .... Glenn Foy (8 more)

- Scribbling Rivalry (2002) TV episode .... Arnold Cooper

... aka Zoolander (Germany)

... aka X-Men 1.5 (USA: DVD box title)

... aka Disturbing Behaviour (UK)

... aka The New Outer Limits (USA: promotional title) - Rite of Passage (1998) TV episode .... Brav

- Ghost Apocalyptic Future (1997) TV episode (voice)

- Diving In (1997) TV episode (as Jimmy Marsden) .... Ricky Beckett - Desperately Seeking Mickey (1997) TV episode (as Jimmy Marsden) .... Ricky Beckett - Heart Matters (1997) TV episode (as Jimmy Marsden) .... Ricky Beckett - The Choice (1996) TV episode (as Jimmy Marsden) .... Ricky Beckett - Slings and Arrows (1996) TV episode (as Jimmy Marsden) .... Ricky Beckett (17 more)