James Wilder

Acting

James Wilder

Born August 5, 1968 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA (age 57)

James Wilder (born August 5, 1968) is an American film and television actor. He's best known for his roles as Adam Louder on the Fox soap opera Models Inc., Christopher Searls on the ABC TV drama Equal Justice,  and Nick Lewis on NBC's 1993 remake of Route 66. At the age of 14, he was living in his mother's native Paris, regaling audiences with his one man show at such legendary venues as the Mou…

Known For

PerfumePerfume · 2001
Perfume
4.82001
MovieComedyDrama
A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild modeling show in New York City.
Mind GamesMind Games · 2003
Mind Games
8.02003
MovieMysteryCrime
Jill Reeves suffers from retrograde amnesia, forgetting the last seven months of her life. When the mysterious Carter Tallerin tells her they're married, Jill's world unravels. Everyone in Jill's life has a secret, including herself.
NightforceNightforce · 1987
Nightforce
4.01987
MovieAction
Carla is devastated when her friend is kidnapped by a Mexican cartel. After going to her father, a U.S. Senator, she gets her friends, and arms, to cross the border for a rescue mission.
NevadaNevada · 1997
Nevada
5.41997
MovieDrama
Chrysty walks through the desert carrying nothing and heading nowhere. She enters a very small town called Silver City. The local community of women is intrigued by the sudden arrival of an attractive stranger and they find out that Chrysty left a husband and three kids behind. One of the women, McGill, calls Chrysty's husband, West to tell him where his wife is and he comes to town.
McBride: DoggedMcBride: Dogged · 2007
McBride: Dogged
7.02007
MovieThrillerMystery
The annual LA Kennel Club Dog Show gets treated to an unexpected surprise when a backstage murder incriminates the winning canines' handler.
Touched by a KillerTouched by a Killer · 2001
Touched by a Killer
5.32001
MovieCrimeDrama
When reporter Nicki Barrington investigates a man on death row for the murder of a young woman, she discovers the evidence was circumstantial and has his conviction overturned. After she falls in love with him, she is nagged by doubts of his innocence.
Face ValueFace Value · 2001
Face Value
4.72001
MovieDramaThriller
To help out a friend, and to enjoy a glamorous and fast-paced life for awhile, a guy assumes the identity of his busy and mysterious friend...and ends up being pursued by murderous drug dealers.
Allie & MeAllie & Me · 1997
Allie & Me
3.41997
MovieComedy
Beverly Hills wife Michelle catches her husband in bed with her best friend Allie, who works at Michelle's favorite beauty salon. Shortly thereafter, Michelle and Allie embark on a life of crime, robbing the homes of the salon's wealthy patrons.

Movies

PerfumePerfume · 2001
Perfume
4.82001
MovieComedyDrama
A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild modeling show in New York City.
Mind GamesMind Games · 2003
Mind Games
8.02003
MovieMysteryCrime
Jill Reeves suffers from retrograde amnesia, forgetting the last seven months of her life. When the mysterious Carter Tallerin tells her they're married, Jill's world unravels. Everyone in Jill's life has a secret, including herself.
NightforceNightforce · 1987
Nightforce
4.01987
MovieAction
Carla is devastated when her friend is kidnapped by a Mexican cartel. After going to her father, a U.S. Senator, she gets her friends, and arms, to cross the border for a rescue mission.
NevadaNevada · 1997
Nevada
5.41997
MovieDrama
Chrysty walks through the desert carrying nothing and heading nowhere. She enters a very small town called Silver City. The local community of women is intrigued by the sudden arrival of an attractive stranger and they find out that Chrysty left a husband and three kids behind. One of the women, McGill, calls Chrysty's husband, West to tell him where his wife is and he comes to town.
McBride: DoggedMcBride: Dogged · 2007
McBride: Dogged
7.02007
MovieThrillerMystery
The annual LA Kennel Club Dog Show gets treated to an unexpected surprise when a backstage murder incriminates the winning canines' handler.
Touched by a KillerTouched by a Killer · 2001
Touched by a Killer
5.32001
MovieCrimeDrama
When reporter Nicki Barrington investigates a man on death row for the murder of a young woman, she discovers the evidence was circumstantial and has his conviction overturned. After she falls in love with him, she is nagged by doubts of his innocence.
Face ValueFace Value · 2001
Face Value
4.72001
MovieDramaThriller
To help out a friend, and to enjoy a glamorous and fast-paced life for awhile, a guy assumes the identity of his busy and mysterious friend...and ends up being pursued by murderous drug dealers.
Allie & MeAllie & Me · 1997
Allie & Me
3.41997
MovieComedy
Beverly Hills wife Michelle catches her husband in bed with her best friend Allie, who works at Michelle's favorite beauty salon. Shortly thereafter, Michelle and Allie embark on a life of crime, robbing the homes of the salon's wealthy patrons.
Prey of the ChameleonPrey of the Chameleon · 1992
Prey of the Chameleon
4.91992
MovieActionThriller
J.D. returns to his hometown many years after leaving Carrie at the altar. After their unhappy reunion, J.D. heads to California, only to soon fall for a woman he helps with her broken down car. Little does he know that this woman is a serial killer who takes on the identity of each of her victims.
Our Mother's MurderOur Mother's Murder · 1997
Our Mother's Murder
5.41997
MovieDramaThriller
Fact-based true crime story about the murder of publishing heiress Anne Scripps Douglas who, in 1989, married a young hunk who eventually killed her.
Zombie HighZombie High · 1987
Zombie High
4.11987
MovieComedyHorror
A freshman begins to notice that students at her new school are losing their individuality. She discovers that the faculty are operating on the students' brains to make them docile and productive.
Grass RootsGrass Roots · 1992
Grass Roots
8.01992
MovieDramaCrime
This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an ambitious Georgia lawyer running for the U.S. Senate at the same time he is forced by a local judge to defend a young man in a murder trial. On top of this, he becomes the target of an assassin hired by a white-supremacist organization.
Heart of StoneHeart of Stone · 2001
Heart of Stone
4.32001
MovieThriller
A psychological thriller about a married women who has an affair with a charming young man and gets involved in a series of murders not knowing if the killer is her lover or her husband or someone else.
A Face to Die ForA Face to Die For · 1996
A Face to Die For
6.41996
MovieDrama
A scarred, unattractive young woman is conned into helping with a robbery of her employer. As a result, she is sent to prison, gets plastic surgery, and returns to seek revenge on those who wronged her.
Kisses in the DarkKisses in the Dark · 1998
Kisses in the Dark
7.01998
MovieDramaComedy
Four independent short films comprise this quirky anthology. "Coriolis Effect" (1994) is an offbeat love story involving storm chasers. In the Oscar-nominated "Solly's Diner" (1979), a homeless man (Larry Hankin, who also directs) witnesses a holdup. "Looping" (1991) satirizes independent moviemaking. And the dialogue-free "Joe" (1997) features David Aaron Baker as a psychiatric patient searching for enlightenment.
Delta PiDelta Pi · 1984
Delta Pi
4.01984
MovieComedy
A sorority house mother enters her girls in a mud-wrestling contest.
FlypaperFlypaper · 1999
Flypaper
4.31999
MovieActionThriller
Greed, lust and fate bring together a motley collection of oddballs and lowlifes for some rather sticky situations in Hoch's twisted neo-noir debut. Three separate but interconnected stories, all set on a deceptively sunny day in California and centered around one million dollars in cash, inspire Hoch's quirky characters to commit acts both devious and depraved in an attempt to make the big score.
The Perfect MarriageThe Perfect Marriage · 2006
The Perfect Marriage
4.12006
MovieTV MovieThriller
A conman persuades his married lover to murder her husband for the inheritance, only for his reckless spending and infidelity to drive her away.
Burning Down the HouseBurning Down the House · 2001
Burning Down the House
8.52001
MovieComedy
A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay, because once the rumor mill gets wind of his plans, everyone suddenly wants a slice of his new project's pie.
State ParkState Park · 1988
State Park
4.11988
MovieComedy
A business man plans to dump toxic waste on a state park, but it doesn't go according to plan.
3 Holes and a Smoking Gun3 Holes and a Smoking Gun · 2014
3 Holes and a Smoking Gun
5.42014
MovieDramaThriller
An ex-Hollywood screenwriter now teaching an evening class in New York finds himself in a battle of wits with a devious screenwriter student.
CharadesCharades · 1998
Charades
4.21998
MovieMysteryDrama
Barry is a down-and-out-guy who takes a job at the shipping department of Technoworks, a high-tech Yuppie company. He gets invited to the house of his boss Quinn, for a weekend afternoon barbecue with some of his boss's friends. The party gets weird, Barry plays a demented version of charades while standing on the picnic table, and the next door neighbor starts screaming racial slurs over the fence. When Jude, the widow of the ex-owner of Technoworks arrives, the plot thickens. Clues to past crimes are revealed, and the real reason for the party is discovered. But not before Barry beats the hell out of a tow-truck driver, screws the boss's wife and wreaks havok with the neighbor. And as the title suggests, before the day is over, we will discover who is the Felon, or perhaps the people at party are all, one way or another, Felons.
TollboothTollbooth · 1994
Tollbooth
6.21994
MovieDramaThriller
A young woman’s dreams of love are trapped in an empty life of broken promises and futile hopes, as she desperately awaits the return of her long-missing father. In order to win her heart, a local tollbooth operator sets out to find him. One fateful evening at the tollbooth, in a feverish collision between reality and dreams, their lives change, enabling them to start anew.
Ivory TowerIvory Tower · 1998
Ivory Tower
4.01998
MovieDrama
In the cutthroat environment of the computer industry, a young executive's passion, determination and integrity are put to the test.

TV Shows

Melrose PlaceMelrose Place · 1992
Melrose Place
5.81992
SeriesDrama
Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.
The Outer LimitsThe Outer Limits · 1995
The Outer Limits
7.71995
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
Veronica's ClosetVeronica's Closet · 1997
Veronica's Closet
5.41997
SeriesComedy
Veronica 'Ronnie' Chase is the 'Queen of Romance.' Founder of a successful lingerie empire, and best-selling author of self-help romance books, Ronnie has it all ... money, success, sex appeal and a philandering husband. How she will find true happiness without jeopardizing her business will be her biggest challenge yet.
Equal JusticeEqual Justice · 1990
Equal Justice
6.81990
SeriesDrama
Equal Justice was a television legal drama broadcast in the United States by ABC from March 27, 1990 to July 3, 1991. This series details on the lives of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The series stars George DiCenzo, Cotter Smith, Kathleen Lloyd, Jane Kaczmarek, Sarah Jessica Parker, Barry Miller, Joe Morton, James Wilder, Jon Tenney and Debrah Farentino. Despite earning critical acclaim, the show received low ratings throughout its run and was cancelled after only two seasons.
The Last Don IIThe Last Don II · 1998
The Last Don II
6.81998
SeriesCrimeDrama
As the elder don dies, his young heir moves into the position. He quickly proves to be as ruthless as he tries to discover who has launched a plot to overthrow his rule and may be infiltrating other families. In a left over plot line, his aunt discovers that the young don had her son murdered first setting her off in a plot to kill him. Then when she is stopped she is driven into the arms of a conflicted priest. Meanwhile, an undercover FBI agent moves into the family home as a teacher for the don's handicapped daughter.
Route 66Route 66 · 1993
Route 66
8.71993
Series
Route 66 is a short-lived sequel to the 1960 television series of the same name. It aired on NBC in 1993 and was cancelled after only four episodes.