![]() ![]() Roday is the co-artistic director of the Red Dog Squadron, a Los Angeles theater company he co-founded with Brad Raider. In 2018, Roday was cast as Gary Mendez on A Million Little Things. The TV movie, which Roday also co-wrote with Psych's series creator Steve Franks, aired in December 2017. Most recently, Roday starred and executive produced, Psych: The Movie. He also developed, wrote and directed the pilots Shoot The Moon for USA and Quest For Truth for E!. He has since directed episodes for Battle Creek, Rush Hour, Rosewood and Blood Drive. At the same time, he began focusing more and more on his work behind the camera as a director, writer and producer. Brown which accumulated a slew of awards at film festivals all over the country. Psych ran for 8 seasons until 2014.Īfter Psych ended, Roday starred in various pilots and independent films, most notably Pushing Dead by independent filmmaker Tom E. ![]() Airing following the season premiere of USA's other comedic success, Monk, it was the highest-rated scripted basic cable TV show premiere of 2006. His big break came on July 7, 2006, with the series premiere of USA Network's original series Psych. Roday's television credits include starring roles on NBC's Miss Match in 2003 as "Nick Paine" and 2001's First Years as "Edgar 'Egg' Ross". Roday directed his first feature film, Gravy, in 2013, written by him and Todd Harthan. The team also worked on a script for the film adaptation of the video game Driver. Behind the scenes, he and writing partners Todd Harthan and James DeMonaco wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film Skinwalkers. Other early film credits include the 2003 film Rolling Kansas and the 2005 film adaptation of The Dukes Of Hazzard. His big screen debut was in the 1999 movie Coming Soon alongside Ryan Reynolds and fellow debutant Ashton Kutcher. His most recent foray onto the stage was in December 2016, when he starred in the New York production of White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour. He also directed the play Greedy and wrote and directed the one-act play Sustenance. He took on leading roles in Sexual Perversity in Chicago and Extinction which he produced with his theatre company Red Dog Squadron. Roday started his acting career starring in various theatrical productions, including Three Sisters, A Respectable Wedding and Severity's Mistress. At the age of 22, he selected the professional name James Roday as there was already another "James Rodriguez" registered in the Screen Actors Guild. Roday's father is a retired Air Force Master Sergeant and used to be the regional catering manager of Taco Cabana.Īt New York University's Experimental Theatre Wing, Roday studied theatre and earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts. His father, Jaime "Jim" Rodriguez, is of Mexican descent, and his mother, Irene Rodriguez, is of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. He attended Taft High School in San Antonio. Roday was born in San Antonio, Texas, as James David Rodriguez. ![]()
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