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• James Marsden is an American actor who has starred in such films as the X-Men film trilogy, Enchanted and 27 Dresses.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: September 18, 1973
  2. Birth place: Stillwater, Oklahoma
  3. Is married to Lisa Linde and has two children, Jack and Mary James
  4. Prefers to be called Jimmy
  5. Turned down the lead role in 54, which went to Ryan Phillippe

• Life and Career

  James Marsden was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma State University. He started out his career with small guest appearances on TV shows like Saved by the Bell, and soon landed a series regular role on ABC's Second Noah.

  His big break onto the silver screen came when he landed the role of Cyclops in the X-Men film trilogy. From there he began to steadily get bigger parts in other major Hollywood films and in 2007 starred as the romantic lead opposite Katherine Heigl in 27 Dresses.

  He has been cast in Sex Drive as well as in The Box opposite Cameron Diaz.

• Quote

  "...I would also say that, to me, creatively, it’s always more interesting to do something completely different which is why I’m doing this dark, psychological thriller starting in a couple of weeks...It’s a movie called ‘The Box’ that Richard Kelly is directing Cameron Diaz and I. We play a married couple. It’s based on a short story that was turned into a ‘Twilight Zone’ episode about a couple that receive this strange box from this very odd man with a button in the middle."Collider: James Marsden Interview (November 18, 2007)

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  27 Dresses | Katherine Heigl | Enchanted | X-Men | Hairspray | Superman Returns | The Notebook | Sex Drive Movie | The Box Movie | Cameron Diaz

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