James Riordan

Who is James Riordan?

James Riordan is a New York City-based Broadway, film and television actor. His Broadway credits include Jerusalem with Mark Ryance, The Elephant Man with Billy Crudup, Kate Burton and Rupert Graves, Dance of Death starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen and the comedy by Michael Frayn, Noises Off.

Off-Broadway he portrayed the Victorian art critic and social essayist John Ruskin in The Countess at both the Samuel Beckett and later the Lambs Theater. During the fall of 2012 he also appeared in the Off-Broadway revival of Brian Friel's Lovers; a pair of related one act plays called Winners and Losers. He received excellent reviews from the New York Times on both occasions, calling his performance "excellent" and "expertly acted".

On television, he appears on the final season of the television series Damages and has portrayed recurring characters in the daytime soap operas As the World Turns and All My Children. He has also appeared multiple times on Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. James Riordan also played "James Brett" in the 2012 ABC Studios television pilot Dark Horse directed by Roland Emmerich.