James Denton is an American actor, best known for playing Mike in the series Desperate Housewives.
Biography
James Thomas Denton Jr. was born on January 20, 1963 in the American city of Nashville, Tennessee. In the family, in addition to James, there were two more children. His father, Jay Denton, served in the army and then worked as a dentist. He was also closely associated with the theater. Mother, Marie Jean Denton, died of breast cancer in the early 2000s.
James graduated from high school and entered the University of Tennessee. In it, he received an advertising degree with a specialization in Journalism and Television. But he did not work in this area for long.
Denton Jr., unlike his father, until the age of 23 showed no interest and zeal for cinema and theater. Then the young man played in the production of "Our City". From this moment, the career of an actor began. James Denton began to play in the theater of Chicago, and later California.
After some time, he returned to advertising, but soon realized that he still wanted to engage in acting.
Career
The future actor left for Chicago in order to seriously pursue an acting career. There he first played Stanley in a theatrical production.
Proposals for roles began to come to the actor very quickly. James Denton moved to California to shoot several episodes of the series Sliding, appeared in several short films, and then played the villain in the television series The Pretender.
Then James starred in several dramas that were broadcast on the ABC channel, in the mini-series "Threat to the Matrix", the actor played a major role, and in the series "Philadelphia" worked in tandem with the famous actress Delaney Kim.
As a guest, Denton was invited to serials such as The West Wing and Ellie McBeal, a little later director Donald Bellisario would invite the actor to star in one of the episodes of the series Military Law Service.
In early 2004, ABC will call the actor into a new project, “Desperate Housewives,” where James Denton will play the character Delphino Mike. After the appearance of the first episodes on the screen, James will become very popular.
The year 2012 has come, the actor temporarily stopped working with the ABC channel, but not even a few months have passed, and the management of the Lifetime television channel has already invited Denton to take part in the filming of the film “Exception”.
Katherine Bell, an American film actress and producer, seeing James' talent and potential, invited him to her new project, “Good Witch,” which was shown by the Halmark film company.
Filmography
James Denton does not like to review films with his participation.
In the period from 1993 to 2000, James played roles in the films The Quartet of Thieves, The Moon of the Hunters, This is an Old Sense, Faceless and Basic Colors.
From 2004 to 2010, he starred in the films "Pretense", "The Illusion of Interrogation", "Jombo Girl", "Zombies in the Wild West", "Group Sex", "Ascension", "Beautiful Dreamer".
In 2011-2015 he continued to act actively and played roles in the films "For Loved Ones", "Parting with Grace", "Ovation" and "Karaoke Singer". Also participated in the dubbing of the film "Supernova Superman."
In addition, he starred in the TV series "Pretender", "Philadelphia", "Desperate Housewives", "Threat to the Matrix." Currently starred in the television series "Good Witch" and "Insidious maids."
Personal life
Great success in his career was achieved by James Denton. The personal life of the actor remains little known to fans.
The first time he married Jenna Ward in 1997, and three years later they divorced.
In 2002, Denton married his trainer Erin O'Brien. The couple had two children. In 2003, they had a boy, and two years later - a girl. The family lived in the California city of Glendale. Then she moved to Chenhessen, which is located next to Minneapolis in Minnesota.
We hope that James will have many more worthy roles that will bring him incredible success.