# James Jordan (actor)

James Jordan (born March 14, 1979) is an American actor.

## Life and career

Jordan was born on March 14, 1979, in Houston, Texas. He grew up in Texas and Webb City, Missouri, graduating from Webb City High School in 1997. Jordan went to college at Missouri Southern in Joplin and graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television with a Master of Fine Arts in Acting.
Jordan has had roles in series such as Veronica Mars, playing two different characters (Lucky, a janitor at Neptune High, and Tim Foyle), and has also appeared in Without a Trace, Seraphim Falls, Just Legal, Cold Case, Close to Home and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation among other prime-time television dramas.
Jordan has guest-starred on TNT's The Closer, Fox's 24 opposite Kiefer Sutherland, and had a guest star role on FX's Elmore Leonard-inspired series Justified starring Timothy Olyphant. Jordan was also cast as the mentally disturbed former Marine "Ray Brennan" in TNT's adaptation of April Smith's thriller novel Good Morning, Killer. The film aired as part of TNT's Movie Mystery Night in December 2011.
In 2012, Jordan played one of the "Obamas" on HBO's hit series, True Blood. He played "Ray", the anti-vampire bigot that takes Jessica Hamby hostage. He also played a role in Best Night Ever, a comedy from the creators of the Scary Movie franchise, which was released in 2014. He guest starred on CBS' The Mentalist in the winter of 2012.
Jordan guest-starred in season three of the Hulu series Blue starring Julia Stiles. Season three premiered in late March 2014. He was cast in two independent feature films in March 2015: Message from the King starring Chadwick Boseman, Luke Evans, Alfred Molina, directed by Fabrice Du Welz, and in the Kelly Reichardt directed ensemble piece Certain Women about life in small town Montana with Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, and Michelle Williams. Both films were slated for release in 2016.
In 2017, Jordan appeared in Wind River, written and directed by Taylor Sheridan. In 2021, Jordan was cast in Those Who Wish Me Dead. Jordan also had recurring roles in several Sheridan created television shows such as Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingstown, 1883, Special Ops: Lioness, and Landman.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Til Parole Do Us Part | Rubin Aquino | Short film |
| 2006 | Seraphim Falls | Little Brother | |
| 2012 | Atlas Shrugged: Part II | Operator | Also known as Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike |
| 2013 | Best Night Ever | Man in Red Vest | |
| 2016 | Certain Women | Hostage Specialist | |
| 2016 | Message from the King | Scott | |
| 2017 | Wind River | Pete Mickens | |
| 2017 | The Endless | Shitty Carl | |
| 2018 | Destroyer | Toby | |
| 2019 | Seberg | Special Agent Roy Maddow | |
| 2020 | Home | Russell | |
| 2021 | Those Who Wish Me Dead | Ben | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Over There | Young Soldier | Episode: "Spoils of War" |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Ryan | Episode: "Shooting Stars" |
| 2005 | Close to Home | Derek | Episode: "Suburban Prostitution" |
| 2005 | Cold Case | Nick "Stump" Fanelli | Episode: "Frank's Best" |
| 2006 | Just Legal | Claude Osteen | Episode: "The Code" |
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Doug Berry | Episode: "All for One" |
| 2006–2007; 2019 | Veronica Mars | Tim Foyle / Lucky | Recurring role; 10 episodes |
| 2007 | CSI: Miami | Clint Gilmore | Episode: "Sunblock" |
| 2009 | The Closer | Chris Dunlap | Episode: "Power of Attorney" |
| 2010 | 24 | Phillips | Episode: "Day 8: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m." |
| 2011 | Justified | Van | Episode: "The Life Inside" |
| 2011 | Body of Proof | Alex Grant | Episode: "Lazarus Man" |
| 2011 | Good Morning, Killer | Ray Brennan | Television film |
| 2012 | True Blood | Ray | Guest role; 3 episodes |
| 2012 | The Mentalist | Chuck Calloway | Episode: "Panama Red" |
| 2015 | Fargo | Magician | Episode: "The Myth of Sisyphus" |
| 2017 | Bloodline | Will Spinetta | Episode: "Part 30" |
| 2018 | iZombie | Cain | Episode: "Mac-Liv-Moore" |
| 2018 | I'm Dying Up Here | Rusty | Episode: "The Mattresses" |
| 2019–2022 | Yellowstone | Steve Hendon | Recurring role; 12 episodes |
| 2021–2022 | Mayor of Kingstown | Ed Simmons | Recurring role; 10 episodes |
| 2022 | 1883 | Cookie | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 2023–2024 | Special Ops: Lioness | Two Cups | Main role |
| 2024–present | Landman | Dale Bradley | Main role |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Blue | Raphael | Episode: "Call Me Francine" |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | L.A. Noire | Freddie Calhoun | Voice role |