What key details about james lecesne can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: james lecesne -lrb- born november 24 , 1954 -rrb- is an american actor and writer . lecesne was the writer of the 1995 short film '' trevor '' which won the academy award for best live action short film , which he had adapted into a screenplay based on a character from his one-man show '' word of mouth '' . also in 1995 , '' word of mouth '' won the drama desk award for outstanding one-person show . in 1998 , on the night ellen degeneres hosted the television debut of '' trevor '' on hbo , lecesne co-founded and launched the trevor project as the first nationwide 24-hour crisis intervention lifeline for lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender and questioning youth , including phone , in-person and online life-affirming resources such as trevor lifeline , trevorchat , trevorspace , ask trevor and trevor education workshops . in 2008 , the harpercollins imprint harperteen published lecesnes 's novel '' absolute brightness '' , the story of '' a luminous force of nature , a boy named leonard pelkey , who encounters evil and whose magic is n't truly felt until he disappears . '' lecesne , an off-broadway veteran , made his broadway debut in 2012 performing the role of dick jensen in gore vidal 's political drama '' the best man '' , which also starred james earl jones , angela lansbury , cybill shepherd , and eric mccormack . lecense practices nichiren buddhism and is a member of the international buddhist association soka gakkai . as part of his spiritual practice , lecesne has stated that he recites the buddhist chant nam myoho renge kyo each day .
- years active is 1983 -- present- birth date is 24 november 1954- name is james lecesne- birth place is new jersey , u.s.- religion is nichiren buddhism -lrb- soka gakkai international -rrb-- occupation is actor , author , screenwriter