Biography James studied at Massey University after receiving a Prime Ministers Scholarship, before playing Ice Hockey in Germany for 3 years, being named MVP of the Inline Hockey World Championships in Passau, Germany in 2007. James began his acting career as Charlie in the Blue Rose before joining The Shannara Chronicles as Crispin produced by Jon Favreau. In 2017 he worked alongside Mena Suvari in American Woman. In 2018, he played Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys, in Charlie Says, a film about the Manson murder case directed by 'American Psychos' Mary Harron, and Sam in the updated version of The Greatest American Hero opposite Hannah Simone for Fox Studios. In 2022 James played Keith in the HBO pilot L.A.tinas and starred alongside Paula Patton in the TV series, Sacrifice, in the USA (S1 and S2 – 21 episodes) James is back in his homeland of NZ where he landed the role of Brett in the new Warner Discovery/Great Southern Telivision series Friends Like Her. https://vimeo.com/755340262