James LeGros

James LeGros (born April 27, 1962) is an American actor. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his role in Living in Oblivion.

Career Le Gros starred in Gus Van Sant's film Drugstore Cowboy and had a role for Living in Oblivion, where he played Chad Palomino, a self-centered actor with endless "a-list" star demands for a "b-movie" director and crew. He had a prominent role opposite Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves in the 1991 action adventure film Point Break as bank robber, Roach. Le Gros appeared on Showtime's Sleeper Cell (as Special Agent Ray Fuller) and on Law & Order. He was also a cast member on the television series Ally McBeal and guest-starred on Roseanne, Punky Brewster, The Outer Limits, and Friends. He portrayed Dr. Dan Harris on the NBC series Mercy. Le Gros portrayed Peter Gray in the Dark Sky thriller Bitter Feast.

He is the first actor to appear on TV as Deputy United States Marshal Raylan Givens in the TV film Pronto, based on a book by Elmore Leonard. Le Gros also appeared on the TV series Justified (which centers on Givens) as antagonist Wade Messer.

Personal life Le Gros married actress and photographer Kristina Loggia, daughter of actor Robert Loggia, in 1992. They have two sons; their son Noah LeGros is also an actor.

Filmography

Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1986 The Ladies Club Jesse Film debut Solarbabies Metron 1987 Near Dark Teenage Cowboy Real Men Buddy MacGruder Fatal Beauty Zack Jaeger *batteries not included Goon #2 1988 Phantasm II Mike Pearson 1989 Drugstore Cowboy Rick Born on the Fourth of July Platoon - Vietnam 1990 Hollywood Heartbreak Carl 1991 Blood and Concrete Lance The Rapture Tommy Point Break 'Roach' 1992 Where the Day Takes You 'Crasher' Nervous Ticks Rusty Leather Jackets Carl My New Gun Skippy Gun Crazy Howard Hickok Singles Andy 1994 Floundering John Boyz Bad Girls William Tucker Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Deems Taylor Don't Do It Dodger 1995 Living in Oblivion Chad Palomino Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Safe Chris Destiny Turns on the Radio Harry Thoreau Panther Bob Avakian The Low Life Mike Jr. Just Looking Jim 1996 The Destiny of Marty Fine 'Grill' Boys Fenton Ray Infinity John Wheeler Countdown Lieutenant Michael Killip 1997 The Myth of Fingerprints Cézanne Wishful Thinking Max 1998 The Pass Hunter Thursday Billy Hill L.A. Without a Map Takowsky There's No Fish Food in Heaven D.J. Enemy of the State Jerry Miller, Attorney Psycho Car Dealer 1999 Jump Bicker 2000 Drop Back Ten Peter Barnes If You Only Knew Jack 2001 Scotland, Pa. Joe 'Mac' McBeth Lovely and Amazing Paul World Traveler Jack 2004 November Hugh Straight Into Darkness Soldier Catch That Kid Ferrell Sexual Life Josh 2005 Trust the Man Dante 2006 The Last Winter James Hoffman Nominated—Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast 2007 Zodiac Officer George Bawart Cough Drop Paul Dewey Short film 2008 Vantage Point Ted Heinkin Sherman's Way Palmer Dry Rain Stil Short film Visioneers Julieen Fragments Dr. Dan Howland Also known as "Winged Creatures" 2009 Welcome to Academia Revis 2010 Skateland Clive Burkham Bitter Feast Peter Grey Nominated—Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor 2012 Big Miracle Karl Hootkin 2013 Redwood Highway Michael Vaughn Don't Let Me Go Chris Madsen A Birder's Guide to Everything Donald Portnoy Night Moves Feed Factory Clerk Three Hours Between Planes Donald Plant Short film 2014 The Young Kieslowski Walter Mallard Big Muddy Buford Carver 2015 Point Break FBI Deputy Director #2 2016 Certain Women Ryan Lewis The People Garden Director Stray Bullets Cody 2017 Dating My Mother Chester 2018 Nostalgia Patrick Bleam Support the Girls 'Cubby' Wildling The Wolf Man Unzipping Tsiki Short film Buck Run William Templeton Waterlily Jaguar Bob 2019 Phoenix, Oregon Bobby 2020 Emperor Robert E. Lee 2021 Foxhole Wilson 2022 Showing Up Ira2024 Good One Chris 2025 Bird In Hand Dennis The Wilderness Arch TBA Medicine Man William Rossdale Post-production

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 1984 Knight Rider 'Trasher' Television debutEpisode: "The Rotten Apples"; credited as James Le Gros The Ratings Game Car Attendant Television Movie; credited as James Legros 1985 Simon & Simon Punk Boy Episode: "Slither" Punky Brewster 'Blade' 2 episodes CBS Schoolbreak Special Freddie Cruz Episode: "Ace Hits the Big Time" 1993 Class of '96 Lucas Miller Episode: "When Whitney Met Linda" 1996 Roseanne Mr. Schlosser Episode: "Springtime for David" Marshal Law 'Cougar' Television Movie 1997 The Outer Limits Ben Conklin Episode: "Dead Man's Switch" Pronto Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens Television Movie 1998 ER Dr. Max Rocher Recurring role; 3 episodes L.A. Doctors Dwight Anthony Episode: "Under the Radar" 1999 Border Line Dan MacIvers Television Movie 2000 Common Ground Amos Television Movie 2000–2001 Ally McBeal Mark Albert recurring role; 28 episodesNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2002 Friends Jim Nelson Episode: "The One with the Tea Leaves" Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie Troy Television Movie Damaged Love Doug Peeno Television Movie 2003 The Street Lawyer Barry Nuzzo Television Movie 2004 Paradise Matthew Paradise Television Movie 2005 Law & Order Dwight Jacobs Episode: "Red Ball" Sleeper Cell Special Agent Ray Fuller recurring role; 7 episodes 2008 1% Rabbi Television Movie 2009–2010 Mercy Dr. Dan Harris recurring role; 22 episodes 2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bill Harris Episode: "Behave" 2011 Mildred Pierce Wally Burgan Television Miniseries; 5 episodes 2011–2014 Justified Wade Messer recurring role; 6 episodes 2012 Grey's Anatomy Jerry Episode: "Flight" House M.D. Oliver Episode: "Everybody Dies" Girls Jeff Lavoyt recurring role; 4 episodes 2013 Revenge Father Paul Whitley recurring role; 3 episodes The Good Wife Judge Adam Tolkin Episode: "The Next Month" The Sixth Gun Bill John O'Henry Television Movie 2014 Constantine Ellis McGee Episode: "The Darkness Beneath" 2014–2016 Person of Interest Bruce Moran recurring role; 3 episodes 2015 Battle Creek Mitchell Ford Episode: "Stockholm" 2016 Billions Henchman Episode: "Boasts and Rails" 2017 Fear the Walking Dead Eddie Episode: "Things Bad Begun" 2018–2021 Blue Bloods Don Voorhees 3 episodes 2018 Castle Rock Sheriff Episode: "Harvest" 2019 The Passage Horace Guilder 5 episodes 2020 Hunters Hank Grimsby 5 episodes Love Life Larry Carter 2 episodes 2021 The Mosquito Coast Agent Don Voorhees 4 episodes 2025 Severance Hampton Episode: "Sweet Vitriol"