James Read
- a.k.a. James Christopher Read
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Christopher Read (born July 31, 1953) is an American actor. Read was born in Buffalo, New York. He started acting as a student of the University of Oregon where he graduated in 1976. He studied acting in New York and then did several off Broadway and regional theatres such as The Denver Center Theatre Company, where he had a couple of leading roles and spent three seasons. Read is perhaps best known for his role as George Hazard in the three North and South TV miniseries (1985, 1986 and 1994) based on the John Jakes trilogy of novels of the same name, and for his co-starring role in the movie Beaches. Read is married to actress Wendy Kilbourne, whom he met on the set of North and South. He had a recurring role on The WB series Charmed as Victor Bennett and was also a regular during the first season of Remington Steele. Currently, he may be seen as Ken Davis in the ABC family drama Wildfire. In 1998, he also earned his Masters Degree in psychology from Pepperdine University.
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James Christopher Read (* 31. Juli 1953) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Read wurde in Buffalo, New York, geboren. Er begann seine Schauspielkarriere während seines Studiums an der University of Oregon, das er 1976 abschloss. Anschließend studierte er Schauspiel in New York und spielte danach an verschiedenen Off-Broadway- und Regionaltheatern, darunter die Denver Center Theatre Company, wo er mehrere Hauptrollen innehatte und drei Spielzeiten lang engagiert war. Bekannt wurde Read vor allem durch seine Rolle als George Hazard in den dreiteiligen Fernseh-Miniserien „Fackeln im Sturm“ (1985, 1986 und 1994), die auf der gleichnamigen Romantrilogie von John Jakes basieren, sowie durch seine Nebenrolle im Film „Beaches“. Read ist mit der Schauspielerin Wendy Kilbourne verheiratet, die er am Set von „Fackeln im Sturm“ kennenlernte. Er hatte eine wiederkehrende Rolle in der WB-Serie „Charmed – Zauberhafte Hexen“ als Victor Bennett und war in der ersten Staffel von „Remington Steele“ regelmäßig zu sehen. Aktuell spielt er Ken Davis in der ABC-Familienserie „Wildfire“. 1998 erwarb er außerdem seinen Master-Abschluss in Psychologie an der Pepperdine University.
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- Buffalo, New York, USA
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