James Paul Marsden is an American actor, singer, and former Versace model who is best known for his role as Cyclops in the first three X-Men films and also his cameo appearance in X-Men: Days of Future Past and Diggs in Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. He also played Fred O'Hare in the Universal/Illumination's 2011 Live-Action/Animated hybrid film, Hop. He also played Tom Wachowski in the 2020 film, Sonic the Hedgehog.
For Disney, he played Prince Edward in Disney's 2007 fantasy romantic comedy musical film, Enchanted. In 2014, he voiced Sir Brad Starlight in the Wander Over Yonder episode "The Hero."
Disney Roles
Gallery
James Marsden at premiere of Enchanted in November 2007.
James Marsden speaks at the World Premiere of Robot and Frank in January 2012.
James Marsden attending the 19th annual Screen Actors' Guild Awards in January 2013.
James Marsden speaks at the Westworld panel at the 2016 Summer TCA Tour.
James Marsden visits The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in November 2016.
James Marsden speaks at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con.
James Marsden and Ben Schwartz attending the 2019 CinamaCon.
Trivia
- He is no relation to fellow actor Jason Marsden. However, they are actually good friends. Their respective wives have been friends since they were six years old.
- Marsden was once considered to play Denahi in Brother Bear.
- He was once considered for the of Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy along with Joel Edgerton, Eddie Redmayne, Jensen Ackles, Lee Pace, Wes Bentley, Jack Huston, Cam Gigandet, Sullivan Stapleton, Logan Marshall-Green, Garrett Hedlund, Chris Lowell, Jim Sturgess, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Aaron Paul, Michael Rosenbaum, Zachary Levi, and John Krasinski. In the end, Chris Pratt was cast.
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