James Duval

AKA:
Jimmy Duval
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
09/10/1972
Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan
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biography
Blank, boyish and brooding, James Duval has been put forward as a symbol of the sometimes amiable anomie of 'Generation X' in a series of ultra low-budget indie features by guerrilla auteur Gregg Araki. Dark, handsome and ethnically indeterminate (an intriguing blend of Vietnamese, French, Italian and Native American), the young actor bears more than a passing resemblance to Keanu Reeves whose laid-back So-Cal delivery style he also shares. Duval's characters have tended to be sympathetic and sensitive if none-too-bright. His collaboration with Araki has encompassed the would-be Godardian gay Continued
Credits
Thierry
2006
Stoner Steve
2006
Blank
2003
Robert
2000
Freb
2000
Dark
1997
Jordan White
1995
Andy
1993
John--The Mod
Cast
Drew
Joel Rodman
Hunter--The Doe Boy
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in California
 
Met indie filmmaker Gregg Araki in a Hollywood cafe; hired for a film role
1994 
Acting debut, ensemble member of Araki's "Totally F***ed Up"; first collaboration with writer-director-actor Araki
1995 
Met filmmaker Roland Emmerich while waiting tables at a Southern California restaurant
1996 
First mainstream Hollywood film, Emmerich's "Independence Day"
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