James Healy Jr.

James Healy Jr.

Birthday: 1961-12-30

Place of birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Also known as: James Healy

imdb_id: nm0372289

Biography:

James Healy Jr. Originally from Texas James began his acting career at the age of 15 doing local theatre and obtaining his first Theatrical Agent. He qualified to join the Screen Actors Guild with his first "one liner" on the "who shot Jr" episode of Dallas in 1980. A theatre major in college, James fell in love with Claire Barney-Healy, who he has been married to since 1984. Never giving up on his pursuit of being an actor, the need for a young married man to have a 9 to 5 job, lead James to become a police officer in 1983. During the next 30 years he worked as a patrol officer, SWAT team member, Detective, and Sergeant. In 2008 he became a Chief of Police and remained in that position until his retirement from Law Enforcement in 2016. Some of the first roles James booked when he moved to Los Angeles in 1995 were an ABC after school special and a small role on News Radio, where he was lucky to have met and worked with Phil Hartman. Other LA credits included The District, That's so Raven, The Division and Guest Roles on Will & Grace, Judging Amy and a recurring role on Even Stevens starring Shia Labeouf. James, who has a master's degree in Criminal Justice, has also been a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington as well as an Instructor for the Regional Police Academy. Because of this, in 2006 James went to Afghanistan for a year working for the Dept. of State, hired to train Afghan Police Command Staff and Officers after the war. Since retiring James has gone back into acting full time! James spends a lot of time on the road. Recent Bookings include Dust with Sarah Paulson, Killers of the Flower Moon with Robert De Niro, Directed by Martin Scorsese, Law and Order SVU, Leverage, Billions, East NY, Bull, Manhunt and 6 episodes of the limited series, A Thousand Tomorrows. James and Claire have one daughter, Virginia (Jenny) Rose Healy, born in 2003. There son James Healy III passed away in 1986.

Played in movies:

Killers of the Flower Moon

Score: 7.4

A Fall from Grace

Score: 7.0

Nefarious

Score: 6.8

Blast Beat

Score: 6.7

Miranda's Victim

Score: 6.7

Love at the Christmas Contest

Score: 6.7

Reagan

Score: 6.2

The Standoff at Sparrow Creek

Score: 6.1

Love Unleashed

Score: 6.0

Crisis at Central High

Score: 6.0

Split Image

Score: 6.0

On a Wing and a Prayer

Score: 5.9

Hold Your Breath

Score: 5.9

Omni Loop

Score: 5.8

Ruby

Score: 5.7

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich

Score: 5.6

A Christmas Prayer

Score: 5.5

The Seventh Day

Score: 5.2

A Thousand Men and a Baby

Score: 5.0

A Christmas Open House

Score: 5.0

Sick Girl

Score: 4.6

Love on Repeat

Score: 4.5

Fugitive Among Us

Score: 4.2

Caviar

Score: 2.6

Irish Whiskey

Score: 0.0

Sherman's Way: A Kid's Guide to Coping with Change

Score: 0.0

Keep Quiet

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Tulsa King

Score: 8.3

A Thousand Tomorrows

Score: 8.3

1923

Score: 8.2

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

Insatiable

Score: 7.8

Leverage: Redemption

Score: 7.5

Amazing Stories

Score: 7.4

JAG

Score: 7.3

East New York

Score: 7.3

NewsRadio

Score: 7.3

That's So Raven

Score: 7.2

Class of '09

Score: 7.2

Bull

Score: 7.1

The Wonder Years

Score: 7.0

Even Stevens

Score: 7.0

The Division

Score: 7.0

Will & Grace

Score: 6.9

The Pirate Bay

Score: 6.6