Michael Raymond-James

Michael Raymond-James

Raymond-James in 2013.
Born Michael Weverstad
(1977-12-24) December 24, 1977
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Occupation Actor

Michael Raymond-James (born Michael Weverstad; December 24, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for playing René Lenier in the first season of the HBO series True Blood, Britt Pollack on the FX series Terriers, and Neal Cassidy/Baelfire on the ABC series Once Upon a Time.

Life and career

Raymond-James was born in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated Clarkston High School in 1996, where he was a football and track standout. He started out doing theater and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, with George Loros, Geoffrey Horne and Robert Castle.[1] Following several stage appearances in New York, including 'The Petrified Forest' at the Pantheon Theater, he relocated to Los Angeles.

He has guest starred in such series as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, Medium, Boston Legal, ER and the season two premiere of Lie to Me. He starred in the FX original series Terriers[2] which was canceled by FX on December 6, 2010 after the first season.

In his feature debut Raymond-James played the best friend of Justin Timberlake's character in Black Snake Moan with Christina Ricci and Samuel Jackson. The actor also starred in Jonny Hirschbein's award-winning short film 'The Fix,' working alongside Robert Patrick and David Paymer. His feature-film credits include 'Moonlight Serenade,' starring as a piano prodigy opposite Academy Award Nominee Amy Adams.

In an episode of The Walking Dead titled "Nebraska", Raymond-James played a young man named Dave, who presents a threat to series protagonist Rick Grimes and his group.[3]

He starred in Once Upon a Time as Neal Cassidy/Baelfire, who is Henry's father as well as Rumpelstiltskin's son and is later revealed to be the grandson of Peter Pan.[4][5][6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Minor Blues Dill
2006 Black Snake Moan Gill
2010 The Twenty Unknown
2011 Bowman Mickey Short film
2012 Jack Reacher Linsky[7]
2013 Road to Paloma Irish
2014 The Salvation Paul
2016 The Finest Hours D.A. Brown

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Line of Fire Threat Episode: "Take the Money and Run"
The Handler Mace Episode: "Off the Edge"
2004 ER Mr. Tunny Episode: "Try Carter"
North Shore Damien Pruitt Episode: "Meteor Shower"
2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Aaron Colite Episode: "Unbearable"
2006 Boston Legal Kevin Armus Episode: "Ivan the Incorrigible"
Medium Travis McQueen Episode: "Ghost in the Machine"
2008–11 True Blood Rene Leiner 14 episodes
2009 ER Jordan Episode: "Dream Runner"
ER Stuart Moore Episode: "The Family Man"
Cold Case John 'Shameless' Clark '76 Episode: "Jackals"
Lie to Me Gavin Howell Episode: "The Core of It"
Life Tex Episode: "Canyon Flowers"
Last of the Ninth Tommy 'Babyface' Leone Television film
2010 Saving Grace Westy Stevenson Episode: "Hear the Birds?"
Terriers Britt Pollack 13 episodes
2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Eddie Skinner Episode: "Smoked"
2012 The Walking Dead Dave Episode: "Nebraska"
2015 Sons of Liberty Paul Revere[8] TV Mini-series
2012–16 Once Upon a Time Neal Cassidy/Baelfire 24 episodes
2016 Game of Silence Gil Harris[9] 10 Episodes
Lethal Weapon Chad Jackson Episode: "Spilt Milk"

References

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