---
name: "James DuMont"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-dumont"
fi1m_id: "james-dumont"
imdb_id: "nm0003069"
tmdb_id: 97446
wikidata_id: "Q6132861"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 August 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-22T04:18:26.035957+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James DuMont

## Identity

James DuMont

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-dumont
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-dumont
- **IMDb ID:** nm0003069
- **TMDB ID:** 97446
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6132861
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6132861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003069/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97446

Actor. Born 12 August 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 August 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Jimmy Dime, James Dumont
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 11 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 63 (1), 2010s 65 (7), 2020s 79 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 66 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Thriller 3, Action 2, Crime 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,698m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6132861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003069/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97446

## Biography

James DuMont is an American character actor and producer. Born on 12 August 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, he has appeared in numerous films and television series since the early 1990s.

His film credits include roles in *Speed* (1994), *Catch Me If You Can* (2002), *Dallas Buyers Club* (2013) as Rayon's father, *Barefoot* (2014) as Dave Walachowski, *Jurassic World* (2015) as Hal Osterly, *I Saw the Light* (2015) as WB Nowlin, and *Trumbo* (2015). On television he has appeared in *House*, *American Horror Story*, *Stranger Things* and other series.

DuMont trained at Boston University and has been a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre company in New York.

*Sources: broadwayworld.com, imdb.com, allocine.fr, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (11)

- *Widow's Bay* (2026), Fi1m 80, as Ed — [page](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md)
- *Black Bird* (2022), Fi1m 78, as Sheriff Charnitski — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-bird.md)
- *Deepwater Horizon* (2016), Fi1m 71, as Patrick O'Bryan — [page](https://film.one/film/deepwater-horizon.md)
- *I Saw the Light* (2016), Fi1m 42, as WB Nowlin — [page](https://film.one/film/i-saw-the-light.md)
- *Jurassic World* (2015), Fi1m 60, as Hal Osterly — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md)
- *Trumbo* (2015), Fi1m 58, as J. Parnell Thomas — [page](https://film.one/film/trumbo.md)
- *Dallas Buyers Club* (2013), Fi1m 75, as Rayon's Father — [page](https://film.one/film/dallas-buyers-club.md)
- *The Butler* (2013), Fi1m 66, as Sherman Adams — [page](https://film.one/film/the-butler.md)
- *Treme* (2010), Fi1m 82, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/treme.md)
- *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), Fi1m 63, as Security Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-thirteen.md)
- *Speed* (1994), Fi1m 86, as Workman — [page](https://film.one/film/speed.md)

## Complete filmography (103)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Widow's Bay* (2026), series, as Ed — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md)
- *Hunting Season* (2025), as Sheriff Brake
- *This Is Jan* (2025), Actor
- *American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez* (2024), series, as Det. Daniel Arrighi
- *Unit 234* (2024), as Leon
- *Candy Cane Lane* (2023), as Donald
- *Black Bird* (2022), series, as Sheriff Charnitski — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-bird.md)
- *The First Lady* (2022), series, as Herpolsheimer's Manager
- *Safety* (2020), as Mike Ferro
- *Spenser Confidential* (2020), as Bentwood
- *The Banker* (2020), as Senator McClellan
- *The Righteous Gemstones* (2019), series, as Chad
- *The Divorce Party* (2019), as Charlie
- *FBI* (2018), series, as Det. Yancey
- *Magnum P.I.* (2018), series, as Bob Hall
- *Mosaic* (2018), series, as Taylor and Ava's Dad
- *Law & Order True Crime* (2017), series, as Brian Andersen
- *Landline* (2017), as Dave
- *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as Sheriff Barnwright
- *Timeless* (2016), series, as Barney Balaban
- *Deepwater Horizon* (2016), as Patrick O'Bryan — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/deepwater-horizon.md)
- *Stranger Things* (2016), series, as Middle-Aged Man — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *Midnight Special* (2016), as Base Commander
- *I Saw the Light* (2016), as WB Nowlin — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/i-saw-the-light.md)
- *Trumbo* (2015), as J. Parnell Thomas — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/trumbo.md)
- *Zoo* (2015), series, as Dr. Humbolt Swinney
- *Jurassic World* (2015), as Hal Osterly — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md)
- *Little Boy* (2015), as Harvey
- *Hypnotized* (2015), as Andrew
- *Catch Hell* (2014), as Tony Cunningham
- *When the Game Stands Tall* (2014), as Stanford Recruiter
- *Get On Up* (2014), as Corporal Dooley
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), series, as Eugene Bowdich — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *Barefoot* (2014), as Dave Walachowski
- *Dallas Buyers Club* (2013), as Rayon's Father — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/dallas-buyers-club.md)
- *The Butler* (2013), as Sherman Adams — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-butler.md)
- *Remember Sunday* (2013), as Dr. Felton
- *Vampire Riderz* (2013), as Denny
- *Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning* (2012), as Dr. Timothy Brady
- *Rock Jocks* (2012), as Rich
- *The Baytown Outlaws* (2012), as Special Agent Simmons
- *Speed Demons* (2012), Actor
- *Hide* (2011), as Ben
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, as Foster
- *Inside Out* (2011), as Carlo Genova
- *Flypaper* (2011), as Detective
- *The Chaperone* (2011), as Stanley
- *Seconds Apart* (2011), as Hardesty
- *Harry's Law* (2011), series, as Paul Vinson
- *The Cape* (2011), series, as Engineer
- *Ticking Clock* (2011), as Zoo Guard
- *National Lampoon's Snatched* (2011), as Earl
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Thomas Wallace
- *Cool Dog* (2010), as Derek
- *Xtinction: Predator X* (2010), as Deputy Tom
- *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), series, as Phil Taylor
- *The Chameleon* (2010), as B.R.P.D. Cop A
- *Enemies Among Us* (2010), as Governor Chip Majors
- *Treme* (2010), series, Actor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/treme.md)
- *Journey to Promethea* (2010), as Aarden
- *Three Rivers* (2009), series, Actor
- *Drool* (2009), as Mr. Wilder
- *Necessary Evil* (2008), as Officer
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, as Walt Jarvis — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), as Security Supervisor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-thirteen.md)
- *The Cellar Door* (2007), as Herman
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, as Prison Driver
- *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), series, as Steve Pinkus
- *Close to Home* (2005), series, as Dave Simon
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Len — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *War of the Worlds* (2005), as Well-Meaning Father — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/war-of-the-worlds.md)
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Sheldon Morris — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous* (2005), as Man in Bookstore
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Vendor
- *House* (2004), series, as George — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, as Man — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *Along Came Polly* (2004), as Larry
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Will Harrell (2003)
- *Joan of Arcadia* (2003), series, as George Lane
- *S.W.A.T.* (2003), as Gus
- *Catch Me If You Can* (2002), as FBI Agent — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/catch-me-if-you-can.md)
- *Gotta Kick It Up!* (2002), as Alex
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Mr. Haddick
- *Love & Basketball* (2000), as Reporter
- *Titus* (2000), series, as Rudy
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, as Major Thompson — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Bellyfruit* (1999), as Lou
- *Becker* (1998), series, as Mr. Rigney
- *Erasable You* (1998), as Ron
- *Primary Colors* (1998), as Man 1 Airport Bar
- *In Quiet Night* (1998), as Mike
- *The Peacemaker* (1997), as Young Sniper
- *Bombshell* (1997), as Dr. Braunmann
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, as Darryl Knopf
- *Can't Hurry Love* (1995), series, as Leo
- *ER* (1994), series, as Clemens — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Speed* (1994), as Workman — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/speed.md)
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, as Ralph
- *Combination Platter* (1993), as James
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, as Short Cop — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Home Improvement* (1991), series, as Gus
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Desk Clerk — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Spenser Confidential 2*, as Tracksuit Charlie Bentwood

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