---
name: "James Otis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-otis"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 March 1948"
died: "3 March 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T10:28:02.739123+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 Otis

Actor. Born 16 March 1948 in Stamford. Died 3 March 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 March 1948, Stamford
- **Died:** 3 March 2020
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338355, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0652903/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58473

## Biography

James Otis (1948–2020) was an American actor. Born James Patrick Otis in Stamford, Connecticut, he graduated from Stamford Catholic High School in 1966 and from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, with a drama degree in 1970. He began his career in the 1970s with stage performances, including Off-Broadway in New York, and later appeared for several seasons at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago as the Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol.

Otis had supporting roles in films including *The Black Dahlia* (2006) as Dolph Bleichert and *The Prestige* (2006) as Blind Stagehand 1. On television he appeared in *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1999) as Solbor, *The X-Files* (2001) as Arlen Sacks, *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (2003) as Reverend Mitchell Shaw, *ER* (2005) as Arnold Brixton, *Criminal Minds* (2007) as Dr Nash and *Supernatural* (2010) as Famine. He moved to Glendale, California, in the 1990s and served twice on the Academy Award Nominating Committee.

*Sources: imdb.com, legacy.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Black Dahlia* (2006), Fi1m 56, as Dolph Bleichert — [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-dahlia.md)
- *The Prestige* (2006), Fi1m 82, as Blind Stagehand 1 — [page](https://film.one/film/the-prestige.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Nite Tales* (2008), as Jim Bob
- *The Prestige* (2006), as Blind Stagehand 1 — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-prestige.md)
- *The Black Dahlia* (2006), as Dolph Bleichert — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-dahlia.md)
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Dr. Nash
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Famine
- *Promised Land* (2004), as Ray
- *The Kiss* (2003), as Ray
- *Inhabited* (2003), as Mr. Stevenson
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Reverend Mitchell Shaw
- *Another Day in Paradise* (1998), as Reverend
- *Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2* (1996), as Homeless Shelter Man #1
- *Profiler* (1996), series, as Conner Drake
- *ER* (1994), series, as Brixton — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Arlen Sacks — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, as Solbor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *Stardust Memories* (1980), as UFO Follower

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