---
name: "James Tupper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-tupper"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 August 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T13:11:49.302270+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 Tupper

Actor. Born 4 August 1965 in Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 August 1965, Canada
- **Active:** 2000–2017
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tupper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1459918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0876805/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119807

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Big Little Lies*](https://film.one/tv/big-little-lies.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

James Tupper is a Canadian actor born on 4 August 1965 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He studied acting at Concordia University in Montreal and later earned an MFA from Rutgers University.

He is known for television roles including Jack Slattery in *Men in Trees*, Dr. Chris Sands in *Mercy*, David Clarke in *Revenge*, and Nathan Carlson in the HBO series *Big Little Lies* (2017–2019). His film credits include *Mr. Popper's Penguins* (2011) and *Playing for Keeps* (2012).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Big Little Lies* (2017), Fi1m 78, as Nathan Carlson — [page](https://film.one/tv/big-little-lies.md)
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), Fi1m 81, as Biker — [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

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

- *If I Run* (2025), as Gordon Keegan
- *The 92nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade* (2024), Acting
- *Sugar Baby* (2024), as Jeff
- *Cold Copy* (2024), as Aleksy
- *A Christmas Blessing* (2023), as Adam Carraway
- *The Irrational* (2023), series, as Sanford
- *We Have Notes* (2023), as Bishop Cauchon
- *Weathering* (2023), as Dr. Horell
- *Ride* (2023), series, as Cody
- *Fall Into Winter* (2023), as Brooks
- *Mid-Love Crisis* (2022), as Sam
- *The Stranger* (2022), as Sam Moore
- *The Requin* (2022), as Kyle
- *My Christmas Family Tree* (2021), as Richard
- *The Hardy Boys* (2021), series, as Fenton Hardy
- *Beneath Us* (2020), as Ben Rhodes
- *The World Without You* (2019), as Nathan
- *Emma Fielding Mysteries: More Bitter Than Death* (2019), as Jim Conner
- *A Million Little Things* (2018), series, as Andrew Pollock
- *FBI* (2018), series, as Phil
- *Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery* (2018), as Jim Conner
- *Totem* (2017), as James
- *The Brave* (2017), series, as Alex Hoffman
- *Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery* (2017), as Jim Conner
- *The Last Word* (2017), as Man at Funeral (uncredited)
- *Big Little Lies* (2017), series, as Nathan Carlson — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-little-lies.md)
- *Aftermath* (2016), series, as Joshua Copeland
- *My Sweet Audrina* (2016), as Damian Jonathan Adare
- *Resurrection* (2014), series, as Dr. Eric Ward
- *Mom's Day Away* (2014), as Michael Miller
- *Decoding Annie Parker* (2014), as Steve
- *Sticks & Stones* (2013), as Jeff
- *Nothing Left to Fear* (2013), as Dan
- *Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives* (2013), as Richard Deaver
- *Playing for Keeps* (2012), as Matt
- *Girl Fight* (2011), as Ray
- *Revenge* (2011), series, as David Clarke
- *Mr. Popper's Penguins* (2011), as Rick
- *Mercy* (2009), series, as Chris Sands
- *The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger* (2009), as BJ Stoker
- *Toxic Skies* (2008), as Jack Bowen
- *For Heaven's Sake* (2008), as Peter Whitman
- *Me and Orson Welles* (2008), as Joseph Cotten
- *Pictures of Hollis Woods* (2007), as John Regan
- *Samantha Who?* (2007), series, as Owen
- *Invisible* (2006), Joe, Writer
- *Love's Abiding Joy* (2006), as Henry
- *Men in Trees* (2006), series, as Jack Slattery
- *Love's Long Journey* (2005), as Henry
- *Loudmouth Soup* (2005), as Keith Miller
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Derek
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Andrew Perkins — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *CSI: NY* (2004), series, as Paul Zernecky
- *Corky Romano* (2001), as FBI Agent
- *Joe Dirt* (2001), as Cop at Bridge
- *Peroxide Passion* (2001), as Jed
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, as Biker — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *Open Up*, Director
- *Aversion*, Acting

## Gallery

- ![James Tupper & Anne Heche at the Hallmark Hall of Fame “One Christmas Eve” Los Angeles Premiere event at the Fig & Olive in Hollywood. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/477951/gallery-a7851e382310.jpg) James Tupper & Anne Heche at the Hallmark Hall of Fame “One Christmas Eve” Los Angeles Premiere event at the Fig & Olive in Hollywood. (2014) — MingleMediaTVNetwork, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/James_Tupper_%26_Anne_Heche_-_DSC_0091.jpg/1280px-James_Tupper_%26_Anne_Heche_-_DSC_0091.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![James Tupper & Anne Heche at the Hallmark Hall of Fame “One Christmas Eve” Los Angeles Premiere event at the Fig & Olive in Hollywood. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/477951/gallery-b79a4f9da75a.jpg) James Tupper & Anne Heche at the Hallmark Hall of Fame “One Christmas Eve” Los Angeles Premiere event at the Fig & Olive in Hollywood. (2014) — MingleMediaTVNetwork, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/James_Tupper_%26_Anne_Heche_-_DSC_0091_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-James_Tupper_%26_Anne_Heche_-_DSC_0091_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![James Tupper](https://film.one/media/person/477951/gallery-fc5c8f4cb29b.jpg) James Tupper — MingleMediaTVNetwork, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/James_Tupper_-_DSC_0091_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![James Tupper](https://film.one/media/person/477951/gallery-32e4de46e5c4.jpg) James Tupper — Image via TMDB

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