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name: "Michael Raymond-James"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-raymond-james"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 December 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T12:56:19.013065+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."
---

# Michael Raymond-James

Actor. Born 24 December 1977 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 December 1977, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Active:** 2008–2010
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Raymond-James, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q589827, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1535423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53259

## Biography

Michael Raymond-James is an American actor. Born Michael Weverstad on 24 December 1977 in Detroit, Michigan, he graduated from Clarkston High School in 1996. He trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York and appeared in stage productions there before moving to Los Angeles.

He is known for his role as Britt Pollack in the FX series *Terriers* (2010), René Lenier in the first season of the HBO series *True Blood* (2008), and Neal Cassidy / Baelfire in the ABC series *Once Upon a Time* (2011). Other credits include appearances in *Jack Reacher* (2012), *The Walking Dead* and *See*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Terriers* (2010), Fi1m 82, as Britt Pollack — [page](https://film.one/tv/terriers.md)
- *True Blood* (2008), Fi1m 71, as Rene Lenier — [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *Black Maria* (2023), as Michael Allende
- *The Integrity of Joseph Chambers* (2023), as Lone Wolf
- *American Insurrection* (2021), as Gabe
- *Sweet Girl* (2021), as FBI Agent John Rothman
- *Law & Order: Organized Crime* (2021), series, as Jon Kosta
- *Big Sky* (2020), series, as Blake Kleinsasser
- *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020), series, as Ethan McPherson
- *See* (2019), series, as Ranger
- *Godfather of Harlem* (2019), series, as Joe Colombo
- *Prodigal Son* (2019), series, as Paul Lazar / John Watkins / The Junkyard Killer
- *Gone Hollywood* (2019), as Michael Cimino
- *Tell Me a Story* (2018), series, as Mitch Longo
- *Carter & June* (2018), as Carter Jennings
- *Lethal Weapon* (2016), series, as Chad Jackson
- *Game of Silence* (2016), series, as Gil Harris
- *The Finest Hours* (2016), as D.A. Brown
- *Billions* (2016), series, as Jackie Connerty
- *Sons of Liberty* (2015), series, as Paul Revere
- *The Salvation* (2014), as Paul Delarue
- *Road to Paloma* (2014), as Irish
- *Jack Reacher* (2012), as Linsky
- *Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend* (2012), as Ronnie
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, as Neal Cassidy / Baelfire
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, as Dave, Dave (uncredited)
- *Terriers* (2010), series, as Britt Pollack — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/terriers.md)
- *Moonlight Serenade* (2009), as Jesse
- *The Twenty* (2009), as Freeman
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, as Gavin Howell
- *True Blood* (2008), series, as Rene Lenier — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md)
- *Life* (2007), series, as Tex Uhry
- *Saving Grace* (2007), series, as Westy Stevenson
- *Black Snake Moan* (2006), as Gill
- *Medium* (2005), series, as Travis McQueen
- *Boston Legal* (2004), series, as Kevin Armus — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Aaron Colite
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Eddie Skinner
- *ER* (1994), series, as Mr. Tunny, Stuart Moore — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Copperhead*, Acting
- *Motives*, as Chief of Police Greg Lamar

## Gallery

- ![Michael Raymond-James and fan (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/481857/gallery-13b017d68a11.jpg) Michael Raymond-James and fan (2015) — Katmtan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Michael_Raymond-James.jpg/1280px-Michael_Raymond-James.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Raymond-James (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/481857/gallery-9e803c410027.jpg) Michael Raymond-James (2015) — Katmtan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Michael_Raymond-James_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Michael Raymond-James](https://film.one/media/person/481857/gallery-8a7f2c7d13cf.jpg) Michael Raymond-James — Katmtan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Michael_Raymond-James_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Michael Raymond-James](https://film.one/media/person/481857/gallery-9a43ac6e1a32.jpg) Michael Raymond-James — Image via TMDB

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